abstract：:The treatment of respiratory infections is associated with the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the community and clinical settings. Development of new antibiotics is notoriously costly and slow; therefore, alternative strategies are needed. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), the central effector molecules of the...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Geitani R,Moubareck CA,Xu Z,Karam Sarkis D,Touqui L

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are endogenous molecules originate from damaged cells and tissues with the ability to trigger and/or modify innate immune responses. Upon hemolysis hemoglobin (Hb) is released from red blood cells (RBCs) to the circulation and give a rise to the production of different Hb r...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bozza MT,Jeney V

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, especially gastric cancer and colorectal cancer (CRC), represent a major global health burden. A large population of microorganisms residing in the GI tract regulate physiological processes, such as the immune response, metabolic balance, and homeostasis. Accumulating evidence has reveal...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Peng C,Ouyang Y,Lu N,Li N

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The main role of the human immune system is to eliminate cells presenting foreign antigens and abnormal patterns, while maintaining self-tolerance. However, when facing highly variable pathogens or antigens very similar to self-antigens, this system can fail in completely eliminating the anomalies, leading to the esta...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vigano S,Bobisse S,Coukos G,Perreau M,Harari A

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CART) therapy, administration of certain T cell-agonistic antibodies, immune check point inhibitors, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) caused by streptococcal as well as staphylococ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kale SD,Mehrkens BN,Stegman MM,Kastelberg B,Carnes H,McNeill RJ,Rizzo A,Karyala SV,Coutermarsh-Ott S,Fretz JA,Sun Y,Koff JL,Rajagopalan G

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The barrier surfaces of the gastrointestinal tract are in constant contact with various microorganisms. Cytokines orchestrate the mucosal adaptive and innate immune cells in the defense against pathogens. IL-10 and IL-22 are the best studied members of the IL-10 family and play essential roles in maintaining mucosal h...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wei HX,Wang B,Li B

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Major trauma-induced tissue injury causes a dysregulation of the immune system. Severe systemic inflammation occurs early after the insult. Later on, an enhanced risk for life-threatening opportunistic infections develops that culminates at the end of the first week after trauma. CD56bright Natural killer (NK) cells p...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bösken B,Hepner-Schefczyk M,Vonderhagen S,Dudda M,Flohé SB

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is becoming a common global concern due to the emergence of multi-drug or pan-drug resistant strains. Confronting the issue of antimicrobial resistance by developing vaccines against the resistant pathogen is becoming a common strategy. In this study, different methods for prepar...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Li S,Chen DQ,Ji L,Sun S,Jin Z,Jin ZL,Sun HW,Zeng H,Zhang WJ,Lu DS,Luo P,Zhao AN,Luo J,Zou QM,Li HB

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are conserved non-coding small nucleotide molecules found in nearly all species and breastmilk. miRNAs present in breastmilk are very stable to freeze-thaw, RNase treatment, and low pH as they are protected inside exosomes. They are involved in regulating several physiologic and pathologic processes...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Carr LE,Bowlin AK,Elolimy AA,Byrum SD,Washam CL,Randolph CE,MacLeod SL,Yeruva L

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a difficult-to-eliminate disease. Although the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has been available for decades, its efficacy is variable and has lessened over time. Furthermore, the BCG vaccine no longer protects against newly emerged Beijing...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yang SJ,Chen YY,Hsu CH,Hsu CW,Chang CY,Chang JR,Dou HY

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The limited efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccines is usually attributed to ongoing variation in the major antigenic targets for protective antibody responses including hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). Hence, vaccine development has largely focused on broadening antigenic epitopes to generate cross-reactive...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sato-Kaneko F,Yao S,Lao FS,Shpigelman J,Messer K,Pu M,Shukla NM,Cottam HB,Chan M,Chu PJ,Burkhart D,Schoener R,Matsutani T,Carson DA,Corr M,Hayashi T

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the global burden of liver disease there has been a commensurate increase in the demand for liver transplantation. However, due to a paucity of donor organs many centers have moved toward the routine use of marginal allografts, which can be associated with a greater risk of complications and poorer clin...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Owen A,Newsome PN

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The systemic inflammatory cascade triggered in donors after brain death enhances the ischemia-reperfusion injury after organ transplantation. Intravenous steroids are routinely used in the intensive care units for the donor preconditioning. Immunosuppressive medications could be potentially used for this p...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Abbasi Dezfouli S,Nikdad M,Ghamarnejad O,Khajeh E,Arefidoust A,Mohammadi S,Majlesara A,Sabagh M,Gharabaghi N,Kentar M,Younsi A,Eckert C,Poth T,Golriz M,Mehrabi A,Nickkholgh A

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic autoantibodies can cause inflammation and tissue injury in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although IgG4 is considered non-inflammatory owing to the unique structure of its hinge region, the role of IgG4 autoantibodies in SLE remains largely unknown. The titers of serum anti-nuclear-IgG antibodies (ANA-...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Pan Q,Xiao H,Shi L,He Y,Cai J,Wu J,Li A,Ye L,Yang C,Liu HF

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are the cause of more than 95% of epidemic non-bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, with some lethal cases. These viral agents affect people of all ages. However, young children and older adults are the highest-risk groups, being affected with the greatest rate of hospitalizations and morbid...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Campillay-Véliz CP,Carvajal JJ,Avellaneda AM,Escobar D,Covián C,Kalergis AM,Lay MK

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A body of evidence suggests that food allergy (FA) has increased in prevalence over the past few decades. Novel findings support the hypothesis that some commensal bacteria and particularly microbial metabolites might contribute to development of oral tolerance and prevention from FA. Recently, beneficial effects of s...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Luu M,Monning H,Visekruna A

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Piperlongumine (PL), a natural small molecule derived from the Piper longum Linn plant, has received growing interest as a prooxidative drug with promising anticancer properties. Yet, the influence of PL on primary human T cells remained elusive. Knowledge of this is of crucial importance, however, since T cells in pa...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Liang J,Ziegler JD,Jahraus B,Orlik C,Blatnik R,Blank N,Niesler B,Wabnitz G,Ruppert T,Hübner K,Balta E,Samstag Y

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of pathological anti-FVIII antibodies, or "inhibitors," is the most serious complication of therapeutic FVIII infusions, affecting up to 1/3 of severe Hemophilia A (HA) patients. Inhibitor formation is a classical T-cell dependent adaptive immune response. As such, it requires help from the innate immune sys...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Karim AF,Soltis AR,Sukumar G,Königs C,Ewing NP,Dalgard CL,Wilkerson MD,Pratt KP

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Variants in recombination-activating genes (RAG) are common genetic causes of autosomal recessive forms of combined immunodeficiencies (CID) ranging from severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), Omenn syndrome (OS), leaky SCID, and CID with granulomas and/or autoimmunity (CID-G/AI), and even milder present...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sharapova SO,Skomska-Pawliszak M,Rodina YA,Wolska-Kuśnierz B,Dabrowska-Leonik N,Mikołuć B,Pashchenko OE,Pasic S,Freiberger T,Milota T,Formánková R,Szaflarska A,Siedlar M,Avčin T,Markelj G,Ciznar P,Kalwak K,Kołtan S,Ja

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is an important treatment for many types of hematological malignancies. Matching of donor and recipient for the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) improves the HSCT reconstitution, but donor-derived T cells reactive to non-MHC encoded minor histocompat...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Choi EY,Choi K,Nam G,Kim W,Chung M

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal immune activation (MIA) caused by exposure to pathogens or inflammation during critical periods of neurodevelopment is a major risk factor for behavioral deficits and psychiatric illness in offspring. A spectrum of behavioral abnormalities can be recapitulated in rodents by inducing MIA using the viral mimeti...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Baines KJ,Hillier DM,Haddad FL,Rajakumar N,Schmid S,Renaud SJ

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional influenza vaccines aim at the induction of virus-neutralizing antibodies that provide with sterilizing immunity. However, influenza vaccination often confers protection from disease but not from infection. The impact of infection-permissive vaccination on the immune response elicited by subsequent influen...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Choi A,Ibañez LI,Strohmeier S,Krammer F,García-Sastre A,Schotsaert M

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic periodontitis is an inflammatory disease caused by the formation of oral microbial biofilms. Periodontitis is associated with general health and not only oral diseases. Porphyromonas gingivalis is a well-known keystone pathogen for periodontitis and is associated with several systemic diseases, such as diabete...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hirai K,Yamaguchi-Tomikawa T,Eguchi T,Maeda H,Takashiba S

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Among all T and NK cell subsets, regulatory T (Treg) cells typically respond to the lowest concentrations of IL-2 due to elevated surface expression of the IL-2R alpha chain (IL2RA; CD25) and the high affinity IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) complex. This enhanced sensitivity forms the basis for low-dose (LD) IL-2 therapy for t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ghelani A,Bates D,Conner K,Wu MZ,Lu J,Hu YL,Li CM,Chaudhry A,Sohn SJ

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Human coronavirus (HCoV) is one of the most common causes of respiratory tract infections throughout the world. Two phenomena observed so far in the development of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic deserve further attention. First, the relative absence of clinical signs of infections in children, second, the early appearance of...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Fierz W,Walz B

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:NKG2D is a potent activating immunoreceptor expressed on nearly all cytotoxic lymphocytes promoting their cytotoxicity against self-cells expressing NKG2D ligands (NKG2DLs). NKG2DLs are MHC class I-like glycoproteins that usually are not expressed on "healthy" cells. Rather, their surface expression is induced by vari...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kim Y,Born C,Bléry M,Steinle A

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Single trauma injuries or isolated fractures are often manageable and generally heal without complications. In contrast, high-energy trauma results in multi/poly-trauma injury patterns presenting imbalanced pro- and anti- inflammatory responses often leading to immune dysfunction. These injuries often exhibit delayed ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Muire PJ,Mangum LH,Wenke JC

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a strong correlation between dysregulation of the gastrointestinal microbiota and development of allergic diseases. The most prevalent therapies for relieving asthma symptoms are associated with serious side effects, and therefore novel approaches are needed. Our objective was to elucidate whether oral admini...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ghiamati Yazdi F,Zakeri A,van Ark I,Leusink-Muis T,Braber S,Soleimanian-Zad S,Folkerts G

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-related mortality and morbidity imposes a great deal of health concern across the globe. The existing anti-leishmanial drug regimen generally fails to eliminate newly emerging resistant isolates of this dreadful parasite. In such circumstances, the development of a prophylactic strategy to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jamal F,Singh MK,Hansa J,Pushpanjali,Ahmad G,Dikhit MR,Umar MS,Bimal S,Das P,Mujeeb AA,Singh SK,Zubair S,Owais M

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha (PDGFRA) mutations occur in only about 5-7% of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), notably with alterations on exons 12/14/18. The most frequent PDGFRA mutation is the exon 18 D842V, which is correlated to specific clinico-pathological features, such as primary imatini...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Indio V,Ravegnini G,Astolfi A,Urbini M,Saponara M,De Leo A,Gruppioni E,Tarantino G,Angelini S,Pession A,Pantaleo MA,Nannini M

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy using checkpoint blockade has revolutionized cancer treatment, improving patient survival and quality of life. Nevertheless, the clinical outcomes of such immunotherapy are highly heterogeneous between patients. Depending on the cancer type, the patient response rates to this immunotherapy are limited to...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Chuang YC,Tseng JC,Huang LR,Huang CM,Huang CF,Chuang TH

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few decades, we have witnessed a decline in the rates of acute rejection without significant improvement in chronic rejection. Current treatment strategies principally target the adaptive immune response and not the innate response. Therefore, better understanding of innate immunity in transplantation an...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zhao D,Abou-Daya KI,Dai H,Oberbarnscheidt MH,Li XC,Lakkis FG

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is regarded as the main etiological risk factor in the process of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as it promotes an immunosuppressive microenvironment that is partially mediated by the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) signaling pathway. The tumo...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Li B,Yan C,Zhu J,Chen X,Fu Q,Zhang H,Tong Z,Liu L,Zheng Y,Zhao P,Jiang W,Fang W

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), targeting tumor antigens, or immune checkpoints, have demonstrated a remarkable anti-tumor effect against various malignancies. However, high costs for mono- or combination therapies, associated with adverse effects or possible development of resistance in some patients, warra...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Tobias J,Battin C,De Sousa Linhares A,Lebens M,Baier K,Ambroz K,Drinić M,Högler S,Inic-Kanada A,Garner-Spitzer E,Preusser M,Kenner L,Kundi M,Zielinski CC,Steinberger P,Wiedermann U

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 (IDO2) is an analog of the tryptophan degrading and immunomodulating enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1). Although the role of IDO1 is largely understood, the function of IDO2 is not yet well-elucidated. IDO2 overexpression was documented in some human tumors, but the linkage betw...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mandarano M,Bellezza G,Belladonna ML,Vannucci J,Gili A,Ferri I,Lupi C,Ludovini V,Falabella G,Metro G,Mondanelli G,Chiari R,Cagini L,Stracci F,Roila F,Puma F,Volpi C,Sidoni A

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired immune reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) contributes to increased risk of cancer relapse and infection resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, effective strategies to functionally assess the quality of immune reconstitution are still missin...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Pradier A,Masouridi-Levrat S,Bosshard C,Dantin C,Vu DL,Zanella MC,Boely E,Tapparel C,Kaiser L,Chalandon Y,Simonetta F,Roosnek E

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The Th17/T-regulatory (Treg) cell imbalance is involved in the occurrence and development of organ inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Metabolic pathways can regulate T cell differentiation and function, thus contributing to SLE inflammation. Increasingly, data have shown metabolism influences and repr...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Shan J,Jin H,Xu Y

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cells represent one of the most versatile immune cells critical for clearing away viral infections. Due to their important role, CD8+ T cell activation and memory formation during viral infection have been the focus of several studies recently. Although CD8+ T cell activation and memory formation have been asso...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gupta SS,Wang J,Chen M

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:MAIT cells are MR1-restricted T cells that are well-known for their anti-microbial properties, but they have recently been associated with different forms of cancer. Several studies have reported activated MAIT cells within the microenvironment of colorectal tumors, but there is conjecture about the nature of their re...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Berzins SP,Wallace ME,Kannourakis G,Kelly J

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleroderma (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and fibrosis. We have previously demonstrated that low Fli1 expression in SSc fibroblasts and endothelial cells plays an important role in SSc pathogenesis. Cells of myeloid and lymphoid origin also expres...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bujor AM,El Adili F,Parvez A,Marden G,Trojanowska M

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00