Issue 1/2010
Content (65 Articles)
AUF1 is involved in splenic follicular B cell maintenance
Navid Sadri, Jin-Yu Lu, Michelle L Badura, Robert J Schneider
Lactobacillus acidophilus induces a slow but more sustained chemokine and cytokine response in naïve foetal enterocytes compared to commensal Escherichia coli
Louise H Zeuthen, Lisbeth N Fink, Stine B Metzdorff, Matilde B Kristensen, Tine R Licht, Christine Nellemann, Hanne Frøkiær
Anti-West Nile virus activity of in vitro expanded human primary natural killer cells
Mingjie Zhang, Sylvester Daniel, Yong Huang, Caren Chancey, Qingsheng Huang, Ying F Lei, Andriyan Grinev, Howard Mostowski, Maria Rios, Andrew Dayton
Divergent adaptive and innate immunological responses are observed in humans following blunt trauma
Kevin R Kasten, Holly S Goetzman, Maria R Reid, Alison M Rasper, Samuel G Adediran, Chad T Robinson, Cindy M Cave, Joseph S Solomkin, Alex B Lentsch, Jay A Johannigman, Charles C Caldwell
Site-directed mutagenesis reveals a unique requirement for tyrosine residues in IL-7Rα and TSLPR cytoplasmic domains in TSLP-dependent cell proliferation
Jun Zhong, Akhilesh Pandey
Antibody isotype analysis of malaria-nematode co-infection: problems and solutions associated with cross-reactivity
Karen J Fairlie-Clarke, Tracey J Lamb, Jean Langhorne, Andrea L Graham, Judith E Allen
Subolesin expression in response to pathogen infection in ticks
Zorica Zivkovic, Alessandra Torina, Ruchira Mitra, Angela Alongi, Salvatore Scimeca, Katherine M Kocan, Ruth C Galindo, Consuelo Almazán, Edmour F Blouin, Margarita Villar, Ard M Nijhof, Rinosh Mani, Giuseppa La Barbera, Santo Caracappa, Frans Jongejan, José de la Fuente
Maternal allergen immunisation to prevent sensitisation in offspring: Th2-polarising adjuvants are more efficient than a Th1-polarising adjuvant in mice
Linda K Ellertsen, Unni C Nygaard, Ingrid Melkild, Martinus Løvik
Immune responses of Helicoverpa armigera to different kinds of pathogens
Qian Wang, Yang Liu, Hong-Juan He, Xiao-Fan Zhao, Jin-Xing Wang
The evaluation of metallothionein expression in nasal polyps with respect to immune cell presence and activity
Magdalena Dutsch-Wicherek, Romana Tomaszewska, Agata Lazar, Paweł Stręk, Łukasz Wicherek, Krzysztof Piekutowski, Wojciech Jóźwicki
Maternal immunization with ovalbumin prevents neonatal allergy development and up-regulates inhibitory receptor FcγRIIB expression on B cells
Jefferson R Victor, Bruno P Muniz, Ana E Fusaro, Cyro A de Brito, Eliana F Taniguchi, Alberto JS Duarte, Maria N Sato
Gallin; an antimicrobial peptide member of a new avian defensin family, the ovodefensins, has been subject to recent gene duplication
Daoqing Gong, Peter W Wilson, Maureen M Bain, Karina McDade, Jiri Kalina, Virginie Hervé-Grépinet, Yves Nys, Ian C Dunn
Anti-infective activity of apolipoprotein domain derived peptides in vitro: identification of novel antimicrobial peptides related to apolipoprotein B with anti-HIV activity
Bridie A Kelly, Ian Harrison, Áine McKnight, Curtis B Dobson
Differential effects of Paclitaxel on dendritic cell function
Justin John, Mohammed Ismail, Catherine Riley, Jonathan Askham, Richard Morgan, Alan Melcher, Hardev Pandha
GanedenBC30™ cell wall and metabolites: anti-inflammatory and immune modulating effects in vitro
Gitte S Jensen, Kathleen F Benson, Steve G Carter, John R Endres
In vitro and in vivo protective efficacies of antibodies that neutralize the RNA N-glycosidase activity of Shiga toxin 2
Kwang-il Jeong, Susan Chapman-Bonofiglio, Pradeep Singh, Jongo Lee, Saul Tzipori, Abhineet S Sheoran
Structural and functional studies of STAT1 from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Astrid Skjesol, Tom Hansen, Cheng-Yin Shi, Hanna L Thim, Jorunn B Jørgensen
Using epitope predictions to evaluate efficacy and population coverage of the Mtb72f vaccine for tuberculosis
Lucy A McNamara, Yongqun He, Zhenhua Yang
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes: an intriguing player in the survival of colorectal cancer patients
Vanessa Deschoolmeester, Marc Baay, Eric Van Marck, Joost Weyler, Peter Vermeulen, Filip Lardon, Jan B Vermorken
GPR30, but not estrogen receptor-α, is crucial in the treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by oral ethinyl estradiol
Melissa A Yates, Yuexin Li, Peter J Chlebeck, Halina Offner
Gene expression results in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated monocytes depend significantly on the choice of reference genes
Armin P Piehler, Runa M Grimholt, Reidun Øvstebø, Jens P Berg
Global characterization of interferon regulatory factor (IRF) genes in vertebrates: Glimpse of the diversification in evolution
Bei Huang, Zhi T Qi, Zhen Xu, Pin Nie
Significantly reduced CCR5-tropic HIV-1 replication in vitro in cells from subjects previously immunized with Vaccinia Virus
Raymond S Weinstein, Michael M Weinstein, Kenneth Alibek, Michael I Bukrinsky, Beda Brichacek
Beta-escin has potent anti-allergic efficacy and reduces allergic airway inflammation
Ines Lindner, Christiane Meier, Angelika Url, Hermann Unger, Andreas Grassauer, Eva Prieschl-Grassauer, Petra Doerfler
The first non-mammalian CXCR5 in a teleost fish: molecular cloning and expression analysis in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
Qiao Q Xu, Ming X Chang, Rong H Sun, Fan S Xiao, P Nie
Differential cytokine regulation by NF-κB and AP-1 in Jurkat T-cells
Hazem Khalaf, Jana Jass, Per-Erik Olsson
Interleukin-10 production by tumor infiltrating macrophages plays a role in Human Papillomavirus 16 tumor growth
Aline Bolpetti, João S Silva, Luisa L Villa, Ana Paula Lepique
The inhibitory effect against collagen-induced arthritis by Schistosoma japonicum infection is infection stage-dependent
YunKun He, Jia Li, WenJia Zhuang, Lan Yin, ChunXia Chen, Jun Li, FengLi Chi, YanShuang Bai, Xiao-Ping Chen
YopH inhibits early pro-inflammatory cytokine responses during plague pneumonia
Angelene M Cantwell, Sarah S Bubeck, Peter H Dube
Age-dependent alterations of monocyte subsets and monocyte-related chemokine pathways in healthy adults
Sebastian Seidler, Henning W Zimmermann, Matthias Bartneck, Christian Trautwein, Frank Tacke
Duplex real-time reverse transcriptase PCR to determine cytokine mRNA expression in a hamster model of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis
Claudia M Espitia, Weiguo Zhao, Omar Saldarriaga, Yaneth Osorio, Lisa M Harrison, Michael Cappello, Bruno L Travi, Peter C Melby
Mast cell repopulation of the peritoneal cavity: contribution of mast cell progenitors versus bone marrow derived committed mast cell precursors
Maria Célia Jamur, Andréa N Moreno, Luciana FC Mello, Devandir A Souza Júnior, Maria Rita C Campos, Maria Verônica D Pastor, Ana Cristina G Grodzki, Deise C Silva, Constance Oliver
Resistin enhances the expansion of regulatory T cells through modulation of dendritic cells
Young Min Son, Sung Min Ahn, Gi Rak Kim, Yang Soo Moon, Sang Hoon Kim, Yeong-Min Park, Woon Kyu Lee, Tae Sun Min, Seung Hyun Han, Cheol-Heui Yun
The antigen presentation function of bone marrow-derived mast cells is spatiotemporally restricted to a subset expressing high levels of cell surface FcεRI and MHC II
Jian Gong, Ning-Sun Yang, Michael Croft, I-Chun Weng, Liangwu Sun, Fu-Tong Liu, Swey-Shen Chen
Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPD-induced immune biomarkers measurable in vitro following BCG vaccination of UK adolescents by multiplex bead array and intracellular cytokine staining
Steven G Smith, Maeve K Lalor, Patricia Gorak-Stolinska, Rose Blitz, Natalie ER Beveridge, Andrew Worth, Helen McShane, Hazel M Dockrell
Adenovirus F protein as a delivery vehicle for botulinum B
Beata Clapp, Sarah Golden, Massimo Maddaloni, Herman F Staats, David W Pascual
Differential and coordinated expression of defensins and cytokines by gingival epithelial cells and dendritic cells in response to oral bacteria
Lei Yin, Takahiro Chino, Orapin V Horst, Beth M Hacker, Edward A Clark, Beverly A Dale, Whasun O Chung
Intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia differentially affects circulating TC1, TH1, TH17 and TREG cells
Elisabeth Ersvaer, Knut Liseth, Jørn Skavland, Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, Øystein Bruserud
Changes in colon gene expression associated with increased colon inflammation in interleukin-10 gene-deficient mice inoculated with Enterococcus species
Matthew PG Barnett, Warren C McNabb, Adrian L Cookson, Shuotun Zhu, Marcus Davy, Bianca Knoch, Katia Nones, Alison J Hodgkinson, Nicole C Roy
Peripheral blood T Regulatory cell counts may not predict transplant rejection
Yuchuan Huang, Juan Shan, Chuntao Zhang, Jie Zhang, Li Feng, Shengfu Li, Youping Li
Dynamics of dendritic cell maturation are identified through a novel filtering strategy applied to biological time-course microarray replicates
Amy L Olex, Elizabeth M Hiltbold, Xiaoyan Leng, Jacquelyn S Fetrow
Ultrastructural localization of extracellular matrix proteins of the lymph node cortex: evidence supporting the reticular network as a pathway for lymphocyte migration
Gregg P Sobocinski, Katherine Toy, Walter F Bobrowski, Stephen Shaw, Arthur O Anderson, Eric P Kaldjian
Recombinant human complement component C2 produced in a human cell line restores the classical complement pathway activity in-vitro: an alternative treatment for C2 deficiency diseases
Paolo GV Martini, Lynette C Cook, Scott Alderucci, Angela W Norton, Dianna M Lundberg, Susan M Fish, Knut Langsetmo, Göran Jönsson, Christian Lood, Birgitta Gullstrand, Kate J Zaleski, Nancy Savioli, Jason Lottherand, Charles Bedard, John Gill, Michael F Concino, Michael W Heartlein, Lennart Truedsson, Jan L Powell, Arthur O Tzianabos
Effects of F/G-actin ratio and actin turn-over rate on NADPH oxidase activity in microglia
Izabela Rasmussen, Line H Pedersen, Luise Byg, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hideki Sumimoto, Frederik Vilhardt
Tumor vaccine composed of C-class CpG oligodeoxynucleotides and irradiated tumor cells induces long-term antitumor immunity
Petra Cerkovnik, Barbara Jezersek Novakovic, Vida Stegel, Srdjan Novakovic
Serum lipoproteins attenuate macrophage activation and Toll-Like Receptor stimulation by bacterial lipoproteins
Sylvette Bas, Richard W James, Cem Gabay
Bystander T cells in human immune responses to dengue antigens
Duangchan Suwannasaen, Arunrat Romphruk, Chanvit Leelayuwat, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai
Associations between SNPs in candidate immune-relevant genes and rubella antibody levels: a multigenic assessment
V Shane Pankratz, Robert A Vierkant, Megan M O'Byrne, Inna G Ovsyannikova, Gregory A Poland
Natural killer cells are crucial for the efficacy of Icon (factor VII/human IgG1 Fc) immunotherapy in human tongue cancer
Zhiwei Hu, Jing Li
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor regulates interleukin-6 production by facilitating nuclear factor-kappa B activation during Vibrio vulnificus infection
Chia-Chang Chuang, Yin-Ching Chuang, Wen-Teng Chang, Chi-Chung Chen, Lien-I Hor, A-Ming Huang, Pui-Ching Choi, Chi-Yun Wang, Po-Chin Tseng, Chiou-Feng Lin
The gastrointestinal nematode Trichostrongylus colubriformis down-regulates immune gene expression in migratory cells in afferent lymph
Jacqueline S Knight, David B Baird, Wayne R Hein, Anton Pernthaner
Interleukin-33 contributes to both M1 and M2 chemokine marker expression in human macrophages
Amrita D Joshi, Sameer R Oak, Adam J Hartigan, William G Finn, Steven L Kunkel, Karen E Duffy, Anuk Das, Cory M Hogaboam
PAR1- and PAR2-induced innate immune markers are negatively regulated by PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in oral keratinocytes
Maryam G Rohani, Dennis H DiJulio, Jonathan Y An, Beth M Hacker, Beverly A Dale, Whasun O Chung
Phenotype, functions and fate of adoptively transferred tumor draining lymphocytes activated ex vivo in mice with an aggressive weakly immunogenic mammary carcinoma
Catriona HT Miller, Laura Graham, Harry D Bear
Novel Method of Monitoring Trace Cytokines and Activated STAT Molecules in the Paws of Arthritic Mice using Multiplex Bead Technology
Lily D Lu, Kristine L Stump, Matthew M Seavey
Rapid induction of IgE responses to a worm cysteine protease during murine pre-patent schistosome infection
Lucia A de Oliveira Fraga, Erika W Lamb, Elizabeth C Moreno, Mitali Chatterjee, Jan Dvořák, Melaine Delcroix, Mohammed Sajid, Conor R Caffrey, Stephen J Davies
TGF-β-induced growth inhibition in B-cell lymphoma correlates with Smad1/5 signalling and constitutively active p38 MAPK
Maren Bakkebø, Kanutte Huse, Vera I Hilden, Erlend B Smeland, Morten P Oksvold
CD8+ T cell activation predominate early immune responses to hypercholesterolemia in Apoe-/- mice
Daniel Kolbus, Ornélia H Ramos, Katarina E Berg, Josefin Persson, Maria Wigren, Harry Björkbacka, Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Jan Nilsson
Circulating cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia determined by multiplex suspension array
András Szarka, János Rigó Jr, Levente Lázár, Gabriella Bekő, Attila Molvarec
In vivo trafficking and immunostimulatory potential of an intranasally-administered primary dendritic cell-based vaccine
Prachi Vilekar, Vibhudutta Awasthi, Pallavi Lagisetty, Catherine King, Nathan Shankar, Shanjana Awasthi
Differential mucosal expression of Th17-related genes between the inflamed colon and ileum of patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Sara Bogaert, Debby Laukens, Harald Peeters, Lode Melis, Kim Olievier, Nico Boon, Gust Verbruggen, Jo Vandesompele, Dirk Elewaut, Martine De Vos
Iloprost modulates the immune response in systemic sclerosis
Patrizia D'Amelio, Maria A Cristofaro, Lucia D'Amico, Luciana Veneziano, Ilaria Roato, Francesca Sassi, Giuseppina Bisignano, Marta Saracco, Raffaele Pellerito, Salvatore Patanè, Riccardo Ferracini, Gian P Pescarmona, Giovanni C Isaia
Bifidobacterium animalis AHC7 protects against pathogen-induced NF-κB activation in vivo
David O'Mahony, Sharon Murphy, Thomas Boileau, JeanSoon Park, Frances O'Brien, David Groeger, Patrycja Konieczna, Mario Ziegler, Paul Scully, Fergus Shanahan, Barry Kiely, Liam O'Mahony
Lack of the pattern recognition molecule mannose-binding lectin increases susceptibility to influenza A virus infection
Wei-Chuan Chang, Mitchell R White, Patience Moyo, Sheree McClear, Steffen Thiel, Kevan L Hartshorn, Kazue Takahashi
Intranasal immunization with plasmid DNA encoding spike protein of SARS-coronavirus/polyethylenimine nanoparticles elicits antigen-specific humoral and cellular immune responses
Byoung-Shik Shim, Sung-Moo Park, Ji-Shan Quan, Dhananjay Jere, Hyuk Chu, Man Ki Song, Dong Wook Kim, Yong-Suk Jang, Moon-Sik Yang, Seung Hyun Han, Yong-Ho Park, Chong-Su Cho, Cheol-Heui Yun