abstract：:NF-κB is a pivotal transcription factor that controls cell survival and proliferation in diverse physiological processes. The activity of NF-κB is tightly controlled through its cytoplasmic sequestration by specific inhibitors, IκBs. Various cellular stimuli induce the activation of an IκB kinase, which phosphorylates...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Sun SC,Cesarman E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory responses to microbial and non-microbial stimuli involve coordinate changes in the expression of hundreds of genes. The inflammatory gene expression programs display two important features: first, alternative stimuli affect both a large set of common genes and a variable number of stimulus-specific genes....

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Natoli G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based therapies with various lymphocytes and antigen-presenting cells are promising approaches for cancer immunotherapy. The transfusion of T lymphocytes, also called adoptive cell therapy (ACT), is an effective treatment for viral infections, has induced regression of cancer in early stage clinical trials, and m...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Grupp SA,June CH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI 3-kinases) are activated by growth factor and hormone receptors, and regulate cell growth, survival, motility, and responses to changes in nutritional conditions (Engelman et al. 2006). PI 3-kinases have been classified according to their subunit composition and their substrate specifici...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Backer JM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell activation begins with the interaction between an antigen-specific T cell and an antigen-presenting cell (APC). This interaction results in the formation of the immunological synapse, which had been considered to be responsible for antigen recognition and T cell activation. Recent advances in imaging analysis h...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Yokosuka T,Saito T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian orthoreoviruses (reoviruses) are prototype members of the Reoviridae family of nonenveloped viruses. Reoviruses contain ten double-stranded RNA gene segments enclosed in two concentric protein shells, outer capsid and core. These viruses serve as a versatile experimental system for studies of virus cell entr...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Danthi P,Guglielmi KM,Kirchner E,Mainou B,Stehle T,Dermody TS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) open reading frame (ORF) 66 encodes a basophilic kinase orthologous to the US3 protein kinases found in all alphaherpesviruses. This review summarizes current information on the ORF66 kinase, and outlines apparent differences from other US3 kinases, as well as some of the conserved fun...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Erazo A,Kinchington PR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemopoietic cells express relatively high levels of the type I phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase isoforms, with p110δ and γ exhibiting specialized signaling functions in neutrophils, monocytes, mast cells, and lymphocytes. In platelets, p110β appears to be the dominant PI 3-kinase isoform regulating platelet activation, ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Jackson SP,Schoenwaelder SM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased risk for severe dengue disease during secondary dengue virus (DENV) infections, along with the clinical and pathological evidence pointing to cytokines as the proximal mediators of disease, has interested cellular immunologists in exploring the role of DENV-specific T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of d...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Rothman AL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein M (gM) is conserved among herpesviruses. Important features are its 6-8 transmembrane domains without a large extracellular domain, localization to the virion envelope, complex formation with another envelope glycoprotein, glycoprotein N (gN), and role in virion assembly and egress. In varicella-zoster vi...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Mori Y,Sadaoka T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the mechanisms involved in the formation of the complex arrangement of neurons and their interconnections within the brain has made significant progress in recent years. Current research has uncovered a network of intracellular signaling events that provide precise coordination of a diverse array ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Waite K,Eickholt BJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular response of cancer cells to hypoxia is the focus of intense research. In the last decade, research into microRNAs (miRNAs), small RNAs which have a role in regulation of mRNA and translation, has grown exponentially. miR-210 has emerged as the predominant miRNA regulated by hypoxia. Elucidation of its ta...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： McCormick R,Buffa FM,Ragoussis J,Harris AL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection (varicella) induces VZV-specific antibody and VZV-specific T cell-mediated immunity. T cell-mediated immunity, which is detected within 1-2 weeks after appearance of rash, and consists of both CD4 and CD8 effector and memory T cells, is essential for recovery from varicel...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Weinberg A,Levin MJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of varicella zoster virus (VZV) to cause varicella (chickenpox) relies upon multiple steps, beginning with inoculation of the host at mucosal sites with infectious virus in respiratory droplets. Despite the presence of a powerful immune defense system, this virus is able to disseminate from the site of in...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Abendroth A,Kinchington PR,Slobedman B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic differences that potentially account for the attenuation of the Oka vaccine VZV preparation are more clearly defined than for perhaps any other vaccine in current use. This is due in large part to the small number of differences between the vaccine and the parental strain from which it was derived, and to ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Schmid DS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia entercolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are human foodborne pathogens that interact extensively with tissues of the gut and the host's immune system to cause disease. As part of their pathogenic strategies, the Yersinia have evolved numerous ways to invade host tissues, gain essential nutrients, and eva...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Dube P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a trend toward viral-based hybrid systems to furnish viral nanoparticles with enhanced features, for function beyond a delivery vehicle. Such hybrids have included Nanogold for microwave release, quantum dots and fluorescent moieties, to provide simultaneous imaging capabilities, and iron oxide particles for ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Portney NG,Destito G,Manchester M,Ozkan M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles virus (MV) has two envelope glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin (H) and fusion protein, which are responsible for attachment and membrane fusion, respectively. Signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM, also called CD150), a membrane glycoprotein expressed on immune cells, acts as the principal cellular rece...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Yanagi Y,Takeda M,Ohno S,Hashiguchi T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently a handful of genome sequences available for tailed bacteriophages with genomes of more than 200 kbp of DNA, designated here as giant or jumbo phages. The majority of the proteins predicted from the genome sequences of these phages have no matches in the current sequence databases, and the genomes th...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hendrix RW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Torque teno (TT) viruses have been more frequently reported in malignant biopsies when compared to normal control tissue. The possible contribution of TT virus infection to human carcinogenesis or the potential oncolytic functions of these virus infections are being discussed based on available experimental evidence. ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： zur Hausen H,de Villiers EM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global need for a pandemic influenza vaccine is large. High-income countries have stated their intent to provide universal access for pandemic influenza vaccine to their populations. Assuming that a two-dose schedule would be needed, providing universal coverage globally would represent approximately 6.5 billion t...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Edwards KM,Sabow A,Pasternak A,Boslego JW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiquated system used to manufacture the currently licensed inactivated influenza virus vaccines would not be adequate during an influenza virus pandemic. There is currently a search for vaccines that can be developed faster and provide superior, long-lasting immunity to influenza virus as well as other highly pa...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Kopecky-Bromberg SA,Palese P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccines are the mainstay of efforts to reduce the substantial health burden from seasonal influenza. Inactivated influenza vaccines have been available since the 1940s and are administered via intramuscular injection. Inactivated vaccines can be given to anyone six months of age or older. Live attenuated, c...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Fiore AE,Bridges CB,Cox NJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy plays diverse roles in cellular adaptation to stress and promotes vital housekeeping functions by recycling unused or damaged organelles and proteins. As an innate immune defense pathway, autophagy also protects against infection with diverse pathogens, including viruses. Autophagy combats infections with bo...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Orvedahl A,Levine B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate pattern recognition receptors are implicated in first-line defense against pathogens but also participate in maintenance of tissue homeostasis and response to injury. This chapter reviews the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in neuronal and glial responses that are associated with neurodegeneration. Accompany...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Owens T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of autophagy research has advanced rapidly in recent years, with important discoveries made in relation to both molecular mechanisms and physiological functions. Initially, autophagy was thought to be primarily a response to starvation. Although this might be true in lower eukaryotes, this catabolic process ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Mizushima N

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast genetic engineering offers several advantages, including high levels of transgene expression, transgene containment via maternal inheritance, and multi-gene expression in a single transformation event. Oral delivery is facilitated by hyperexpression of vaccine antigens against cholera, tetanus, anthrax, pl...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Chebolu S,Daniell H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remarkable progress has been made in reducing measles incidence and mortality as a consequence of implementing the measles mortality reduction strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The revised global measles mortality reduction goal set forth in the WHO-UNICEF Glo...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Moss WJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of appropriate fluorescent proteins has allowed the use of FRET microscopy for investigation of intermolecular interactions in living cells. This method has the advantage of both being dynamic and of working at the subcellular level, so that the time and place where proteins interact can be visualized. We have...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Gascoigne NR,Ampudia J,Clamme JP,Fu G,Lotz C,Mallaun M,Niederberger N,Palmer E,Rybakin V,Yachi PP,Zal T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CVB3 myocarditis can lead to dilated cardiomyopath (DCM). DCM is one of the leading causes of the need for heart transplantation, so it is important to understand the life cycle of CVB3 and its interactions with the host cell. Infection causes rapid death of host cardiomyocytes by altering normal cellular homeostasis ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Marchant D,Si X,Luo H,McManus B,Yang D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has evolved numerous strategies to commandeer the host cell for producing viral progeny. The virus manipulates host cell cycle pathways from the early stages of infection to stimulate viral DNA replication at the expense of cellular DNA synthesis. At the same time, cell cycle checkpoints a...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Sanchez V,Spector DH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can infect a remarkably broad cell range within its host, including parenchymal cells and connective tissue cells of virtually any organ and various hematopoietic cell types. Epithelial cells, endothelial cells, fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells are the predominant targets for virus ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Sinzger C,Digel M,Jahn G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies, being a major zoonotic disease, significantly impacts global public health. It is invariably fatal once clinical signs are apparent. The majority of human rabies deaths occur in developing countries. India alone reports more than 50% of the global rabies deaths. Although it is a vaccine-preventable disease, ef...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Nagarajan T,Rupprecht CE,Dessain SK,Rangarajan PN,Thiagarajan D,Srinivasan VA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation of the host significantly contributes to dramatic differences in the outcomes of natural infection with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in humans, as well as in experimental animal models. Host resistance to tuberculosis is a complex multifactorial genetic trait in which many genetic polymo...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Kramnik I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoting remyelination following injury to the central nervous system (CNS) promises to be an effective neuroprotective strategy to limit the loss of surviving axons and prevent disability. Studies confirm that multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury lesions contain myelinating cells and their progenitors. Rec...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Warrington AE,Rodriguez M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is a predominant species among facultative anaerobic bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract. Both its frequent community lifestyle and the availability of a wide array of genetic tools contributed to establish E. coli as a relevant model organism for the study of surface colonization. Several key fact...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Beloin C,Roux A,Ghigo JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial biofilms are governed by an intricate interplay between physical-chemical factors and the physiological and genetic properties of the inhabiting microbes. Many of the physiological traits that are exhibited in a biofilm environment have been observed and studied previously in detail in planktonic cultures. H...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Spormann AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this chapter, cancer research using immunodeficient mice, with emphasis on metastasis field studies, is described. The definition of "humanized mice" used for biomedical research is given in the chapter by Nomura et al. in this volume. Briefly, a humanized mouse possesses human cells or tissues and shows, in part, ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakamura M,Suemizu H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "humanized mouse" is a mouse harboring functioning human tissues used as in vivo human models for both physiological and pathological conditions. The NOD/Shi-scid IL2rgamma(null) (NOG) mouse, an excellent immunodeficient mouse used as the basis for the humanized mouse, requires strict genetic and environmental con...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Nomura T,Tamaoki N,Takakura A,Suemizu H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most eukaryotic messenger RNAs are transcribed as precursors that necessitate specific and exact processing of intron boundaries. Furthermore, the choice of these boundaries appears to be fluid and adaptive to the rate of transcription and the developmental and physiological state of the cell. A central regulator of s...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Fluhr R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00