Feline infectious peritonitis
... major drawback of this test is related to the inherent difficulties of PCR testing. The likelihood of inaccurate results increases if the test is not performed properly (risk of contamination) or if adequate controls are not used. The use of appropriate primers are necessary to identify gene segment ...
... major drawback of this test is related to the inherent difficulties of PCR testing. The likelihood of inaccurate results increases if the test is not performed properly (risk of contamination) or if adequate controls are not used. The use of appropriate primers are necessary to identify gene segment ...
Signalling pathway
... Blocks DNA-binding and translocation to nucleus p105 undergoes proteolytic maturation to p50 [NF-κB1] Proteolytic degradation to p50 is signal dependent, requires ATP and occurs through a ubiquitindependent proteasome pathway Also transcription from an intronic promoter → expression of IkB-γ ...
... Blocks DNA-binding and translocation to nucleus p105 undergoes proteolytic maturation to p50 [NF-κB1] Proteolytic degradation to p50 is signal dependent, requires ATP and occurs through a ubiquitindependent proteasome pathway Also transcription from an intronic promoter → expression of IkB-γ ...
Strategies and Implications for Prime
... population and the fundamental basis of vaccinations. Before a CD8 T cell can become activated and undergo proliferation, it must first receive appropriate stimulation from antigen-presenting cells of the innate immune system. It is widely accepted that a naïve CD8 T cell requires stimulation throug ...
... population and the fundamental basis of vaccinations. Before a CD8 T cell can become activated and undergo proliferation, it must first receive appropriate stimulation from antigen-presenting cells of the innate immune system. It is widely accepted that a naïve CD8 T cell requires stimulation throug ...
A New Mouse Model That Spontaneously Develops Chronic Liver
... glycolipids presented by the MHC class I like CD1d molecule [9, 10]. The NKT cell population is heterogeneous where the majority, referred to as type I NKT cells, express an invariant TCR and display specificity for glycolipids presented by CD1d, with the prototype antigen being αGalCer. Type II NKT ...
... glycolipids presented by the MHC class I like CD1d molecule [9, 10]. The NKT cell population is heterogeneous where the majority, referred to as type I NKT cells, express an invariant TCR and display specificity for glycolipids presented by CD1d, with the prototype antigen being αGalCer. Type II NKT ...
Capacity of Epstein–Barr virus to infect monocytes and inhibit their
... Antigen presentation by dendritic cells (DCs) is believed to be required for primary T-cell stimulation. Consistent with the critical function of DCs in anti-virus immunity, many viruses are known to infect different subsets of DCs and affect their differentiation, survival, migration and/or T cells ...
... Antigen presentation by dendritic cells (DCs) is believed to be required for primary T-cell stimulation. Consistent with the critical function of DCs in anti-virus immunity, many viruses are known to infect different subsets of DCs and affect their differentiation, survival, migration and/or T cells ...
Mapping of murine Thl and Th2 helper T
... fimbrial subunit protein (fimbrilin) from Porphyromonas gingivalis strain 38 1 was assessed in spleen mononuclear cells (MNC) of BALB/c mice (H-2d haplotype) immunised with the fimbrial protein antigen and adjuvant GM-53 in Freund's incomplete adjuvant (FIA). Sixtyseven sequential overlapping 10-mer ...
... fimbrial subunit protein (fimbrilin) from Porphyromonas gingivalis strain 38 1 was assessed in spleen mononuclear cells (MNC) of BALB/c mice (H-2d haplotype) immunised with the fimbrial protein antigen and adjuvant GM-53 in Freund's incomplete adjuvant (FIA). Sixtyseven sequential overlapping 10-mer ...
The role of peanut-specific T cell
... in different countries and the usual advice was peanut avoidance for infants and small children (for example the UK Government advisory Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) report on peanut allergy from June 1998). Nevertheless, this advice does not ...
... in different countries and the usual advice was peanut avoidance for infants and small children (for example the UK Government advisory Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) report on peanut allergy from June 1998). Nevertheless, this advice does not ...
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... Kidney transplantation has been one of the major medical advances of the past 30 years. However, tissue availability remains a major obstacle. This can potentially be overcome by the use of undifferentiated or partially developed kidney precursor cells derived from early embryos and fetal tissue. He ...
... Kidney transplantation has been one of the major medical advances of the past 30 years. However, tissue availability remains a major obstacle. This can potentially be overcome by the use of undifferentiated or partially developed kidney precursor cells derived from early embryos and fetal tissue. He ...
New Insights into Zika virus pathogenesis
... • ZIKV infects spermatogonia (stem cells), spermatocytes, and Sertoli cells • Other flaviviruses (e.g., Dengue) do not do this • Infection results in breakdown of the BTB and damage to seminferous tubules • Immune cells may contribute to disease pathogenesis • Damage appears irreversible in mice • F ...
... • ZIKV infects spermatogonia (stem cells), spermatocytes, and Sertoli cells • Other flaviviruses (e.g., Dengue) do not do this • Infection results in breakdown of the BTB and damage to seminferous tubules • Immune cells may contribute to disease pathogenesis • Damage appears irreversible in mice • F ...
Current progress in beta-amyloid immunotherapy
... antigen-presenting cells and Ab fragments are presented to T cells. Subsequently, various B-cells that can recognize epitopes on Ab1–42 are engaged, proliferate and produce polyclonal anti-Ab antibodies. The second type of active immunization approach involves the administration of small fragments o ...
... antigen-presenting cells and Ab fragments are presented to T cells. Subsequently, various B-cells that can recognize epitopes on Ab1–42 are engaged, proliferate and produce polyclonal anti-Ab antibodies. The second type of active immunization approach involves the administration of small fragments o ...
SERIES ‘‘RARE INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES’’ Number 2 in this Series
... diffuse infiltrating lung disease, surgical lung biopsy showed LCH in ,5% of cases [10]. Over a 6-yr period, COLBY and LOMBARD [11] identified 15 cases of PLCH compared with 274 cases of sarcoidosis among patients evaluated at a referral centre. More recently, in a 5-yr prospective study in 20 pulmo ...
... diffuse infiltrating lung disease, surgical lung biopsy showed LCH in ,5% of cases [10]. Over a 6-yr period, COLBY and LOMBARD [11] identified 15 cases of PLCH compared with 274 cases of sarcoidosis among patients evaluated at a referral centre. More recently, in a 5-yr prospective study in 20 pulmo ...
Complement
... It represents lytic activity of fresh serum Its lytic activity destroyed when heated at 56C for 30 min ...
... It represents lytic activity of fresh serum Its lytic activity destroyed when heated at 56C for 30 min ...
Vaxart`s Tablet Vaccine for H1N1 Influenza Generates Protective
... cellular immune responses to influenza in humans after oral immunization with recombinant adenovirus expressing HA.” He further commented, “In addition to the robust HAI and MN responses, our tablet vaccine generated strong mucosal and T cell responses in virtually all recipients (11 of 12). This su ...
... cellular immune responses to influenza in humans after oral immunization with recombinant adenovirus expressing HA.” He further commented, “In addition to the robust HAI and MN responses, our tablet vaccine generated strong mucosal and T cell responses in virtually all recipients (11 of 12). This su ...
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... (I): Low frequency of a B220 /CD138 population of bone marrow cells correlates with poor -/induction of short- and long-lived plasma cells in CD1d mice. H. B. Shah and M. L. Lang (II): Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin abrogates TCR-induced cytokine production by CD1d-restricted NKT cells. S. K. Joshi ...
... (I): Low frequency of a B220 /CD138 population of bone marrow cells correlates with poor -/induction of short- and long-lived plasma cells in CD1d mice. H. B. Shah and M. L. Lang (II): Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin abrogates TCR-induced cytokine production by CD1d-restricted NKT cells. S. K. Joshi ...
Basophils and Mast Cells
... carboxypeptidase A (CPA). However, the metachromatic cells in the peripheral blood of subjects with asthma, allergies, or drug reactions not only were increased in number but also, in many cases, expressed surface kit, as well as tryptase, chymase, and CPA. These new findings indicate that the cytop ...
... carboxypeptidase A (CPA). However, the metachromatic cells in the peripheral blood of subjects with asthma, allergies, or drug reactions not only were increased in number but also, in many cases, expressed surface kit, as well as tryptase, chymase, and CPA. These new findings indicate that the cytop ...
Syddansk Universitet Immunogenicity and Immune
... peptide antigens derived from extracellular proteins to CD4+ T helper cells to elicit an immune response. Because MHC class II expression is cell-type specific and mainly restricted to thymic epithelial cells and bone marrow-derived antigen presenting cells it is not expected to be a problem in many ...
... peptide antigens derived from extracellular proteins to CD4+ T helper cells to elicit an immune response. Because MHC class II expression is cell-type specific and mainly restricted to thymic epithelial cells and bone marrow-derived antigen presenting cells it is not expected to be a problem in many ...
the role of the c5a receptor in host defense against listeria
... secretion of IFN-γ, an essential cytokine that increases the bactericidal capabilities of macrophages (21, 24). Similarly, CD8+ T cells have bactericidal activity through some combination of cytokine production and cytolytic activity (24). While adaptive immunity is required for total clearance of L ...
... secretion of IFN-γ, an essential cytokine that increases the bactericidal capabilities of macrophages (21, 24). Similarly, CD8+ T cells have bactericidal activity through some combination of cytokine production and cytolytic activity (24). While adaptive immunity is required for total clearance of L ...
19-5 White Blood Cells
... may die before delivery or shortly thereafter. A newborn with sever HDN is anemic, and the high concentration of circulating bilirubin produces jaundice. Because the maternal antibodies remain active in the newborn for one to two months after delivery, the infant’s entire blood volume may require re ...
... may die before delivery or shortly thereafter. A newborn with sever HDN is anemic, and the high concentration of circulating bilirubin produces jaundice. Because the maternal antibodies remain active in the newborn for one to two months after delivery, the infant’s entire blood volume may require re ...
Toward a Definition of Self: Proteomic Evaluation of the Class I
... minor histocompatibility Ags to be derived from allogeneic polymorphisms throughout the human genome, or are person-to-person differences in select proteins more subject to presentation? Finally, as have studies of nucleotide and amino acid sequences increased our knowledge of evolution, understandi ...
... minor histocompatibility Ags to be derived from allogeneic polymorphisms throughout the human genome, or are person-to-person differences in select proteins more subject to presentation? Finally, as have studies of nucleotide and amino acid sequences increased our knowledge of evolution, understandi ...
LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-MEDIATED REGULATION OF IL-17 RECEPTOR LEVELS IN HUMAN MONOCYTES
... regulating the inflammatory responses, and to determining the differentiation of immune cells. A key player in the adaptive response is the CD4+ T helper (Th) cell. These cells are crucial in mediating specific pathogen responses that come later than the innate response, but are more robust and spec ...
... regulating the inflammatory responses, and to determining the differentiation of immune cells. A key player in the adaptive response is the CD4+ T helper (Th) cell. These cells are crucial in mediating specific pathogen responses that come later than the innate response, but are more robust and spec ...
Mast Cell Activation and Migration to Lymph Nodes during
... primary antibodies; goat anti–mouse MIP-1a or MIP-1b (R&D Systems), and affinity-purified polyclonal rabbit anti–mouse mast cell protease-5 (mMCP-5) (40), for 1 h at room temperature, followed by HRP-conjugated donkey anti–goat IgG (Serotec, Australian Laboratory Services, Sydney, Australia) for 1 h ...
... primary antibodies; goat anti–mouse MIP-1a or MIP-1b (R&D Systems), and affinity-purified polyclonal rabbit anti–mouse mast cell protease-5 (mMCP-5) (40), for 1 h at room temperature, followed by HRP-conjugated donkey anti–goat IgG (Serotec, Australian Laboratory Services, Sydney, Australia) for 1 h ...
hepatitis virus
... These areas have high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma- hepatoma. HBV is a tumor associated virus Immunization against HBV in Taiwan has decreased the incidence of hepatoma. HBV vaccine: first vaccine against human cancer ...
... These areas have high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma- hepatoma. HBV is a tumor associated virus Immunization against HBV in Taiwan has decreased the incidence of hepatoma. HBV vaccine: first vaccine against human cancer ...
Murine Effector Cells Crosstalk between Human IgG Isotypes and
... Development of human therapeutic Abs has led to reduced immunogenicity and optimal interactions with the human immune system in patients. Humanization had as a consequence that efficacy studies performed in mouse models, which represent a crucial step in preclinical development, are more difficult t ...
... Development of human therapeutic Abs has led to reduced immunogenicity and optimal interactions with the human immune system in patients. Humanization had as a consequence that efficacy studies performed in mouse models, which represent a crucial step in preclinical development, are more difficult t ...
ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION............................................................................. 5
... In addition, nearly all nucleated cells express MHC I, which can present endogenous and nonself molecules. The absence of MHC I on foetal cells found in close contact to the maternal blood in placenta are discussed to be one of the mechanisms for the foetus to avoid recognition by the maternal immu ...
... In addition, nearly all nucleated cells express MHC I, which can present endogenous and nonself molecules. The absence of MHC I on foetal cells found in close contact to the maternal blood in placenta are discussed to be one of the mechanisms for the foetus to avoid recognition by the maternal immu ...