abstract：:Hyper-immunoglobulin M (IgM) syndrome (HIGM) is a rare primary immunodeficiency characterized by elevated or normal IgM and absent or markedly decreased amounts of IgG, IgA and IgE. The X-linked form (HIGM1) is the most common type and is caused by mutations in the gene for CD40L, a T-cell surface molecule required fo...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Van Hoeyveld E,Zhang PX,De Boeck K,Fuleihan R,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number and function of human T cells in the periphery are regulated by homeostatic signals received from antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and the common gamma chain (gammac) cytokines interleukin (IL)-7 and IL-15. We found that, in the absence of introduced antigen, blood monocytes or myeloid dendritic cells (MDCs)...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： McKinlay A,Radford K,Kato M,Field K,Gardiner D,Khalil D,Burnell F,Hart D,Vuckovic S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the mechanisms of class B CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide-induced antitumour effects against weakly immunogenic tumours. Treatment with CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide 1826 (CpG) induced similar antitumour effects in B16 melanoma-bearing immunocompetent C57BL/6 mice and T-cell-deficient severe combined immunodeficient (...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Buhtoiarov IN,Sondel PM,Eickhoff JC,Rakhmilevich AL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein/ERK kinase kinase 3 (MEKK3) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase belonging to the MEKK/STE11 subgroup of the MAP3K family. Recently, we found that MEKK3 plays a critical role in interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor and Toll-like receptor 4 signalling using established primary mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF)...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kim K,Duramad O,Qin XF,Su B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas ligand (FasL) expression induces apoptosis of activated T cells and has been suggested as a strategy to inhibit graft rejection. Unfortunately, the use of FasL to confer 'immune privilege' in this setting has been hampered by the finding that it may also provoke a destructive granulocytic response. While the Fas/F...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Dupont PJ,Warrens AN

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are obligate epithelial pathogens and typically cause localized mucosal infections. We therefore hypothesized that T-cell responses to HPV antigens would be greater at sites of pathology than in the blood. Focusing on HPV-16 because of its association with cervical cancer, the magnitude o...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Passmore JA,Milner M,Denny L,Sampson C,Marais DJ,Allan B,Gumbi PP,Hitzeroth II,Rybicki EP,Williamson AL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucocorticoid-induced tumour necrosis factor receptor family related gene (GITR) has been reported to be expressed on the activated T and CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells (Treg). Signalling triggered by GITR not only neutralizes the suppressive effect of Treg cells, but also augments activation, proliferation and...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Lee SK,Choi BK,Kim YH,Kang WJ,Kim KH,Sakaguchi S,Suh JH,Kim TY,Kwon BS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Designing peptide-based vaccines for therapeutic applications in cancer immunotherapy requires detailed knowledge of the interactions between the antigenic peptide and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in addition to that between the peptide-MHC complex and the T-cell receptor. Past efforts to immunize with high-...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Lazoura E,Lodding J,Farrugia W,Ramsland PA,Stevens J,Wilson IA,Pietersz GA,Apostolopoulos V

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been known for 15 years that the chicken epidermis contains ATPase+ and major histocompatibility complex class II-positive (MHCII+) dendritic cells. These cells were designated as Langerhans cells but neither their detailed phenotype nor their function was further investigated. In the present paper we demonstra...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Igyártó BZ,Lackó E,Oláh I,Magyar A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice arthritis model induced by anti-type II collagen (CII) antibodies and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), most of cells that infiltrated into the joint space were neutrophils. To investigate the role of neutrophils in the pathogenesis of arthritis, we depleted the neutrophils in vivo by injection of the antibody against...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Tanaka D,Kagari T,Doi H,Shimozato T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollen grains contain reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases and in contact with mucosal surfaces generate superoxide anion (O2*-). In the presence of iron, O2*- may be converted to more reactive oxygen radicals, such as to H2O2 and/or *OH, which may augment antigen-induced airway inflamm...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kruzel ML,Bacsi A,Choudhury B,Sur S,Boldogh I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonatal Fc receptor, FcRn, plays a central role in immunoglobulin G (IgG) transport across placental barriers. Genetic variations of FcRn-dependent transport across the placenta may influence antibody-mediated pathologies of the fetus and the newborn. Sequencing analysis of 20 unrelated individuals demonstrated n...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Sachs UJ,Socher I,Braeunlich CG,Kroll H,Bein G,Santoso S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process by which naive T cells become activated, differentiate into effector cells and ultimately generate long-lived memory cells is dependent upon a number of factors, including the costimulatory signals received by the T cell. To best understand the multiple events involved, it is important to understand the po...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kohlmeier JE,Chan MA,Benedict SH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canine cutaneous histiocytoma is a benign epidermal neoplasm of Langerhans cell origin, which usually displays spontaneous regression. Based on the degree of lymphocytic infiltration, 30 histiocytomas were classified into four groups representing different stages of tumour regression. To elucidate further the mechanis...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kaim U,Moritz A,Failing K,Baumgärtner W

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Itching is one of the major clinical symptoms in atopic dermatitis (AD) and complicates the management of this pathological condition. An animal model of AD-like pruritus would contribute to a better understanding of AD and could lead to the development of safe and effective antipruritic agents. DS non-hair (DS-Nh) mi...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Yoshioka T,Hikita I,Asakawa M,Hirasawa T,Deguchi M,Matsutani T,Oku H,Horikawa T,Arimura A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysorbate 80 (PS80 or Tween-80) is often used as an additive to promote the rapid solubilization of pharmaceuticals in aqueous solutions. We investigated whether coinjection of a minimal amount of PS80 had a modulatory effect on the immunotherapeutic effects of Cry (Cryptomeria)-consensus peptide, a novel peptide de...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kozutsumi D,Tsunematsu M,Yamaji T,Murakami R,Yokoyama M,Kino K

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCL2 (macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2)), a critical chemokine for neutrophils, has been shown to be produced in the rat intestine in response to platelet-activating factor (PAF) and to mediate intestinal inflammation and injury. The intestinal epithelium, constantly exposed to bacterial products, is the firs...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： De Plaen IG,Han XB,Liu X,Hsueh W,Ghosh S,May MJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45 is known to regulate signalling through many different surface receptors in diverse haemopoietic cell types. Here we report for the first time that CD45-/- bone marrow dendritic cells (BMDC) are more activated than CD45+/+ cells and that tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) production by BMDC and...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Piercy J,Petrova S,Tchilian EZ,Beverley PC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) play an important role in the control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. Following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), most studies have demonstrated a decline in the frequency of HIV-specific CTL. We analysed the effect of HAART...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Weekes MP,Wills MR,Sissons JG,Carmichael AJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that the immune and neuroendocrine systems cross talk by sharing ligands and receptors. Hormones and neuropeptides produced by the neuroendocrine system often modulate the function of lymphoid organs and immune cells. We have previously reported the intrathymic expression of somatostatin (SOM) in the...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Silva AB,Aw D,Palmer DB

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are the initiators of immune responses and are present in most tissues in vivo. To generate myeloid DC from monocytes (MoDC) in vitro the necessary cytokines are granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-4 (IL-4). Using degenerated primers delineated from other spec...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Mauel S,Steinbach F,Ludwig H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary immunoglobulin repertoire of chickens is generated not by gene rearrangement but by a subsequent process of gene conversion in proliferating immature B cells within the follicles of a specialized gut-associated lymphoid organ, the bursa of Fabricius. Neonatal infection with infectious bursal disease virus ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Withers DR,Davison TF,Young JR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a nuclear receptor expressed in a number of different cells of the immune system. This study was performed to determine the effect of VDR deficiency on immune function and inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract in a model of inflammatory bowel disease, namely interleukin-10 (IL-10) ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Froicu M,Zhu Y,Cantorna MT

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercuric chloride (HgCl2)-induced autoimmunity in Brown Norway rats is a spontaneously resolving autoimmune response driven by the activation of T helper type 2 lymphocytes (Th2 cells). Treatment with antibody to OX40-ligand (OX40-L) from the time of the first HgCl2 injection for 12 days had little effect. Delayed tre...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： MacPhee IA,Yagita H,Oliveira DB

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45 has been recognized as an important player in regulating signalling in lymphocytes. However, compared with tyrosine kinases, phosphatases are still poorly understood in terms of the details of their specificity and regulation. Here, the recent progress in understanding the biology of the first recognized receptor...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Holmes N

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine receptor CCR7 is crucial for migration of mature dendritic cells (DC) directed toward secondary lymphoid organs; however, there is little knowledge about the function of the homeostatic chemokine receptor CXCR4 in DC and its contribution to directional migration of DC during inflammation. By comparing th...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Humrich JY,Humrich JH,Averbeck M,Thumann P,Termeer C,Kämpgen E,Schuler G,Jenne L

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effector CD8(+) T cells recognize major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I binding altered self-peptides expressed in tumour cells. Although the requirement for CD4(+) T helper type 1 (Th1) cells in regulating CD8(+) T cells has been documented, their target epitopes and functional impact in antitumour respo...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kikuchi T,Uehara S,Ariga H,Tokunaga T,Kariyone A,Tamura T,Takatsu K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral administration of a protein antigen generates a serum factor that induces tolerance when transferred into naïve recipients. This serum factor has been described in rats as consisting of exosome-like structures or tolerosomes, which express major histocompatibility complex class II molecules (MHCII) and mediate an...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Ostman S,Taube M,Telemo E

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-lymphocyte maturation is considered to be independent of the thymus. However, there is circumstantial evidence suggesting that it may be impaired in nude animals that lack the thymus. Our study shows that the proportion of immature B-lymphocyte subsets (CD90(high) IgM(high) and CD90(high) IgM(low)) was significantly...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Milićević NM,Nohroudi K,Milićević Z,Hedrich HJ,Westermann J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to determine whether the frequency of double positive (DP) thymocytes expressing alphabeta T-cell receptor (TCR) clonotypes at the time of selection regulates peripheral CD4 T-cell compartment size. Scid recipients were inoculated with various ratios of TCR Calpha(0/0) and wild-type bone marrow...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Reed AJ,Zarrabi Y,Perate AL,Jeganathan A,Naji A,Noorchashm H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (400 microg/kg body weight) induced the expression of mRNAs of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in the submandibular gland (SMG) of C3H/HeN mice but not that of C3H/HeJ mice, a mutant strain for ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Yao C,Li X,Murdiastuti K,Kosugi-Tanaka C,Akamatsu T,Kanamori N,Hosoi K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are the most important inducers of T helper (Th) cell differentiation. Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) are responsible for human Th1-cell differentiation, while IL-4 is the critical cytokine promoting Th2-cell development. These two subsets of cells co-ordinate immunological responses...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Aho TL,Lund RJ,Ylikoski EK,Matikainen S,Lahesmaa R,Koskinen PJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of self-reactive T cells in healthy adults is prevented by the presence of autoantigen-specific CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (CD25+ Treg). To explore the functional development of autoantigen-reactive CD25+ Treg in humans we investigated if thymic CD25+ Treg from children aged 2 months to 11 years and cord ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Wing K,Larsson P,Sandström K,Lundin SB,Suri-Payer E,Rudin A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LacZ (Gal)-reactive immune cells were transferred into athymic nu/nu mice inoculated with Gal-expressing syngeneic tumour cells (ESbL-Gal) in order to study tumour-protective T-cell memory. This transfer prevented tumour outgrowth in recipients and resulted in the persistence of a high frequency of Gal-specific CD8(+)...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Mahnke YD,Schwendemann J,Beckhove P,Schirrmacher V

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular maculopathy (ARM) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are the leading causes of blindness in the Western world. Despite the magnitude of this clinical problem, very little is known about the pathogenesis of the disease. In this study, we analysed the sera (using indirect immunohistochemistry...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Patel N,Ohbayashi M,Nugent AK,Ramchand K,Toda M,Chau KY,Bunce C,Webster A,Bird AC,Ono SJ,Chong V

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals contain an enormous load of non-pathogenic bacteria in the lower intestine, which exploit an environment with a stable temperature and abundant carbon sources. Our load of bacteria outnumbers our own cells. In order to survive with such a high number of organisms in very close proximity to host tissues the int...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Macpherson AJ,Geuking MB,McCoy KD

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the role of memory T cells in a non-persistent viral infection, we have delineated the phenotype of memory CD8+ T cells specific for influenza A virus (FluA; matrix protein M158-66) based on the expression of several memory/effector lineage markers and relevant chemokine receptors. We found a majority of Flu...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Hoji A,Rinaldo CR Jr

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies employing reverse transription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) have demonstrated the intrathymic presence of mRNA for various autoantigens, including thyroglobulin (Tg). Deliberations on the mechanisms of central tolerance usually assume that this approach detects intact mRNA transcripts that can be ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Li HS,Carayanniotis G

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the current availability of Salmonella vaccines, typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. A greater understanding of T-cell activation and the development of immunological memory during Salmonella infection should lead to the development of more effective prophylactic ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Ravindran R,McSorley SJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important pattern recognition molecules that activate the nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB pathway leading to the production of antimicrobial immune mediators. As keratinocytes represent the first barrier against exogenous pathogens in human skin, we investigated their complete functional TLR1...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Köllisch G,Kalali BN,Voelcker V,Wallich R,Behrendt H,Ring J,Bauer S,Jakob T,Mempel M,Ollert M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00