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Mucosal Immunity/Mucosal Vaccine

Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi, 2009
ヒトや動物には，外敵から身体を守るために免疫系が備わっている．多くのウイルスや病原菌の侵入口である粘膜面には効果的な「粘膜免疫」が存在し，抗原特異的分泌型IgA応答や細胞障害性T細胞（CTL）を誘導する．各粘膜は共通粘膜免疫機構（common mucosal immune system（CMIS））により関連をもち，ある粘膜組織で誘導されたIgA産生細胞やCTLは他の粘膜組織にも帰巣（ホーミング）する．とくに，分泌型IgA産生細胞は，腸管関連リンパ組織（GALT），鼻咽頭関連リンパ組織（NALT）および気管支関連リンパ組織（BALT）などの誘導組織（inductive site）で誘導され，実効組織（effector site）である腸管粘膜固有層，呼吸器粘膜固有層，乳腺，涙腺，唾液腺 ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Monocyte LOXHD1 and RHOB Expression Predictive of Progressive Systemic Sclerosis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A leading cause of death among patients with scleroderma (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains challenging to prognosticate. The discovery of biomarkers that accurately determine which patients would benefit from close monitoring and aggressive therapy would be an essential clinical tool.
Cristina M. Padilla, Robert Lafyatis, Kevin F. Gibson, Christina Morse, Eleanor Valenzi, Xiaoping Chen, Xiaoyun Li, Yanwu Zhao, Yongseok Park, Dana Ascherman, Jonathan Minden, Robyn Domsic, Yingze Zhang, Daniel J. Kass   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lipid Nanoparticles for the Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Machinery to Enable Site‐Specific Integration of CFTR and Mutation‐Agnostic Disease Rescue

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are optimized to co‐deliver Cas9‐encoding messenger RNA (mRNA), a single guide RNA (sgRNA) targeting the endogenous cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, and homologous linear double‐stranded donor DNA (ldsDNA) templates encoding CFTR.
Ruth A. Foley, Paul G. Ayoub, Vrishti Sinha, Colin Juett, Alicia Sanoyca, Emily C. Duggan, Lindsay E. Lathrop, Priyanka Bhatt, Kevin Coote, Beate Illek, Brigitte N. Gomperts, Donald B. Kohn, Steven J. Jonas   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flow virometry analysis of envelope glycoprotein conformations on individual HIV virions

Scientific Reports, 2017
HIV-1 envelope proteins (Envs) play a critical role in HIV infection. In a correct trimeric conformation, Env mediates virus–cell binding and fusion. Malfunctioning of this machinery renders virions incapable of infecting cells. Each HIV-1 virion carries
Anush Arakelyan, Wendy Fitzgerald, Deborah F. King, Paul Rogers, Hannah M. Cheeseman, Jean-Charles Grivel, Robin J. Shattock, Leonid Margolis   +7 more
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Mouse Models of Influenza Infection with Circulating Strains to Test Seasonal Vaccine Efficacy

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Influenza virus infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The surface antigens of influenza virus change over time blunting both naturally acquired and vaccine induced adaptive immune protection.
Helen T. Groves, Jacqueline U. McDonald, Pinky Langat, Ekaterina Kinnear, Paul Kellam, John McCauley, Joanna Ellis, Catherine Thompson, Ruth Elderfield, Lauren Parker, Wendy Barclay, John S. Tregoning   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz, Jonas De Breuck, Sahar Salehi, Meike N. Leiske   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Both CD4+ and CD8+ Lymphocytes Participate in the IFN-γ Response to Filamentous Hemagglutinin from Bordetella pertussis in Infants, Children, and Adults

Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2012
Infant CD4+ T-cell responses to bacterial infections or vaccines have been extensively studied, whereas studies on CD8+ T-cell responses focused mainly on viral and intracellular parasite infections.
Violette Dirix, Virginie Verscheure, Françoise Vermeulen, Iris De Schutter, Tessa Goetghebuer, Camille Locht, Françoise Mascart   +6 more
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A Bespoke Programmable Interpenetrating Elastomer Network Composite Laryngeal Stent for Expedited Paediatric Laryngotracheal Reconstruction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A programmable interpenetrating double‐network architecture, created via 3D‐TIPS printing and resin infusion, synergistically combines thermoplastic and thermosetting elastomers to balance structural rigidity and surface softness—crucial for paediatric laryngeal stents.
Elizabeth F. Maughan, Lei Wu, Dong Zhang, Linxiao Wu, Graca Ferreira Vaz Pinto Mendes, Wanqiao J. Tu, Heping Ma, Toby J. Proctor, Colin R. Butler, Thomas Kjærgaard, Mark W. Lowdell, Martin A. Birchall, Robert E. Hynds, Richard Hewitt, Wenhui Song   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding Chemical Space of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles for Tunable Antiviral‐Like Immunomodulatory Responses and Potent Adjuvant Activity

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We introduce a nucleic acid nanoparticle (NANP) platform designed to be rrecognized by the human innate immune system in a regulated manner. By changing chemical composition while maintaining constant architectural parameters, we identify key determinants of immunorecognition enabling the rational design of NANPs with tunable immune activation profiles
Martin Panigaj, Hannah S. Newton, Jian Wang, Laxmi Pandey, Yelixza I. Avilla, Phong Nguyen, Morgan Chandler, Justin Halman, Yasmine Radwan, Stephanie Smith, Elijah Edmondson, Simone Difilippantonio, Chelsea Sanders, Bao Tran, Yongmei Zhao, Shaojun Xie, Edward Cedrone, Barry W. Neun, Meni Wanunu, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Marina A. Dobrovolskaia, Kirill A. Afonin   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immunity to urinary tract infection: What the clinician should know

CMI Communications
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI), and especially recurrent UTI (rUTI), are among the most common indications for antibiotic treatment driving antimicrobial resistance.
Ruxandra Calin, Julia Hafner, Molly A. Ingersoll   +2 more
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