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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common, chronic liver disease worldwide. Recent studies have shown that T helper (Th) 17 and regulatory T (Treg) cells play critical roles in various disorders of...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:33
Published on: 24 June 2017
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The monoclonal gammopathies are a group of plasma-cell proliferative disorders characterized by the secretion of monoclonal immunoglobulin (M protein or paraprotein). Some rare cases have revealed the specific...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:32
Published on: 23 June 2017
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In this work, we develop a theoretical model that explains the survival data in West Nile Virus infection.
BMC Immunology 2017 18(Suppl 1):22
Published on: 21 June 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1
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The RATE tool was recently developed to computationally infer the HLA restriction of given epitopes from immune response data of HLA typed subjects without additional cumbersome experimentation.
BMC Immunology 2017 18(Suppl 1):20
Published on: 21 June 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1
Review
There is now good evidence that cytokines and growth factors are key factors in tissue repair and often exert anti-infective activities. However, engineering such factors for global use, even in the most remot...
BMC Immunology 2017 18(Suppl 1):23
Published on: 21 June 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1
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Moving from the molecular and cellular level to a multi-scale systems understanding of immune responses requires the development of novel approaches to integrate knowledge and data from different biological le...
BMC Immunology 2017 18(Suppl 1):29
Published on: 21 June 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1
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In this work, we develop a theoretical model of an auto immune response. This is based on modifications of standard second messenger trigger models using both signalling pathways and diffusion and a macro leve...
BMC Immunology 2017 18(Suppl 1):24
Published on: 21 June 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1
Methodology article
Recent fundamental and clinical studies have confirmed the effectiveness of utilizing the potential of the immune system to remove tumor cells disseminated in a patient’s body. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) a...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:31
Published on: 20 June 2017
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Circulating bone marrow-derived monocytes can leave the blood, enter a tissue, and differentiate into M1 inflammatory, M2a remodeling/fibrotic, or M2c/Mreg resolving/immune-regulatory macrophages. Macrophages ...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:30
Published on: 15 June 2017
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Humanized mice (hu mice) are based on the transplantation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells into immunodeficient mice and have become important pre-clinical models for biomedical research. However, da...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:28
Published on: 30 May 2017
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We have previously reported that interleukin-10 (IL-10) deficient dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen presenting cells that induced elevated protective immunity against Chlamydia. To further investigate the ...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:27
Published on: 19 May 2017
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T-helper cell type 1 (Th1) polarization in chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP) has been reported at the protein and mRNA levels. We evaluated the impact of Th1/Th2 cytokine and cytokine receptor functional ...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:26
Published on: 16 May 2017
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Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) is a small, non-enveloped DNA virus causing swine lymphocyte depletion and severe impact on the swine industry. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antigenicity and immunogeni...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:25
Published on: 15 May 2017
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Activation of inflammasome contributes to the clearance of intracellular bacteria. C-terminus of E. coli EscI protein can activate NLRC4 (NLR family, CARD domain containing-4) inflammasome in macrophages. The pur...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:21
Published on: 3 May 2017
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Delayed wound healing reduces the quality of life (QOL) of patients. Thus, understanding the mechanism of wound healing is indispensable for better management. However, the role of innate immunity in wound hea...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:19
Published on: 24 April 2017
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease caused by T cell-mediated destruction of the insulin-producing β-cells in the pancreas. Therefore, approaches that effectively halt the pathogenic T cell response are p...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:18
Published on: 29 March 2017
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To assess the impact of disease activity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
BMC Immunology 2017 18:17
Published on: 28 March 2017
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Regulatory T (Treg) cells play important roles in autoimmune diseases, cancer, and organ transplantation. Forkhead box protein o1 (Foxo1) and IL-7Rα(CD127) are closely related to the homeostasis of Treg cells....
BMC Immunology 2017 18:16
Published on: 10 March 2017
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Uncontrolled cytomegalovirus (CMV) replication in immunocompromised solid-organ transplant recipients is a clinically relevant issue and an indication of impaired CMV-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Pri...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:15
Published on: 7 March 2017
Methodology article
In healthy individuals, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is efficiently controlled by CMV-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Functional impairment of CMI in immunocompromized individuals however can lead to...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:14
Published on: 7 March 2017
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in humans. Genotype-I (as co-circulating cases with Genotype-III) w...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:13
Published on: 6 March 2017
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem. New treatment methods on TB are urgently demanded. In this study, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) rv2190c DNA vaccine was prepared and its immunogenicit...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:11
Published on: 27 February 2017
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces acute liver injury and the complex mechanisms include the activation of toll like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway in many species. However, immuno-pathological changes duri...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:12
Published on: 27 February 2017
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Allergy to cat epithelia is highly prevalent, being the major recommendation for allergy sufferers its avoidance. However, this is not always feasible. Allergen specific immunotherapy is therefore recommended ...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:10
Published on: 24 February 2017
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Patients experiencing large thermal injuries are susceptible to opportunistic infections that can delay recovery and lead to sepsis. Dendritic cells (DC) are important for the detection of pathogens and activa...
BMC Immunology 2017 18:9
Published on: 22 February 2017
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