abstract：:The possibility that a new form of human prion disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) had occurred in the UK was first raised by the identification of a small number of cases with unusual clinical characteristics. Atypical features included a young age at death, a predominantly psychiatric presentation, a r...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Will RG,Ward HJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenotransplantation is a public health concern because it has the potential to infect human recipients with zoonotic and other infectious agents that are not endemic in human populations, thereby potentially introducing new infections to the human community. From this perspective, xenotransplantation clinical trials c...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Chapman LE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection cycle is tightly fitted to the differentiation program of its natural host, the keratinocyte. This has important consequences for the role of antigen-presenting cells in the priming of antiviral immunity. The confinement of HPV infection to epithelia puts the epit...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Offringa R,de Jong A,Toes RE,van der Burg SH,Melief CJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of fundamental concepts about the packaging of the adenovirus genome has contributed significantly to the development of therapeutic viral vectors for gene therapy. The packaging of adenovirus DNA into virus particles requires a cis-acting domain at the left end of the genome. This region contains a se...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Ostapchuk P,Hearing P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nuclear hormone receptors (NHRs) actively repress the expression of their primary response genes through the recruitment of transcriptional corepressor complexes to regulated promoters. N-CoR and the highly related SMRT were originally isolated and characterized by their ability to interact exclusivelywith the un...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Jones PL,Shi YB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzootic nasal adenocarcinoma is a contagious tumour of the mucosal nasal glands affecting young adult sheep or goats. The disease occurs naturally in all continents except Australia and New Zealand. Clinical signs include continuous nasal discharge, respiratory distress, exophthalmos and skull deformations. The tumou...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： De las Heras M,Ortín A,Cousens C,Minguijón E,Sharp JM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main functions of retroviral glycoproteins are recognition and binding to the cellular virus receptor as well as fusion of viral and cellular lipid membranes to release the viral particle into the cytoplasm of the host cell. Foamy viruses (FVs) are a special group of retroviruses with a very broad host range that ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Lindemann D,Goepfert PA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is an adaptor molecule composed of an N-terminal death domain and a C-terminal Toll/interleukin (IL)-1R homology domain. Ligand binding to Toll-like receptor (TLR)/IL-1R family members results in the association of MyD88 to the cytoplasmic tail of receptors; this then initiate...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Takeuchi O,Akira S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HAM/TSP is a chronic inflammatory disease of the spinal cord. It is rather rare in HTLV-1-infected individuals. Immunogenetic factors of the HLA complex have been identified that support or prevent the development of the disease. In HAM/TSP patients a characteristic constellation of high proviral loads and increased c...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Kitze B,Usuku K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteasomes are highly abundant cytosolic and nuclear protease complexes that degrade most intracellular proteins in higher eukaryotes and appear to play a major role in the cytosolic steps of MHC class I antigen processing. This review summarizes the knowledge of the role of proteasomes in antigen processing and the ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Niedermann G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B. anthracis virulence is the sum of the contributions of factors involved in toxicity, growth and persistence in the host. Recent data has revealed that the interactions between B. anthracis and macrophage is central to the B. anthracis pathogenesis. This review presents and describes tactics by which B. anthracis no...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Guidi-Rontani C,Mock M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous, opportunistic pathogen human cytomegalovirus (CMV) encodes several proteins homologous to those of the host organism. Four different CMV genes encode chemokine receptor-like peptides. These genes, UL33, UL78, US27, and US28, are expressed at various stages of infection in vitro. Their functions remain ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Beisser PS,Goh CS,Cohen FE,Michelson S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the recent studies on the CDCs, a reasonable schematic of the stages leading to membrane insertion of the CDCs can be assembled. As shown in Fig. 3, we propose that the CDC first binds to the membrane as a monomer. These monomers then diffuse laterally on the membrane surface to encounter other monomers or ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Tweten RK,Parker MW,Johnson AE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thus, in our studies, we demonstrated that CpG ODN are effective in preventing the development of eosinophilic airway inflammation and bronchial hyper-reactivity in a murine model of asthma. Antigen-associated elevation of serum IgE levels is also suppressed. CpG ODN, administered in conjunction with antigen, is also ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Kline JN

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While more and more attention has been paid to CpG-DNA with respect to its usefulness as an adjuvant, its molecular mechanism of action is less well defined. Over the last few years, at least two major signalling pathways have been shown to be utilized by CpG-DNA: the NF-kappa B activation pathway and the stress-kinas...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Häcker H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolution of Ig V gene segments are generally characterized by (a) evolution by "the birth and death process" and (b) diversifying selection. However, the detailed evolutionary pattern of V gene segments varies among species due to the fact that the humoral immune system itself has changed during vertebrate evolution....

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Ota T,Sitnikova T,Nei M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CBA/N strain carries xid, a murine btk missense mutation that reduces peripheral B cell numbers. Using in vivo BrdU labeling and cytofluorimetry, we have compared the magnitude, production rates, and turnover rates of each B lineage subset in the marrow and periphery of CBA/Ca and CBA/N mice. Our results show the ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Cancro MP,Sah AP,Levy SL,Allman DM,Constantinescu D,Schmidt MR,Woodland RT

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal cells, the proto-oncogene c-myc is regulated by promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II (pol II). In Burkitt lymphoma cells, c-myc is chromosomally translocated to one of the three immunoglobulin (Ig) gene loci and its transcription is driven constitutively by Ig enhancers. Promoter-proximal pausing o...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Schneider EE,Albert T,Wolf DA,Eick D

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a population of IgM+IgD+ B-cells in the peripheral blood (PB) of humans that express somatically mutated V-region genes like classical class switched or IgM-only memory B-cells and comprise around 15% of PB B-cells in adults. Mutated IgM+IgD+ cells differ from unmutated naive IgM+IgD+ cells in that they ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Klein U,Rajewsky K,Küppers R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary, the complement system has evolved an important function in regulation of humoral immunity to T-dependent antigens. Covalent attachment of activated C3 to antigen alters its fate by enhancing uptake on the surface of FDC via CD21/CD35; and by enhancing signal transduction via the B cell coreceptor CD21/CD19...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Carroll M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since MRD is the major cause for relapses of malignant diseases, strategies utilizing ITs to target tumor cells surviving conventional treatment have attracted scientific and clinical interest. Many different ITs against various blood-borne as well as solid malignancies have demonstrated specific potent anti-tumor eff...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Engert A,Sausville EA,Vitetta E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E2F is a heterodimer composed of two partners, such as E2F1 and DP1. Although E2F1 can bind DNA as a homodimer and increase promoter activity, optimal DNA-binding and transcriptional activity occurs in the heterodimeric form. A model (Fig. 3) for the involvement of E2F activity in cell growth control that incorporates...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Slansky JE,Farnham PJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have focused on two genetic loci, c-myb and Mml1, whose activation by retroviral insertional mutagenesis contribute to promonocytic leukemia in our acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL) model. Multiple mechanisms of activation of c-myb by retroviral insertional mutagenesis implicate both transcriptional deregulation...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Wolff L,Koller R,Bies J,Nazarov V,Hoffman B,Amanullah A,Krall M,Mock B

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of silicone in the pathogenesis of a scleroderma-like syndrome is still unresolved. It has been proposed that silicone escaping from breast implants potentiates the progression of the disease. To clarify whether silicone enhances development of fibrotic skin lesions and autoantibodies, we tested its ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Frondoza C,Jones L,Rose NR,Hatakeyama A,Phelps R,Bona C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the adjuvant properties of silicone oil, silicone gel and silicone elastomer using a foreign antigen, bovine serum albumin (BSA). Seventy male Harlan Sprague-Dawley rats, approximately 250 grams each, were divided into 7 groups: A- incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) with BSA; B- silicone oil with B...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hill SL,Landavere MG,Rose NR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural BD is a nonpurulent acute/subacute encephalitis of horses and sheep with a propensity to involve the olfactory and limbic systems, and the brain stem. The inflammation is concentrated primarily in the gray matter, but subcortical white matter may also be affected. Experimental BD can be produced in a series of...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Gosztonyi G,Ludwig H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface membrane molecule CD5 is expressed on mature T cells and on the B-1a subpopulation of B cells. These CD5 positive B cells express an antibody repertoire with a relatively high frequency of self-reactivity. There is uncertainty about the origins of CD5 B cells and the reasons for this are reviewed. Recent r...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Bandyopadhyay RS,Teutsch MR,Wortis HH

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Picornavirus 5' NCRs contain IRES elements that have been divided into two groups, exemplified by PV (type 1) and EMCV (type 2). These elements are functionally related and have an intriguing level of structural and sequence similarity. Some conserved RNA sequences and/or structures may correspond to cis-acting elemen...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hellen CU,Wimmer E

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocations or amplifications which activate members of the myc gene family are common in human cancer. c-Myc is a central regulator of normal cell proliferation and differentiation (Luscher and Eisenman, 1991; Marcu et al. 1992) and can induce apoptosis (Askew et al. 1991, 1993; Evan et al. 1992; Bissonette et al....

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Packham G,Cleveland JL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SIV-PBj14 is atypical for a lentivirus in that infection of pig-tailed macaques usually does not result in long-term progressive disease; however, this model may potentially provide valuable information about the pathogenesis of HIV and the development of AIDS. By capitalizing on some of the unique properties of the v...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Fultz PN

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors are formed following the accumulation of several genetic changes in genes which normally function to regulate cell growth. As yet it is unclear why multiple mutations are required, which type of alterations can collaborate with each other, and if collaboration is cell-type specific. In our myc transgenic mouse ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Scheuermann RH,Bauer SR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge of the organization and regulation of the murine hematopoietic stem cell hierarchy has, in large measure, been the result of the development of in vivo reconstitution assays for cells of various levels of differentiation. For example, many basic stem cell concepts were established using CFU-S as a paradi...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Dick JE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00