... at the interface of innate and adaptive immunity 2.2 2.2.1 Infection and Innate Immunity Neutrophils In the presence of pro-inflammatory stimulus, neutrophils are among the first innate immune cells ... NK cell proliferation and production of IFN-gamma.” Int Immunol 18(4): 505–13 Trinchieri, G (2003) “Interleukin-12 and the regulation of innate resistance and adaptive immunity. ” Nat Rev Immunol ... Control of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses during Infectious Diseases Julio Aliberti Editor Control of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses during Infectious...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20
... production of proinflammatory cytokines, to promote the recruitment of dendritic cells and monocytes to the site of injury, and to enhance phagocytosis and the maturation of dendritic cells All of these ... Gram-negative bacteria and Trypanosoma cruzi Similar to defensins, cathelicidins participate actively in linking innate and adaptive immunity and in modulating the amplitude of immune responses ... the triggering of an immune response and in the natural process of elimination of activated antigen-presenting cells and termination of the immune response [90] Healing Infection and injury provoke...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 06:20
Báo cáo y học: " The Basic Immune Simulator: An agent-based model to study the interactions between innate and adaptive immunity" doc
... cancer and transplant rejection Both the innate and adaptive components of the host response are complex, and the interaction between the two represents another level of intricate, non-linear and ... "danger" signals [16], and innate immunity was the first part of the immune system to evolve [17] The basic strategy of innate immunity is to kill and clear pathogens The innate immune system is also ... The innate immune response is essential for immunity to bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections The cells of the innate immune system recognize well conserved "danger" signals [16], and innate...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21
Báo cáo sinh học: " Traits associated with innate and adaptive immunity in pigs: heritability and associations with performance under different health status conditions" ppt
... of innate and adaptive immunity which are heritable and associated with parameters related to health and/ or performance In order to predict progeny that will perform equally well in a range of ... both innate and adaptive immunity and performance, since such markers would be independent of changes in health status and they would avoid logistical issues associated with measurement of phenotypes ... the outcome of infection and inflammation [46,47] In one study, higher constitutive levels of AGP present in transgenic mice were associated with higher levels of weight loss and inflammation...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21
Báo cáo y học: "The role of leptin in innate and adaptive immune responses" doc
... role of leptin in immune responses and inflammation has lately become increasingly evident Altered leptin production during infection and inflammation strongly suggests that leptin is a part of ... expression of the suppressor -of- cytokine signaling (SOCS)-3, which inhibits STAT signaling [30] In addition, stimulation of leptin receptor triggers activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and ... altering production of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines and may also affect cytokine signaling by a variety of mechanisms, including induction of SOCS-3 [33] to express and secrete leptin,...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22
Báo cáo y học: " Early alterations of the innate and adaptive immune statuses in sepsis according to the type of underlying infection" docx
... endotoxemia and in patients with melioidosis and bacteremia [22] Increase of the absolute counts of NK cells was a profound change of sepsis due to CAP The rate of apoptosis of NK cells and of NKT ... early innate and adaptive immune responses of septic patients with different types of infection Early innate immune response of the septic host comprises recognition of well-conserved structures of ... counts of CD8-lymphocytes and the rate of apoptosis of CD8-lymphocytes decrease; in primary bacteremia the rate of apoptosis of NKT cells increase; and in VAP/HAP the rate of apoptosis of NKT...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22
Báo cáo hóa học: " Zinc in innate and adaptive tumor immunity" pot
... many aspects of innate and adaptive immunity Similar observations are apparent in tumor cells and the critical contribution of immune cells in the microenvironment and pathogenesis of cancer underscores ... MT genes impair innate immunity, further confirming a link among zinc, MT, and the innate immune response during aging NKT Cells NKT cells are a bridge between the innate and the adaptive immune ... with cancers of the breast [81], gallbladder [82], lung [83], colon, head and neck [84] and bronchus [83,85,86], and in the leukocytes and granulocytes of patients with bronchus and colon cancer...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Intraspecific variation of growth and adaptive traits in North American oak specie" potx
... most of the natural distribution with the exception of Florida and areas north of 36°N (Mukewar and Land, 1987) In addition, a few families of provenances were tested at the Michaux Quercetum ... seed sources of southern red oak that are northern for the species and sources in the southern part of the species range Progenies from seeds collected in the nearby region of Maryland and Virginia ... States, with the exceptions of northern Maine and the Florida peninsula It also occurs in parts of southern Ontario and Quebec Although it is one of the most common and commercially im- source...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21
Báo cáo khoa học: " Intraspecific variation of growth and adaptive traits in European oak species" docx
... mother trees and their progenies The same was true for stands with good and bad form Oppermann gave the frequency distribution for progenies of good and bad stands at age 17 years: good stands had ... Variability of Leaves and Fruits of Trees and Shrubs in the Forest Associations of the Bialowieza National Park Monogr Bot 32, 222 Suszka B, Tylkowski T (1980) Storage of acorns of the English ... within a stand and between populations (Yacine and Lumaret, 1989) Quercus suber The species is subdivided into intraspecific taxa depending upon the lifespan of leaves and duration of acorn development...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21
Báo cáo y học: " Induction and effector phase of allergic lung inflammation is independent of CCL21/CCL19 and LT-beta
... induction of allergic lung inflammation in LTβ and CCL21/CCL19 deficient mice We found that both kinds of mutant mice mounted normal or enhanced Th2 responses as measured by eosinophil recruitment and ... Recruitment of CD4 T cells, B lymphocytes, and CD11c+ dendritic cells to the peribronchial space was also normal Our results show that the initiation and effector phase of allergic lung inflammation ... C57BL/6 and BALB/c 86 background strains could both be induced to develop robust allergic lung inflammation Induction of allergic lung inflammation Naïve mice were injected i.p at day and day...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:24
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Adaptive changes in the expression of nuclear and mitochondrial encoded subunits of cytochrome c oxidase and the catalytic activity during hypoxia pptx
... switch and alters the expression of the two nuclear genome coded isoforms of CytOX V [10,32] The regulation of genes CytOX5a and CytOX5b, coding for the two isofoms Va and Vb, parallels that of genes ... different stages of adaptive response to hypoxia Based on the results of our study and those of Schumacker, it is reasonable to conclude that the effects of hypoxia on CytOX gene expression and its activity ... group of cells that were exposed to hypoxic conditions for 6–12 h were re-exposed to normoxic conditions for an additional period of h Collection of cells and fractionation At the end of the...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Apolipoproteins A-I and A-II are potentially important effectors of innate immunity in the teleost fish Cyprinus carpio pot
... 0006 and AUS 0005 that supported the research visits of M.I.C to the Gatty Marine Laboratory University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK and of V.J.S to the Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, ... intact apolipoproteins and lysozyme Ó FEBS 2004 ApoA-I and apoA-II in innate immunity of the carp (Eur J Biochem 271) 2989 Once the antimicrobial mechanism of action of apolipoproteins has been ... ApoA-I and apoA-II in innate immunity of the carp (Eur J Biochem 271) 2987 Fig Synergy of the apoA-I synthetic peptide with lysozyme (A) Bacterial growth in the presence of different combinations of...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Adipophilin increases triglyceride storage in human macrophages by stimulation of biosynthesis and inhibition of b-oxidation doc
... multiplicity of infection values (m.o.i.) of 100 and 500, adipophilin mRNA was increased 14 ± 0.8- and 39 ± 7.8-fold, respectively, and adipophilin protein was increased 6.5 ± 1.7- and 38 ... in adipophilin-overexpressing and control cells was similar and unaffected by addition of the ACAT-1 inhibitor CAY10486 The absolute amounts and fold stimulation of TG accumulation in palmitate-loaded, ... plasmids and pAdEASY-1 [36] and plaque purified High titre stocks of Ad.CMV.adipophilin and Ad.CMV.GFP (2.7 · 1012 and 8.5 · 1012 viral particlesÆmL)1, respectively) were produced in 293 cells and...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:21
Báo cáo khoa học: Modelling and simulating interleukin-10 production and regulation by macrophages after stimulation with an immunomodulator of parasitic nematodes potx
... amplitude and duration of phospho-ERK (Fig 12A) In terms of steady state and duration, IL-10 protein and mRNA are not affected The curves for no perturbation and a perturbation factor of 10 are ... pave the way to understanding the dynamics of Av17 and macrophages and allow refining of the mathematical model that we currently have A mathematical model goes hand in hand with experimental models ... Table Description of reactions and its equations for the models of IL-10 production and regulation Reaction Description Equation v1, v2 ERK phosphorylation on Av17 stimulation and constitutive...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Intermittent hypoxia is a key regulator of cancer cell and endothelial cell interplay in tumours pot
... [18,22,23,35] The use of these techniques and their combination allow a better understanding of spatial and temporal changes in hypoxia in solid tumours, and also allow the linkage of these changes ... succession of short hypoxia and reoxygenation phases, typical of intermittent hypoxia, also stabilize HIF-1a and activate HIF-1? In the absence of oxygen, HIF-1a is rapidly stabilized, and short, ... observed after the repetition of cycles of of hypoxia followed by of reoxygenation for weeks [101] Moreover, in vitro, an increase in endothelial cell migration and formation of tubes was also reported...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 04:20
adaptive motion of animals and machines - hiroshi kimura et al (eds)
... understand the principles of animals’ remarkable ability for adaptive motion and to transfer such abilities to a robot Up to now, mechanisms for generation and control of stereotyped motions and adaptive ... (Editors) Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines With 241 Figures ABC Hiroshi Kimura Graduate School of Information Systems University of Electro-Communications 1-5-1 Chofu-ga-oka, Chofu, Tokyo ... take up and push off Furthermore the amplitude and the time course of the angular velocity is rather similar in the different tasks Almost independent of the load and thus of reaction force and muscle...
Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 12:02
Báo cáo hóa học: "Research Article Adaptive Kernel Canonical Correlation Analysis Algorithms for Nonparametric Identification of Wiener and Hammerstein Systems" potx
... discuss an adaptive version of kernel CCA which can be used for online identification of Wiener and Hammerstein systems 4.1 Formulation of KCCA as coupled RLS problems The special structure of the ... regularize the adaptive version of the proposed KCCA algorithm 3.4 A Unified approach to Wiener and Hammerstein system identification and equalization To identify the linear channel and the inverse ... nonlinearity of the Wiener system, any of the regularized GEV problems (21), (23), or (25) can be solved Moreover, given the symmetric structure of the Wiener and Hammerstein systems (see Figures and...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Effects of microsite variation on growth and adaptive traits in a beech provenance trial." pps
... coincides with the spatial pattern of the amount of solar radiation On the other hand, a direct relationship (although Table Analysis of variance (significance of F-tests) of the beech provenance trial ... traits in a provenance trial, and whether blocking can efficiently handle this variation MATERIALS AND METHODS The study is based on the analysis of the Slovak trial plot of the international European ... 2 – beginning of autumn colouring of individual leaves, – beginning of autumn leaf colouring on a mass scale, 5–10% of leaves coloured, 4 – mass autumn leaf colouring, ~ 50% of leaves coloured,...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21
Báo cáo y học: " Pregnancy and delivery while receiving vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of major depression: a case report" pot
... Annals of General Psychiatry 2005, 4:16 Because of the importance of managing depression during pregnancy, numerous studies have examined the effects of antidepressant medications on fetal and infant ... development Antidepressants and their metabolites pass through the placenta [12] and increase the risk of low birth weight [13,14] and preterm delivery [14,15] Use of selective serotonin reuptake ... DSM-IV diagnosis of unipolar depression, was enrolled in the acute and long-term phases of the pilot study of VNS therapy for TRD At acute-phase study entry, she was noted to be obese and to have...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo y học: "T-cell senescence and contraction of T-cell repertoire diversity – catalysts of autoimmunity and chronic inflammation" pdf
... injury and in loss of self-tolerance as the biological system ages Senescent T cells: facilitators of inflammation Expansion of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells that have lost the expression of CD28, and are ... (WG): lack of expression of CD28 and preferential up-regulation of its ligands B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) on T cells Clin Exp Immunol 1998, 114:113-118 Markovic-Plese S, Cortese I, Wandinger KP, ... JJ, Weyand CM: CD4+,CD28– T cells in rheumatoid arthritis patients combine features of the innate and adaptive immune systems Arthritis Rheum 2001, 44:13-20 Snyder MR, Lucas M, Vivier E, Weyand...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23