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2. Casein kinase I delta controls centrosome positioning during T cell activation.
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Zyss, Deborah, Ebrahimi, Hani, and Gergely, Fanni
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CENTROSOMES , *CELLS , *T cells , *EPITHELIAL cells , *CARRIER proteins - Abstract
Although termed central body, the centrosome is located off-center in many polarized cells. T cell receptor (TCR) engagement by antigens induces a polarity switch in T cells. This leads to the recruitment of the centrosome to the immunological synapse (IS), a specialized cell--cell junction. Despite much recent progress, how TCR signaling triggers centrosome repositioning remains poorly understood. In this paper, we uncover a critical requirement for the centrosomal casein kinase I delta (CKId) in centrosome translocation to the IS. CKId binds and phosphorylates the microtubule plus-end--binding protein EB1. Moreover, a putative EB1-binding motif at the C terminus of CKId is required for centrosome translocation to the IS. We find that depletion of CKId in T lymphocytes and inhibition of CKI in epithelial cells reduce microtubule growth. Therefore, we propose that CKId--EB1 complexes contribute to the increase in microtubule growth speeds observed in polarized T cells, a mechanism that might serve to generate long-stable microtubules necessary for centrosome translocation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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3. Notch Signaling in T-Cell Development and T-ALL.
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Xiaoyu Li and von Boehmer, Harald
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CELLS , *CELL proliferation , *APOPTOSIS , *T cells , *LEUKEMIA - Abstract
The Notch signaling pathway is an evolutionarily conserved cell signaling system present in most multicellular organisms, as it controls cell fate specification by regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and survival. Regulation of the Notch signaling pathway can be achieved at multiple levels. Notch proteins are involved in lineage fate decisions in a variety of tissues in various species. Notch is essential for T lineage cell differentiation including T versus B and αβ versus γδ lineage specification. In this paper, we discuss Notch signaling in normal T-cell maturation and differentiation as well as in T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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4. Amino Acid Similarity Accounts for T Cell Cross-Reactivity and for "Holes" in the T Cell Repertoire.
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Frankild, Sune, de Boer, Rob J., Lund, Ole, Nielsen, Morten, and Kesmir, Can
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AMINO acids , *T cells , *PEPTIDES , *CELL receptors , *CELLS , *REACTIVITY (Chemistry) , *EPITOPES , *HIV - Abstract
Background: Cytotoxic T cell (CTL) cross-reactivity is believed to play a pivotal role in generating immune responses but the extent and mechanisms of CTL cross-reactivity remain largely unknown. Several studies suggest that CTL clones can recognize highly diverse peptides, some sharing no obvious sequence identity. The emerging realization in the field is that T cell receptors (TcR) recognize multiple distinct ligands. Principal Findings: First, we analyzed peptide scans of the HIV epitope SLFNTVATL (SFL9) and found that TCR specificity is position dependent and that biochemically similar amino acid substitutions do not drastically affect recognition. Inspired by this, we developed a general model of TCR peptide recognition using amino acid similarity matrices and found that such a model was able to predict the cross-reactivity of a diverse set of CTL epitopes. With this model, we were able to demonstrate that seemingly distinct T cell epitopes, i.e., ones with low sequence identity, are in fact more biochemically similar than expected. Additionally, an analysis of HIV immunogenicity data with our model showed that CTLs have the tendency to respond mostly to peptides that do not resemble self-antigens. Conclusions: T cell cross-reactivity can thus, to an extent greater than earlier appreciated, be explained by amino acid similarity. The results presented in this paper will help resolving some of the long-lasting discussions in the field of T cell cross-reactivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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5. Novel synthesis of α-galactosyl-ceramides and confirmation of their powerful NKT cell agonist activity
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Lee, Adrianne, Farrand, Kathryn J., Dickgreber, Nina, Hayman, Colin M., Jürs, Stefan, Hermans, Ian F., and Painter, Gavin F.
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CELLS , *BIOLOGY , *T cells , *CELLULAR immunity - Abstract
Abstract: α-Galactosyl-ceramide (1) has been identified as a powerful modulator of immunological processes through its capacity to bind CD1d molecules and specifically activate invariant natural killer (NK)-like T cells (iNKT cells). This paper describes the synthesis of 1, the analogous α-galactosyl-ceramide 3, and its short chain analogue ‘OCH’ (2), by use of the 4,6-di-O-tert-butylsilylene (DTBS) protecting group to produce a powerful α-galactosylating agent. In vivo experiments confirmed these compounds to be potent and selective activators of iNKT cells in a CD1d-dependent manner, each inducing a unique profile of cytokine release. This synthesis strategy will permit the generation of novel derivatives for use in the study of the mechanism of iNKT cell activation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2006
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6. Quantifying cell turnover using CFSE data
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Ganusov, Vitaly V., Pilyugin, Sergei S., de Boer, Rob J., Murali-Krishna, Kaja, Ahmed, Rafi, and Antia, Rustom
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CYTOLOGY , *CELL proliferation , *CELLS , *T cells - Abstract
Abstract: The CFSE dye dilution assay is widely used to determine the number of divisions a given CFSE labelled cell has undergone in vitro and in vivo. In this paper, we consider how the data obtained with the use of CFSE (CFSE data) can be used to estimate the parameters determining cell division and death. For a homogeneous cell population (i.e., a population with the parameters for cell division and death being independent of time and the number of divisions cells have undergone), we consider a specific biologically based “Smith–Martin” model of cell turnover and analyze three different techniques for estimation of its parameters: direct fitting, indirect fitting and rescaling method. We find that using only CFSE data, the duration of the division phase (i.e., approximately the S+G2 +M phase of the cell cycle) can be estimated with the use of either technique. In some cases, the average division or cell cycle time can be estimated using the direct fitting of the model solution to the data or by using the Gett–Hodgkin method [Gett A. and Hodgkin, P. 2000. A cellular calculus for signal integration by T cells. Nat. Immunol. 1:239-244]. Estimation of the death rates during commitment to division (i.e., approximately the G1 phase of the cell cycle) and during the division phase may not be feasible with the use of only CFSE data. We propose that measuring an additional parameter, the fraction of cells in division, may allow estimation of all model parameters including the death rates during different stages of the cell cycle. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2005
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7. Impairment of gamma/delta T lymphocytes in elderly: implications for immunosenescence
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Colonna-Romano, Giuseppina, Aquino, Alessandra, Bulati, Matteo, Lio, Domenico, Candore, Giuseppina, Oddo, Gioacchino, Scialabba, Giuseppe, Vitello, Salvatore, and Caruso, Calogero
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LYMPHOCYTES , *CELLS , *LEUCOCYTES , *T cells - Abstract
Gamma/delta T lymphocytes cells recognize the antigen in a non-classical way and are considered the third branch of the immune system devoted to defend the integrity of the body. Ageing is characterized by an impairment of the main way of protection (the adaptive branch) but, successfully aged people show compensatory mechanisms of defense such as proneness to inflammation. Moreover, very old subjects show an increased number of NK cells. We have previously demonstrated that γδT lymphocytes are reduced in elderly. In the present paper we have studied some characteristics of these cells to evaluate the possibility that these cells might balance the decreased action of the adaptive branch in successfully aged people. Cytofluorimetric analysis of cells collected from young, old and centenarian subjects has been used to evaluate the ability of these cells to expand in vitro. Here we demonstrate that γδT cells are impaired in the ability to proliferate to different stimuli such as isopentenyl pyrophoshate, that select γδT lymphocytes bearing δ2 chain, other than to phytohemagglutinin and anti-CD3 that are polyclonal activators. Moreover, we demonstrate that γδT cells in aged and centenarians show an enhanced sensitivity to undergo apoptosis induced both by α-Fas and TNF-α. All together these data suggest that γδT lymphocytes are impaired in elderly and suggest that the reduced ability to proliferate and the reduced number of circulating γδT lymphocytes is due to the proneness to apoptosis. Finally on the basis of these data, we conclude that γδT lymphocytes, do not participate in the remodeling of the immune system due to the reduction of classical T cell response and replacement by NK cells in elderly. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2004
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8. Overexpression of a mutant CTLA4 inhibits T-cell activation and homeostasis-driven expansion
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Mao, Yifan, Brigham, Dan, and Chen, Dan
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CELLS , *LYMPHOCYTES , *PHYSIOLOGICAL control systems , *T cells , *PHYSIOLOGY , *BONE marrow - Abstract
Interaction of B7 with CD28 and CTLA4 plays an important function in T-cell activation and homeostasis. Disruption of CD28, CTLA4, or both has shown impact on T-cell biology. This paper examined the consequences of overexpressing a tailless mutant form of CTLA4 on T-cell activation and in vivo expansion.Retroviral gene transfer was used to infect bone marrow progenitor cells with either a control vector or a cytoplasmic domain-deleted mutant of CTLA-4 (ΔCTLA4). The cells were subsequently adoptively transferred to RAG-/- mice and allowed to repopulate. The T cells derived from the reconstituted RAG-/- mice were analyzed functionally in vitro and in vivo.The T cells were defective in their ability for IL-2 secretion, survival, and proliferation in response to Ag/APC stimulation in vitro. Addition of exogenous IL-2 or normal T cells was able to rescue the survival defect and allow cell-cycle progression. In adoptive transfer studies, the naïve T cells expressing ΔCTLA4 exhibited compromised capability to expand in RAG-/- mice. Memory ΔCTLA4T cells, however, were capable of proliferating in lymphopenic hosts to a similar extent as control memory T cells, but showed reduced survival.Surface ΔCTLA4 has similar tolerogenic/regulatory activity as CTLA4-Ig. In contrast to CTLA4-Ig, the effect of ΔCTLA-4 is autonomous. The inhibition of in vivo expansion by ΔCTLA4 indicates developmental and/or activation stage dependency of costimulation in T cells. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2004
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9. ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY OF OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA INDUCED BY LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT CHEMICALS.
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Lutz, Waldemar and Palczynski, Cezary
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MOLECULAR weights , *WORK environment , *IMMUNE system , *CELLS , *ANTIGENS , *OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases , *ASTHMA , *DENDRITIC cells , *OCCUPATIONAL medicine - Abstract
The paper reviews the literature reports on low molecular weight (LMW) sensitizers that are commonly encountered in the work environment as well as on the major mechanisms responsible for their effect on the immune cells of the respiratory tract. Current studies have focused on: LMW-antigens; the role of airway epithelial and dendritic cells (DCs); activation of naive helper T (Th) cells by DCs; naive B cell-effector Th2 cell interactions; and activation of mast cells by LMW asthmogens. A better understanding of the pathogenesis of occupational asthma due to LMW asthmogens should facilitate the development of better diagnostics and the improvement of strategies for disease surveillance and intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
10. Regulatory CD8+ T cells control thyrotropin receptor-specific CD4+ clones in healthy subjects
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Molteni, Monica, Rossetti, Carlo, Scrofani, Santo, Bonara, Paola, Scorza, Raffaella, and Kohn, Leonard D.
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T cells , *CELLS , *CELL communication , *AUTOIMMUNE thyroiditis , *DISEASES - Abstract
One of the mechanisms ensuring immunological unresponsiveness or tolerance depends on the action of CD8+ lymphocytes. In this paper, we report that, in healthy subjects, a subset of CD8+CD28− T cells suppresses the specific response to TSH receptor (TSHR) of CD4+ clones. Suppression was highly specific, required cell–cell interaction, and was not mediated by cytotoxicity. Co-incubation of CD8+ and CD4+ clones, followed by the removal of the CD8+ cells from the cultures before testing CD4+ responsiveness to TSHR, demonstrated that CD4+ cells were anergic since they showed low response to the antigen and a significant impairment of IL-2 production. In CD8-mediated anergy induction, the T-cell receptor (TCR) on both CD4+ and CD8+ cells seems to play a role. Our results indicate that one of the mechanisms ensuring peripheral tolerance involve CD8+CD28− cells. A disregulation in the control of autoreactive clones by this subset might be important for the onset of autoimmune thyroid diseases. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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11. Abstracts.
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CELLS , *CELLULAR therapy , *CORD blood , *T cells - Abstract
Presents abstracts of papers related to cytotherapy. "Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells Can Present Distinct Hematopoietic Supportive Capacity," by Z. C. Alfonso; "Large-Scale Transcriptional Analysis of ex vivo Expanded Human T Cells," by H. Haddad; "Extensive Purging of NHL Cells Using a Photodynamic Strategy," by N. Dallaire.
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- 2001
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12. Ecalectin as a T Cell-Derived Eosinophil Chemoattractant.
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Hirashima, Mitsuomi
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T cells , *LYMPHOCYTES , *CELLS , *EOSINOPHILS , *CHEMOTAXIS - Abstract
In our previous papers, we have shown that human T cells produce a unique eosinophil chemotactic factor (ECF), termed Ecalectin, with a molecular weight of about 30–50 kD during interaction with BALL-1 (a B cell line) extracts, antigen or mitogen. A 1.6-kB cDNA was isolated from a human T cell-derived expression library that encodes Ecalectin. Ecalectin is a 36-kD protein consisting of 323 amino acids based on its deduced amino acid sequence. Ecalectin was found to be a variant of human galectin-9, a member of the growing family of animal lectins exhibiting affinity for β-galactosides. Recombinant Ecalectin, expressed in COS cells, exhibited potent ECF activity in vitro and in vivo in a dose-dependent manner but not chemotactic activity for neutrophils, lymphocytes, or monocytes. The finding that the Ecalectin transcript is present in various lymphatic tissues and that its expression increases substantially in antigen-activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells suggests that Ecalectin is an important T cell-derived regulator of eosinophil recruitment in allergic reaction sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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13. Antibody responses to a cytochrome <em>c</em> peptide do not correlate with lymphokine production patterns from helper T-cell subsets.
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Fox, B. S.
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IMMUNOLOGICAL adjuvants , *T cells , *IMMUNIZATION , *ANTINEOPLASTIC agents , *CELLS , *ANTIVIRAL agents - Abstract
This paper examines helper T-cell responses and antibody titres and isotypes following immunization with a peptide antigen in association with three different adjuvants. B10.A mice were primed with pigeon cytochrome c fragment 81-104 in association with the adjuvants complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA), incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) and alum. Strong antibody responses, dominated by IgG1, were observed upon priming with CFA and IFA. In contrast, priming with alum induced a weak antibody response with little or no detectable antigen-specific IgG1. These differences did not correlate with differences in T-cell priming, as immunization with peptide in association with all three adjuvants induced comparable T-cell proliferative responses and frequencies of antigen-specific cells. In addition, no significant differences in iiiterleukin-2 (IL-2), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and IL-4 production could be found, suggesting that the adjuvants did not differentially affect Th1 and Th2 cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1992
14. The role of I-J in the suppressor T-cell circuit which influences the effector stage of contact sensitivity: antigen together with syngeneic I-J region determinants induces and activates T suppressor cells.
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Colizzi, V., Asherson, G. L., and James, Bridget M. B.
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T cells , *SUPPRESSOR cells , *VASCULAR endothelium , *CELLS , *BLOOD vessels , *ANTIGENS - Abstract
One of the T suppressor circuits induced by picrylsulphonic acid includes the T suppressor cell (Ts-eff) which acts at the efferent stage of the contact sensitivity reaction and produces antigen-specific T suppressor factor (TsF). This factor does not act directly but arms a T acceptor cell (Tacc). This Tacc liberates a non-specific inhibitor when it is armed with TsF and then exposed to picrylated cells sharing the I-J genotype of the source of the TsF. This paper investigates the role of I-J region gene products in this T suppressor circuit. Two approaches were used. Syngeneic CBA (H-2k) lymphocytes were separated into I-J+ and I-J- cells by treatment with anti-I-Jk serum followed by panning on anti-immunoglobulin plates. The cells were then picrylated and used as a source of antigen. Alternatively, B10.A congeneic mice syngeneic (SR) or allogeneic (3R) with CBA at the I-J locus were picrylated and used similarly. The main findings were as follows. (i) The intravenous injection of picrylated I-J+ spleen cells but not a similar number of I-J- cells induced Ts-eff which blocked the transfer of contact sensitivity. Picrylated unseparated cells syngeneic, but not allogeneic, at the I-J locus were also effective. (ii) It is known that the lymphocytes of mice injected with picrylsulphonic acid and then re-exposed to antigen by painting with picryl chloride liberate TsF in vitro. The re-exposure to antigen can be replaced by the intravenous injection of picrylated I-J+ cells or by cells syngeneic at the I-J locus the day before harvesting the spleen cells. (iii) The release of non-specific inhibitor by Tacc armed with TsF requires exposure to picrylated I-J+ cells or cells syngeneic at the I-J locus. The requirement for antigen on a cell bearing syngeneic I-J suggests that antigen together with I-J is an activation signal in this T-cell circuit. The simplest explanation is that the receptor of the pristine Ts and of the mature Ts-eff is similar to T suppressor factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1983
15. Evidence for disregulation in the control of Epstein-Barr virus latency in patients with AIDS-related complex.
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Ragona, G., Caterina Sirianni, Maria, Soddu, Silvia, Vercelli, Brunella, Sebastiani, G., Piccoli, M., and Aiuti, F.
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EPSTEIN-Barr virus , *AIDS patients , *HIV infections , *VIRUSES , *CELLS , *KILLER cells , *T cells - Abstract
Patients affected by AIDS-related complex (ARC) show several immunological abnormalities which may lead to a disregulation of immunosurveillance against viral latent infections. In this paper evidence for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation in seven out of eight affected by persistent generalized lymphadenopathy is given. These patients showed either elevated levels of circulating EBNA-positive transformed cells or depressed EBV-specific T cell cytotoxicity, as assessed by the regression assay, or both. A direct involvement of EBV in the pathogenesis of ARC is thus suggested. Natural killer cell activity was found decreased, correlating to the evidence of circulating EBV-infected cells and of impaired EBV-specific immune control. These data provide evidence that, when specific immune mechanisms lose control on ubiquitous latent viruses, the risk for reactivation becomes higher. In the case of EBV, direct evidence of this event is provided by the emergence in the peripheral blood of clones of infected cells with unlimited growth potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1986
16. CD1a and langerin: acting as more than Langerhans cell markers.
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Mizumoto, Norikatsu and Takashima, Akira
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LANGERHANS cells , *EPIDERMIS , *CELLS , *EPITHELIUM , *SKIN , *IMMUNE response , *T cells , *MYCOBACTERIUM leprae , *ANTIGENS - Abstract
Langerhans cells (LCs) represent a unique DC subset populating the outermost body surface, i.e., the epidermis. Although CDla and langerin (CD207) are used as specific markers to distinguish LCs from other DC subsets, their immunological functions have remained mostly unknown. A new paper (see the related article beginning on page 701) demonstrates that LCs utilize these markers to induce cellular immune responses to Mycobacterium leprae: CDla mediates the presentation of nonpeptide antigens to T cells, while langerin facilitates uptake of microbial fragments and perhaps their delivery to a specialized subcellular compartment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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17. Are stem cells attacked in graft-versus-host disease?
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Sale, George E.
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GRAFT versus host disease , *IMMUNOLOGIC diseases , *STEM cells , *HAIR follicles , *T cells , *CELLS - Abstract
The article presents information on related to attack on the stem cells in Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The author and colleagues and had noted a predilection for the rete ridge in GVHD, so in response to their paper, they tested this region as a target for GVHD. They suggested that some property of this region, perhaps the presence of stem cells or their early progeny, serves as a target for GVHD. Now other researchers have demonstrated that the parafollicular bulge of the hair follicle is the true site of stem cells within the hair follicle in mouse, providing not only the cells for the follicle in general, but the cells for the previous candidate site, the hair bulb. It is hoped that by studying specific cytolytic T cell markers and measures of proliferation in the early post-transplant period that some objective criteria may be found for the early diagnosis of GVHD.
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- 1991
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18. Increased stimulatory capacity of antigen presenting cells at the site of autoimmune inflammation interferes with regulatory T cell function.
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Van Wijk, Femke, Wehrens, E., Duurland, C., Vastert, B., Klein, M., Meerding, J., De Jager, W., and Prakken, B.
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T cells , *CELLS - Abstract
An abstract of the conference paper "Increased stimulatory capacity of antigen presenting cells at the site of autoimmune inflammation interferes with regulatory T cell function," by Femke Van Wijk and colleagues is presented.
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- 2011
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