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... β-galactosidase α-fragment with DNA sequence (5'-ATG ACC ATG ATT ACG CCA AGC TAT TTA GGT GAC ACT ATA GAA TAC TCA AGC TAT GCA TCC AAC GCG TTG GGA GCT CTC CCA TAT GGT CGA CCT GCA GGC GGC CGC GAA TTC ... was shown that fusing genes to the 5' UTR (untranslated region) of ompA was effective in stabilizing the mRNA transcripts [16] Other considerations that potentially contributed to the high level ... of CD8+ Tc2 cells is still poorly understood Some reports suggest that that Tc2 cells provide B cell help by secretion of IL-4 and would display cytotoxicity function just like the Tc1 cells [25-27]

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2022, 08:31

... MT+/+Tr1 cells after exposure to H2O2(Fig 3b) These results suggest that MT is not a significant source of total intracellular free thiols under these cell culture conditions and that CD4+ T cells ... transient and associated with activation and the lympho-blast phenotype The increased intracellular pool of zinc-MT that is present after the development of the CD4+ Tr1 cell ef-fector phenotype ... alter the total intracellular free thiol concentration This is not unexpected, given that reduced glutathione exists in >1000 fold molar excess compared to MT in CD4+T cells [25, 42] Additionally,

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2022, 15:43

... but were affected by ShK to a similar degree as T cells initially treated with vehicle control or ShK This suggests that treatment with TRAM-34 did not with TT-specific T cells that underwent ... that these were the only two Fig 5a,b) TT-specific T-cell lines were generated by multiple rounds of TT restimulation together with autologous APCs After four rounds of stimulation, the sensitivity ... after multiple rounds of in vitro stimulation We selected TT as most donors have prior exposure to the antigen from vaccination against tetanus Ex vivo T-cell responses to stimulation with TT

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2022, 16:01

... -6 ) (h) 52 6 3 6 2 23 WT host DTA host 2 23 WT host DTA host 0.025 0.006 3 2 2 3 WT DTA WT DTA 3 2 2 3 WT DTA WT DTA 45 48 35 41 WT DTA WT DTA 45 48 35 41 WT DTA WT DTA 23 16 44 10 26 16 6 4 ... persistently infected and failed to thrive, with susceptibility intermediate between T T cells (Figure 5d) These results showed that, despite the R26Dta/+mice were CD4+T cell immune deficient C ... CD8+ CD44hi WT DTA 8 17 0 2 WT DTA WT DTA WT DTA 8 17 0 2 WT DTA 8 17 0 2 WT DTA Trang 10and loss of regulatory CD4+T cell activity [29,30] Reactivityto apoptosis-related self peptides could be

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:21

... important finding of the study is the simi-larity in allergen-specific Th cell quantity when analyzed at different time-points This suggests that the interassay variability is low and that the ... compared the ratio of positive control (anti CD3)-specific Th cell and allergen-specific Th cells to rule out the impact of run variability Similar to the absolute counts of allergen-specific Th cells, ... similar between time points This implies that (1) cat/Timothy/ birch-specific Th cell counts are high in most but not all cat/Timothy/birch-allergic individuals and low in most but not all nonallergic

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Type II collagen is a DR4/DR1 restricted target of self-reactive T cells that sustain rheumatoid arthritis The aim of the present study ... patients Although the size of the repertoire used by control individuals is comparable to that of patients, it is characterized by different T-cell receptors Part of the antigen-specific T-T-cell ... associated with detection in the PBMCs of the same cells that were spon-taneously enriched in the synovial fluid at the onset (Table 4) Taken together, these observations further strengthen the

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... differen-tiated phenotype We tested two potential hypotheses that might explain the coexistence of these two phenomena The first hypothesis, that the less differentiated CD8+ T cells tend not to produce IL-2, ... production, we wanted to ensure that the phenotypic markers examined did not modulate during short-term stimulation Using an MHC-peptide tetramer to isolate CMV-specific T cells, we demonstrated that ... present in all of the HIV-positive subjects (Table 1) Yet, these subjects tended to have fewer CD8+ effector T cells and more cells of intermediate differentiation Thus, the differentiation of the

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20

... suggests that with an appropriate strategy, such as selecting an appropriate adjuvant, it is feasible to enhance peptide-based vaccine potency Thus, it is important to continue to identify strategies ... may potentially generate an Th1 anti-tumor inflammatory response in the anti-tumor microenvir-onment, thus contributing to the destruction of the tumor Furthermore, the released tumor antigen, ... < 0.05) Taken together,our data indicate that intratumoral vaccination with the E7 peptide in combination with PADRE peptide and poly(I:C) generates significantly enhanced therapeutic anti-tumor

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... patients Patient CD4 T cell count before ART cells/ µl CD4 T cell count at presentation of IRIS cells/ µl Fold change in CD4 T cell counts from baseline to IRIS presentation CD4 T cell count after ... delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) tests to assess the cell-mediated immunity of these patients [12,14,15] In contrast, we used the thymidine incorporation assay to evaluate lymphocyte proliferation ... reflect thymic dysfunction/inactivity Our data suggests that the degree of immune reconstitu-tion achieved with potent ART alone is dependent on the clinical stage of the patient when therapy

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... administration of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was used in chronically infected patients with lipodystrophy in an attempt to reconstitute ... down-regulation of virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells that is not restored upon treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) The aims of immune-based therapeutic interventions in the presence ... from: http://www.jibtherapies.com/content/6/1/7 © 2008 Herasimtschuk et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... AGGCTAATACATCTTCTGCATCAAAC - 3’ Reverse: 5 ’- GGGTCCTGTTGGGTATGAGTCTA - 3’ Probe: 5 ’ - CCACCCTCTTATTTCC - 3’ SIV singly spliced Forward: 5 ’- AGAGGCCTCCGGTTGCA-3’ Reverse: 5 ’- CCTTCCCCTTTCCACAATAGC-3’ ... 5 ’- CGACAGTTCAGCCATCACTTGGAT-3’ Probe: 5 ’-ACTGACTCGAATGTCCAACGCAAAGC-3’ GAPDH Forward: 5 ’-GGCATCCTGGGCTACACTGA-3’ Reverse: 5 ’-AGGAGTGGGTGTCGCTGTTG-3’ Probe: 5 ’- AGGTGGTCTCCTCTGAC -3’ ... CD4+T cell immunity The institution of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) restores CD4+T cell responses to many pathogens, but HIV-specific responses remain deficient Similarly, therapeutic immunization

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:21

... Tregs expand to control the pathogen-specific effector T cell response. Evidence indicates that this negative control mechanism is important in limiting T-cell-mediated collateral damage that ... obvious limitation on CD4+T cell-mediated cyto-toxic activity is that cognate antigen is only recognized on target cells that express MHC class II molecules Direct antiviral activity by CD4+T cells ... acutely infected mice The cells differentiate into Th1-type effector CD4+ T cells that produce IFNg [58,59] (Figure 1) Adoptive transfers of FV-specific CD4+ T cells into FV-infected mice that

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:21

... CD4 T-cells, but not macrophages, display a profound transcriptional deficit that is ameliorated by transient trans-complementation with the human Tat-interacting protein Cyclin T1 (hCycT1) Results: ... purified cell populations from hCycT1-tg rats (Fig 1C–E) First, hCycT1 expression was readily detectable in rCD4 T-cell-rich thymocyte extracts from hCycT1-tg rats, but not from a non-tg (n-tg) littermate ... mice, the ina-bility of CycT1 to support the interaction with the transac-tivation response (TAR) element when bound to Tat has been mapped to one critical amino acid (tyrosine-261; cytosine-261

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... appears that this consti-tutive NF-κB activation contributes to the survival and chemotherapy resistance of ATL cells, since treatment of ATL cells with a NF-κB inhibitor, Bay 11-7082, induces apoptosis ... proteins are thought to contribute to the deregulated proliferation of HTLV-1-infected cells Accu-mulating evidence suggests that activation of cellular genes by Tax1, particularly through the nuclear ... ATL cells induce activation independent of Tax1 The aim of this study was to identify the molecules responsible for the constitutive activation of NF-κB in ATL cells using a retroviral functional

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 09:21

... oligonucleotides IL-10i#1: sense 5'-GAT CCC CAG CCA TGA GTG AGT TTG ACT TCA AGA GAG TCA AAC TCA CTC ATG GCT TTT TTG GAA A-3' and antisense 5'-AGC TTT TCC AAA AAA GCC ATG AGT GAG TTT GAC TCT CTT GAA GTC ... AAA CTC ACT CAT GGC TGG G-3'; IL10i#2: sense 5'-GAT CCC CGG GTT ACC TGG GTT GCC AAT TCA AGA GAT TGG CAA CCC AGG TAA CCC TTT TTG GAA A-3' and antisense 5'-AGC TTT TCC AAA AAG GGT TAC CTG GGT TGC ... TGT TCC ATG TTT CTT-3' and antisense 5'-TTC TCG AGT TAT CAG TGT TCT TTA GTG CCC ATC-3' The LVs were produced and concentrated as described pre-viously [20] Lentiviral siRNA vectors were generated

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... 2610101J03Rik These data generate the hypothesis that the cytogenetic band 2F contains a centration of apoptotic initiators for negative selection thatmay be coregulated by chromatin structure con-Global ... selection response <it>in vivo</it>.</p> Abstract Background: T cells in the thymus undergo opposing positive and negative selection processes so that the only T cells entering ... positive selection Probesets in thesecategories are likely to include genes that report the quantita-tive differences in TCR signaling thought to differentiatestrong TCR engagement by negative

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 17:22

... vectors [48,50] BstXTRA5G: 5؅-TTGCAGAACCACCACCTTGGGCTCTTAACCTAGGCCGATC-3؅ BstXTRA3D: 5؅-TTGCAGAACCAATTTAATGGCGGCCAGTCAGGCCATCGTCG-3؅ RT-PCR cloning was achieved with kits from Clontech (Palo Alto, ... sorters (MoFlo) after stimulation and staining with antiCD69-APC and anti-CD3-PE The sort gate was set at the equivalent of 1% of satellite control cells that were stimulated but never flow-sorted ... indicates that our screen is capable of identifying genes with potentially important roles in lymphocyte activation whose expression is not limited to the lymphoid system The fact that these...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 18:20

... evaluation equivalent to the measurement of the total IFN-γ producing T- cells with the relevant advantage of a consistent decrease of the background that in turn increases the sensitivity of the ... 0.05 for all statistical tests http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/5/1/22 Additional material Additional file Gating strategy Representative example showing the gating strategy of the colour ICS ... indicating that the increased sensitivity was not due to a higher number of false positive detections but due to a better capacity of the IFN-γ+ MIP-1β+ data evaluation to discriminate positive...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... subsets The myeloid DC subset is attributed with T cell stimulatory capacity, having the ability to induce Th1, Th2, or Th17 type responses [19], as well as non-inflammatory T regulatory (Treg) ... of total lung cells Thus, it is possible that this depletion minimizes the initial number of naïve T cells activated, but that after repeated exposure to antigen, clonal expansion allows for the ... qualitative alterations in the type of immune response provoked in the CD11c-DTR Tg+ mice It is important to consider other CD11c+ cell populations in addition to mDCs that are also affected by DT...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... constitutive and independent of allergen presentation The constitutive Th1 activation in asthma was demonstrated before [10,12,21] It could result from the intrinsic defect in the CTLA-4+ and Treg ... in the latter group than in the former This relative defect in ICOS expression in AR patients could result from the constitutive Th1/Treg imbalance of asthmatics that by a Th1-driven “anti-Th2” ... involvement of CD28 in Th2 cell activation in allergy It is noteworthy that although significant statistically, the proportion of CD28+ cells could not increase in high proportion, as most T cells...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22