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This is a selection of articles from the January 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Allergy & Immunology headlines.
Response by T. Palosuo, N. Kalkkinen, H. Alenius, R. G. Hamilton and C. Blanco
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Allergy - January 31, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Immunological decision-making: how does the immune system decide to mount a helper T-cell response?
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Source: Immunology - January 31, 2008 Authors: Kaiko, Gerard E.Horvat, Jay C.Beagley, Kenneth W.Hansbro, Philip M. Source Type: news
Low-dose antigen-experienced CD4+ T cells display reduced clonal expansion but facilitate an effective memory pool in response to secondary exposure
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Source: Immunology - January 31, 2008 Authors: Park, Seong OkHan, Young WooAleyas, Abi GeorgeGeorge, Junu AbiYoon, Hyun ALee, John HwaKang, Ho YoungKang, Seong HoEo, Seong Kug Source Type: news
Forthcoming papers
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Source: Immunology - January 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Antigen processing and CD24 expression determine antigen presentation by splenic CD4+ and CD8+ dendritic cells
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Source: Immunology - January 31, 2008 Authors: Askew, DavidHarding, Clifford V. Source Type: news
Web alert
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Source: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports - January 30, 2008 Tags: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports Source Type: news
Antibiotic allergy: Immunochemical and clinical considerations
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Source: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports - January 30, 2008 Tags: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports Source Type: news
Hypersensitivity reactions to oxaliplatin and other antineoplastic agents
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Source: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports - January 30, 2008 Tags: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports Source Type: news
Co-encapsulation of CpG ODN with rLmSTI1 in liposome enhances immune response and protection in immunized BALB/c mice against leishmaniasis.
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Source: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology - January 30, 2008 Authors: Badiee A, Jaafari MR, Samiei A, Soroush D, Khamesipour A Tags: Clin Vaccine Immunol Source Type: news
Role of the cytokine environment and cytokine receptor expression on the generation of functionally distinct dendritic cells from human monocytes.
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Source: European Journal of Immunology - January 30, 2008 Authors: Conti L, Cardone M, Varano B, Puddu P, Belardelli F, Gessani S Tags: Eur J Immunol Source Type: news
Role of the cytokine environment and cytokine receptor expression on the generation of functionally distinct dendritic cells from human monocytes
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Source: European Journal of Immunology - January 30, 2008 Authors: Lucia Conti, Marco Cardone, Barbara Varano, Patrizia Puddu, Filippo Belardelli, Sandra Gessani Source Type: news
Primary resistance to imatinib in Fip1-like 1-platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha-positive eosinophilic leukemia.
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Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - January 29, 2008 Authors: Simon D, Salemi S, Yousefi S, Simon HU Tags: J Allergy Clin Immunol Source Type: news
Aeroallergen sensitization correlates with PC(20) and exhaled nitric oxide in subjects with mild-to-moderate asthma.
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Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - January 29, 2008 Authors: Craig TJ, King TS, Lemanske RF, Weshsler ME, Icitovic N, Zimmerman RR, Wasserman S, Tags: J Allergy Clin Immunol Source Type: news
Asthma progression: Can we and should we measure it?
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Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - January 29, 2008 Authors: Szefler SJ Tags: J Allergy Clin Immunol Source Type: news
Serum-free culture medium and IL-7 costimulation increase the sensitivity of ELISpot detection.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - January 29, 2008 Authors: Martinuzzi E, Scotto M, Enée E, Brezar V, Ribeil JA, van Endert P, Mallone R Tags: J Immunol Methods Source Type: news
Use of Asthma Specialist Care in High-Risk Inner-City Black Children
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Source: Pediatric Asthma, Allergy - January 28, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Potential For A Targeted Treatment For Auto-Immune Diseases
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - January 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Enhancement of experimental Graves' disease by intranasal administration of a T cell epitope of the thyrotropin receptor.
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Source: Clinical Immunology - January 28, 2008 Authors: Arima T, Shimojo N, Yamaguchi KI, Tomiita M, Kohn LD, Kohno Y Tags: Clin Immunol Source Type: news
Deficient Regulators In The Immune System Responsible For Type 1 Diabetes
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - January 27, 2008 Source Type: news
T cell antigen receptor stimulation induces MALT1 paracaspase–mediated cleavage of the NF-κB inhibitor A20
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Source: Nature Immunology - January 27, 2008 Authors: Beatrice CoornaertMathijs BaensKaren HeyninckTine BekaertMira HaegmanJens StaalLijun SunZhijian J ChenPeter MarynenRudi Beyaert Tags: Article Source Type: news
Chopped Up Proteins Trigger Autoimmunity
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - January 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Special Master Issues Separate Rulings With Identical Result
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Government Ordered To Show Why Benefits Should Not Be Paid
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Shareholder Settlement Rejected By Judge, Citing Use Of 'Serial Plaintiffs'
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Petitioner Fails To Show Any Injury
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Thimerosal Petition Alleging Hypotonia Dismissed Over Expert
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
No Evidence Found To Link Vaccines To Child's Head Injury
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Dendritic cells: New DCs found deep in the skin
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - January 25, 2008 Authors: Elaine Bell Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: news
The reverse stop-signal model for CTLA4 function
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - January 25, 2008 Authors: Christopher E. Rudd Tags: Perspective Source Type: news
Thymocyte development: E proteins: manning the checkpoints
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - January 25, 2008 Authors: Olive Leavy Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: news
Adherence to allergy prevention recommendations in children with a family history of asthma
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - January 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Actual asthma control in a paediatric outpatient clinic population: Do patients perceive their actual level of control?
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - January 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Use of Phadiatop® Infant in diagnosis of specific sensitization in young children with wheeze or eczema
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - January 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Sensitization to turnip rape and oilseed rape in children with atopic dermatitis: a case-control study
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - January 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Asthmatic symptoms among pupils in relation to microbial dust exposure in schools in Taiyuan, China
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - January 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Oral desensitization in children with immunoglobulin E-mediated cow’s milk allergy – follow-up at 4 yr and 8 months
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - January 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
A methodology for measurements of nasal nitric oxide in children under 5 yr
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Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - January 25, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Tolerogenic dendritic cells transferring hyporesponsiveness and synergizing T regulatory cells in transplant tolerance
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Source: International Immunology - January 25, 2008 Authors: Li, M., Zhang, X., Zheng, X., Lian, D., Zhang, Z.-X., Sun, H., Suzuki, M., Vladau, C., Huang, X., Xia, X., Zhong, R., Garcia, B., Min, W.-P. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS Source Type: news
LPS differentially regulates adhesion and transendothelial migration of human monocytes under static and flow conditions
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Source: International Immunology - January 25, 2008 Authors: Bradfield, P. F., Johnson-Leger, C. A., Zimmerli, C., Imhof, B. A. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS Source Type: news
Selective silencing of disease-associated B-lymphocytes by chimeric molecules targeting their Fc{gamma}IIb receptor
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Source: International Immunology - January 25, 2008 Authors: Mihaylova, N., Voynova, E., Tchorbanov, A., Nikolova, M., Michova, A., Todorov, T., Srebreva, L., Taskov, H., Vassilev, T. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS Source Type: news
Effect of SIVmac infection on plasmacytoid and CD1c+ myeloid dendritic cells in cynomolgus macaques
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Source: Immunology - January 24, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Modulation of allergen-specific antibody responses by T-cell-based peptide vaccine(s)
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Source: Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology - January 24, 2008 Tags: Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology Source Type: news
Novel approaches in immunotherapy
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Source: Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology - January 24, 2008 Tags: Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology Source Type: news
Toll-like receptor 2 and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-2 play divergent roles in the recognition of gut-derived lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in dendritic cells
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Source: Immunology - January 24, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Determinants of natural immunity against tuberculosis in an endemic setting: factors operating at the level of macrophage–Mycobacterium tuberculosis interaction
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Immunology - January 24, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Helper B Cells Promote Cytotoxic T Cell Survival and Proliferation Independently of Antigen Presentation through CD27/CD70 Interactions.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Deola S, Panelli MC, Maric D, Selleri S, Dmitrieva NI, Voss CY, Klein H, Stroncek D, Wang E, Marincola FM Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Th17 Cells Exhibit a Distinct Calcium Profile from Th1 and Th2 Cells and Have Th1-Like Motility and NF-AT Nuclear Localization.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Weber KS, Miller MJ, Allen PM Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Ex Vivo Cytokine and Memory T Cell Responses to the 42-kDa Fragment of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-1 in Vaccinated Volunteers.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Huaman MC, Martin LB, Malkin E, Narum DL, Miller LH, Mahanty S, Long CA Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
TGF-{beta} Inhibits IL-2 Production and Promotes Cell Cycle Arrest in TCR-Activated Effector/Memory T Cells in the Presence of Sustained TCR Signal Transduction.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Das L, Levine AD Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
In trans T cell tolerance diminishes autoantibody responses and exacerbates experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Bell JJ, Divekar RD, Ellis JS, Cascio JA, Haymaker CL, Jain R, Tartar DM, Hoeman CM, Hardaway JC, Zaghouani H Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Targeting the Effector Site with IFN-{alpha}{beta}-Inducing TLR Ligands Reactivates Tumor-Resident CD8 T Cell Responses to Eradicate Established Solid Tumors.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Currie AJ, van der Most RG, Broomfield SA, Prosser AC, Tovey MG, Robinson BW Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Bone Marrow Stroma Confers Resistance to Apo2 Ligand/TRAIL in Multiple Myeloma in Part by Regulating c-FLIP.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Perez LE, Parquet N, Shain K, Nimmanapalli R, Alsina M, Anasetti C, Dalton W Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Th2 Lymphoproliferative Disorder of LatY136F Mutant Mice Unfolds Independently of TCR-MHC Engagement and Is Insensitive to the Action of Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Wang Y, Kissenpfennig A, Mingueneau M, Richelme S, Perrin P, Chevrier S, Genton C, Lucas B, Disanto JP, Acha-Orbea H, Malissen B, Malissen M Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Colonic patches direct the cross-talk between systemic compartments and large intestine independently of innate immunity.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Chang SY, Cha HR, Uematsu S, Akira S, Igarashi O, Kiyono H, Kweon MN Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
The Soluble Leukocyte-Associated Ig-Like Receptor (LAIR)-2 Antagonizes the Collagen/LAIR-1 Inhibitory Immune Interaction.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Lebbink RJ, van den Berg MC, de Ruiter T, Raynal N, van Roon JA, Lenting PJ, Jin B, Meyaard L Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi Restricts the Repertoire of Parasite-Specific CD8+ T Cells Leading to Immunodominance.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Tzelepis F, de Alencar BC, Penido ML, Claser C, Machado AV, Bruna-Romero O, Gazzinelli RT, Rodrigues MM Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Cytosolic antiviral RNA recognition pathway activates caspases 1 and 3.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Rintahaka J, Wiik D, Kovanen PE, Alenius H, Matikainen S Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Autocrine Regulation of IL-21 Production in Human T Lymphocytes.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Caprioli F, Sarra M, Caruso R, Stolfi C, Fina D, Sica G, Macdonald TT, Pallone F, Monteleone G Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors block leukocyte adhesion and migration.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Liu L, Schwartz B, Tsubota Y, Raines E, Kiyokawa H, Yonekawa K, Harlan JM, Schnapp LM Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Identification of Cellular Pathways of "Type 1," Th17 T Cells, and TNF- and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase-Producing Dendritic Cells in Autoimmune Inflammation through Pharmacogenomic Study of Cyclosporine A in Psoriasis.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Haider AS, Lowes MA, Suárez-Fariñas M, Zaba LC, Cardinale I, Khatcherian A, Novitskaya I, Wittkowski KM, Krueger JG Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Tumor immunotherapy by epicutaneous immunization requires langerhans cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - January 24, 2008 Authors: Stoitzner P, Green LK, Jung JY, Price KM, Tripp CH, Malissen B, Kissenpfennig A, Hermans IF, Ronchese F Tags: J Immunol Source Type: news
Atopy Implicated in Subgroup of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - January 23, 2008 Tags: Allergy/Clinical Immunology Source Type: news
Expression of Langerin/CD207 reveals dendritic cell heterogeneity between inbred mouse strains
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Source: Immunology - January 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Enhanced immunostimulatory activity of oligodeoxynucleotides by Y-shape formation
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Source: Immunology - January 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Phenotypic and functional differentiation of KG-1 into dendritic-like cells.
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Source: Immunobiology - January 23, 2008 Authors: Teobald I, Dunnion DJ, Whitbread M, Curnow SJ, Browning MJ Tags: Immunobiology Source Type: news
Commercially available recombinant sonic hedgehog up-regulates Ptc and modulates the cytokine and chemokine expression of human macrophages: An effect mediated by endotoxin contamination?
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Source: Immunobiology - January 23, 2008 Authors: Wakelin SJ, Forsythe JL, Garden OJ, Howie SE Tags: Immunobiology Source Type: news
Skin Care for Dry Skin
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Source: MedicineNet Allergies General - January 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Many Kids Unprotected Against Flu, Poll Finds
