abstract：:LIGHT and herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) comprise a ligand-receptor pair in the tumor necrosis factor superfamily. These molecules play an important role in regulating immunity, particularly in the intestinal mucosa. LIGHT also binds the lymphotoxin beta receptor, and HVEM can act as a ligand for immunoglobulin fa...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Steinberg MW,Shui JW,Ware CF,Kronenberg M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase of phagocytes is a multi-component electron transferase that uses cytoplasmic NADPH to convert molecular oxygen to superoxide anion, consequently delivering reactive oxygen species to the site of invading microorganisms. Together with soluble factors and ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Nauseef WM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc, scleroderma) is a devastating, immune-mediated, multisystem disorder characterized by microvasculature damage, circulating autoantibodies, and fibroblast activation, leading to massive fibrosis of skin, vessels, muscles, and visceral organs. Scleroderma causes disability and death as the resul...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Gabrielli A,Svegliati S,Moroncini G,Pomponio G,Santillo M,Avvedimento EV

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestine is normally colonized by a large and diverse commensal microbiota and is occasionally exposed to a variety of potential pathogens. In recent years, there has been substantial progress made in identifying molecular mechanisms that normally serve to protect the intestine from such enteric bacteria and whic...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Vijay-Kumar M,Aitken JD,Gewirtz AT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The defining hallmark of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is deposition of polymeric IgA1 in the glomerular mesangium accompanied by a mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. The mechanisms involved in mesangial polymeric IgA1 deposition and the initiation of inflammatory glomerular injury remain unclear. This lack of a com...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Barratt J,Smith AC,Molyneux K,Feehally J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pregnancy is a metabolic and immune challenge for the mother who has to accommodate in her womb a semi-allogeneic fetus whose energy needs increase tremendously with gestation. Recent compelling research has suggested that proper inflammatory changes and oxidative balance are a requisite for successful pregnancy...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Rusterholz C,Hahn S,Holzgreve W

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since life in a terrestrial environment threatens mammals continuously with desiccation, the structural, cellular, biochemical, and regulatory mechanisms that sustain permeability barrier homeostasis have justifiably comprised a major thrust of prior and recent research on epidermal barrier function. Yet, the epidermi...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Elias PM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00