abstract：:We analyzed the genetic regulation of spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis (SAT) by means of crosses between Obese strain (OS) chickens with the disease, and healthy inbred chicken of line CB. Mononuclear cell infiltration of the thyroid was used as a criterion for the disease. We confirmed the existence of one recessiv...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Vasícek D,Vasícková K,Kaiser P,Drozenová R,Cítek J,Hala K

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic factors that determine the size of lymphocyte populations are largely unknown. We studied the genetic control of variations in the size of the CD4 thymic compartment in unmanipulated mouse strains. A time-course experiment showed that the C57BL/6 mouse strain has a consistently reduced proportion of thymic...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Duarte N,Penha-Gonçalves C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ly49 family of natural killer (NK) cell receptors is encoded by a polygenic genetic locus. Allelic forms have been described and their expression appears to be regulated. The best-characterized Ly49 molecule, the C57BL/6 form of Ly49A, is an NK cell inhibitory receptor that binds H2Dd. To determine whether differe...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mehta IK,Wang J,Roland J,Margulies DH,Yokoyama WM

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A segment comprising 307,078 nucleotides of the pig major histocompatibility complex (SLA) was completely sequenced. The segment corresponded to the entire SLA classical class I-containing region of the serologically defined SLA H01 haplotype. In all, 11 genes were characterized, comprising 7 class I genes located on ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Renard C,Vaiman M,Chiannilkulchai N,Cattolico L,Robert C,Chardon P

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human leukocyte receptor complex (LRC) at Chromosome 19q13.4 encodes Ig superfamily proteins which regulate the function of various hematopoietic cell types. We investigated characteristics of the Ig-like transcript (ILT)/leukocyte Ig-like receptor (LIR) group of LRC genes in comparison with the other major LRC lo...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Young NT,Canavez F,Uhrberg M,Shum BP,Parham P

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages we determined the role of interferon (IFN)-gamma at the different steps in expression of the I-A alpha chain of MHC class II molecules, from transcription to the cell surface. Levels of transcription, RNA, and protein were low in cells not stimulated with IFN-gamma. Treatmen...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Cullell-Young M,Barrachina M,López-López C,Goñalons E,Lloberas J,Soler C,Celada A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cattle in Africa are a genetically diverse population that has resulted from successive introduction of Asian Bos indicus and European B. taurus cattle. However, analysis of mitochondrial genetic diversity in African cattle identified three lineages, one associated with Asian B. indicus, one with European B. taurus, a...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Ballingall KT,Waibochi L,Holmes EC,Woelk CH,MacHugh ND,Lutje V,McKeever DJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase, interferon-inducible double-stranded (ds)RNA-dependent activator (PRKRA) is a dsRNA-binding protein which activates a protein kinase participating in the antiviral activity of interferon. Our previous studies indicated that the nucleotide sequence encoding PRKRA, which appeared to be an intronless ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Chida S,Hohjoh H,Hirai M,Tokunaga K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an investigation of the immune system in the developing zebrafish, Danio rerio, we cloned and characterized a genomic V(H) segment and a number of cDNAs encoding IgM heavy chains. The genomic V(H) has the characteristic features of V(H) in other vertebrates, including a leader segment interrupted by a short...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Danilova N,Hohman VS,Kim EH,Steiner LA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the structure of cDNA clones encoding axolotl light chains of the lambda type. A single IGLC gene and eight different potential IGLV genes belonging to four different families were detected. The axolotl Cgamma domain has several residues or stretches of residues that are typically conserved in mammalian...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： André S,Guillet F,Charlemagne J,Fellah JS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) is responsible for severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) and its products associate with Ku70/Ku86 autoantigens, c-Abl, and other factors to exert its roles. Investigations to date suggest that DNA-PKcs comprises several regions which spe...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Fujimori A,Araki R,Fukumura R,Ohhata T,Takahashi H,Kawahara A,Tatsumi K,Abe M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rh and its homologous Rh50 gene products are considered to form heterotetramers on erythrocyte membranes. Rh protein has Rh blood group antigen sites, while Rh50 protein does not, and is more conserved than Rh protein. We previously determined both Rh and Rh50 gene cDNA coding regions from mouse and rat, and carried o...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kitano T,Saitou N

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic peptide binding to MHC class II molecules in the endocytic pathway occurs via a multifactorial process that requires the support of a specialized lysosomal chaperone called HLA-DM. DM shows both in primary amino acid sequence and quaternary structure a high homology to both MHC class I and class II molecules...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： van Ham M,van Lith M,Griekspoor A,Neefjes J

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD99, the product of the MIC2 gene, exhibits an erythroid-specific quantitative polymorphism co-regulated with the Xga blood group polymorphism. The co-expression of X-linked MIC2 and XG genes is presumably controlled at the transcriptional level by a single XGR locus in the pseudoautosomal region of sexual chromosome...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Fouchet C,Gane P,Cartron JP,Lopez C

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells express receptors for MHC class I that contain immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) sequences in their cytoplasmic domain. Whereas these receptors inhibit NK cell cytotoxicity, certain isoforms of these NK receptors (e.g., KIR2DS, CD94/NKG2C, and Ly49D) do not have ITIMs, but...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Yim D,Jie HB,Lanier LL,Kim YB

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common disease of the central nervous system characterized by myelin loss and progressive neurological dysfunction. An underlying genetic susceptibility plays a clear role in the etiology of MS, likely acting in concert with an undefined environmental exposure. Full-genome screenings in mu...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Barcellos LF,Schito AM,Rimmler JB,Vittinghoff E,Shih A,Lincoln R,Callier S,Elkins MK,Goodkin DE,Haines JL,Pericak-Vance MA,Hauser SL,Oksenberg JR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse Fcgr1 gene encoding the high-affinity IgG receptor (FcgammaRI) exists as two known alleles, FcgammaRI-BALB and FcgammaRI-NOD, and these alleles exhibit functional differences. To determine whether other alleles exist in mouse strains, Fcgr1 coding regions from 35 strains of mice were sequenced and a further ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Gavin AL,Leiter EH,Hogarth PM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The J chain is a component of polymeric immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules and may play an important role in their polymerization and the transport of polymeric Ig across epithelial cells. In this study, the primary structure of the chicken J chain was determined by sequencing cDNA clones. The cDNA had an open reading fram...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Takahashi T,Iwase T,Tachibana T,Komiyama K,Kobayashi K,Chen CL,Mestecky J,Moro I

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes is a multigenic autoimmune disease, the genetic basis for which is perhaps best characterized in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse model. We previously located a NOD diabetes susceptibility locus, designated Idd11, on mouse Chromosome (Chr) 4 by analyzing diabetic backcross mice produced after crossing...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Brodnicki TC,McClive P,Couper S,Morahan G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Lutheran (Lu) blood group antigens are carried by two glycoproteins (gps) that belong to the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily. These gps represent adhesion molecules that function as the unique erythroid receptors for laminin. We report here the cloning and functional expression of the orthologous mouse Lu mR...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rahuel C,Colin Y,Goossens D,Gane P,El Nemer W,Cartron JP,Le Van Kim C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we review the epitope approach to vaccine development, and discuss how knowledge of HLA supertypes might be used as a tool in the development of such vaccines. After reviewing the main structural features of the A2-, A3-, B7-, and B44- supertype alleles, and biological data demonstrating their immunological re...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Sette A,Sidney J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells constitute the third major population of lymphocytes. They possess the inherent capacity to kill various tumor and virally infected cells and mediate the rejection of bone-marrow grafts in lethally irradiated animals. A large family of NK cell receptors belong to the C-type lectin superfamily...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Boles KS,Barten R,Kumaresan PR,Trowsdale J,Mathew PA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated a genetic predisposition among mice regarding their ability to be protected against vaginal candidiasis after peripheral immunization. Both BALB/c and (BALB/cx C57BL/6) F1 mice are protected against vaginal candidiasis after subcutaneous immunization with Candida albicans extract and C5...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mulero-Marchese RD,Blank KJ,Sieck TG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-B and C are related class I genes which are believed to have arisen by duplication of a common ancestor. Previous study showed the presence of orthologues for both HLA-B and C in African apes but only for HLA-B in Asian apes. These observations suggested that the primate C locus evolved subsequent to the divergenc...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Adams EJ,Thomson G,Parham P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymorphic gene, MIC-A, is one of the MIC family of genes which is composed of a group of homologous genes interspersed in the class III and class I regions of the major histocompatibility complex. MIC-A is located 46 kilobases (kb) centromeric of HLA-B, and is preferentially expressed in the epithelial cells and i...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Komatsu-Wakui M,Tokunaga K,Ishikawa Y,Kashiwase K,Moriyama S,Tsuchiya N,Ando H,Shiina T,Geraghty DE,Inoko H,Juji T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of diseases occur in association with specific HLA-B or -C alleles. Recently a new gene, termed major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A (MICA), has been identified in close proximity to HLA-B. The function of this gene is still unknown, but, it is structurally related to HLA class ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mendoza-Rincon J,Argüello JR,Pérez-Rodríguez M,McWhinnie A,Marsh SG,Fischer G,Madrigal JA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two proteasome activators PA28alpha and beta, which have been implicated in antigen processing for loading class I MHC molecules, are synthesized in response to Ifn-gamma. The human genes encoding these activators (PSME1 and PSME2, respectively) were analyzed by sequencing. Each gene comprised 11 exons, consistent wit...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： McCusker D,Wilson M,Trowsdale J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Codon bias and base composition in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) sequences have been studied for both class I and II loci in Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes. There is low to moderate codon bias for the MHC of humans and chimpanzees. In the class I loci, the same level of moderate codon bias is seen for HLA-B...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： McWeeney SK,Valdes AM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class I genes of the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) are here investigated for the first time in a passerine bird. The great reed warbler is a rare species in Sweden with a few semi-isolated populations. Yet, we found extensive Mhc class I variation in the study population. The variable exon 3, correspondin...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Westerdahl H,Wittzell H,von Schantz T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strains BALB/cHeA (BALB/c) and STS/A (STS) differ in production of IL-4 and IL-10, two Th2 cytokines, after stimulation of spleen cells with Concanavalin A, STS being a low and BALB/c a high producer. We analyzed the genetic basis of this strain difference using the recombinant congenic (RC) strains of the BALB/c-...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kosarová M,Havelková H,Krulová M,Demant P,Lipoldová M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-encoded CD1 family has recently emerged as a new antigen-presenting system that is distinct from either MHC class I or class II molecules. In the present study, we determined the genomic structure of the rat CD1 locus. It was extremely similar to mouse CD1 genes, especial...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Katabami S,Matsuura A,Chen HZ,Imai K,Kikuchi K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are specialist antigen presenting cells which capture antigens in the periphery, migrate centrally, and present the processed antigens in the context of major histocompatibility complex and appropriate co-stimulatory molecules to T lymphocytes for the initiation of an immune response. DEC-205 has ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kato M,Neil TK,Clark GJ,Morris CM,Sorg RV,Hart DN

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human and mouse major histocompatibility complex class II beta chain alleles associated with predisposition to type I diabetes often encode a non-charged residue at position 57 rather than the negatively charged aspartate residue characteristic of non-susceptible haplotypes. The mechanism(s) whereby this polymorphism ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Antoniou AN,Elliott J,Rosmarakis E,Dyson PJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MICA is a new polymorphic gene in the HLA region expressed in epithelial cell lines and gastrointestinal epithelium. Little is yet known about the MICA protein, and the pattern of its expression by freshly isolated cells has not been established. In the present experiments, we used antibodies raised in rabbits against...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Zwirner NW,Fernández-Viña MA,Stastny P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune capacity of young and adult axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) was evaluated by examining the combinatorial and junctional diversity of the VH chain. A large number of VDJ rearrangements isolated from 2.5-, 3.5-, 10-, and 24-month-old animals were sequenced. Six JH segments were identified with the canonical st...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Golub R,Fellah JS,Charlemagne J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sheep immunoglobulin heavy chain Igh-J locus has been characterized in order to determine the genomic organization of JH segments and their contribution to heavy chain diversity. The locus contains six segments, of which two are functional and four are apparently pseudogenes. These segments span a 1.8 kilobase (kb...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Dufour V,Nau F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation rates of H2 and non-H2 histocompatibility genes in the mouse are examined over a 25-year period. Detected by skin graft rejections, the mutations were screened in inbred and hybrid mice from a continuously maintained and monitored colony and from a regularly supplied set of mice provided from the National Can...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Melvold RW,Wang K,Kohn HI

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cichlid fishes of the East African Rift Valley lakes constitute an important model of adaptive radiation. Explosive speciation in the Great Lakes, in some cases as recently as 12 400 years ago, generated large species flocks that have been the focus of evolutionary studies for some time. The studies have, however, bee...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Sato A,Klein D,Sültmann H,Figueroa F,O'hUigin C,Klein J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to further our understanding of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I gene organization, we began a comparative analysis of the large scale organization of the class I region in diverse haplotypes. For these studies, the MHC in healthy Japanese donors who have the predominant MHC haplotypes and/or HL...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Watanabe Y,Tokunaga K,Geraghty DE,Tadokoro K,Juji T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class I major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) cDNA clones were isolated from axolotl mRNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and by screening a cDNA phage library. The nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences show definite similarities to the Mhc class Ialpha molecules of higher vertebrates. Most of the amino ac...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Sammut B,Laurens V,Tournefier A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00