This is a selection of articles from the June 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Allergy & Immunology headlines.
Identification of immune inducible genes from the velvet worm Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora).
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Source: Developmental and Comparative Immunology - June 30, 2008 Authors: Altincicek B, Vilcinskas A Tags: Dev Comp Immunol Source Type: info
Combination of treatment with death receptor 5-specific antibody with therapeutic HPV DNA vaccination generates enhanced therapeutic anti-tumor effects.
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Source: Vaccine - June 30, 2008 Authors: Tseng CW, Trimble C, Monie A, Alvarez RD, Huh WK, Buchsbaum DJ, Straughn JM, Wang MC, Yagita H, Hung CF, Wu TC Tags: Vaccine Source Type: info
Nonmuscle myosin light-chain kinase mediates neutrophil transmigration in sepsis-induced lung inflammation by activating β2 integrins
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Source: Nature Immunology - June 29, 2008 Authors: Jingsong XuXiao-Pei GaoRamaswamy RamchandranYou-Yang ZhaoStephen M VogelAsrar B Malik Tags: Article Source Type: info
Efficient priming and expansion of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells by a novel cell-based artificial APC
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Source: Immunology and Cell Biology - June 28, 2008 Authors: SHIGEMI SASAWATARI, TOSHIMASA TADAKI, MANAMI ISOGAI, MASASHI TAKAHARA, MIE NIEDA, KAZUHIRO KAKIMI Tags: Research Articles Source Type: info
Heterogeneity of commercial timothy grass pollen extracts
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Allergy - June 28, 2008 Authors: M. Focke, K. Marth, S. Flicker, R. Valenta Source Type: info
Reverse causation and confounding-by-indication: do they or do they not explain the association between childhood antibiotic treatment and subsequent development of respiratory illness?
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Allergy - June 28, 2008 Authors: I. Kummeling, C. Thijs Source Type: info
Reserpine-induced model of stress suppresses mucosal immunity
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Source: Immunology and Cell Biology - June 28, 2008 Authors: SHISAN BAO, JIAN FEI, JIE SHEN, SHENG J GONG, HUANG FANG, ALAN J HUSBAND Tags: Research Articles Source Type: info
NIAID Creates HIV Vaccine Discovery Branch To Promote Synergy Between Basic HIV Researchers And Vaccine Designers
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - June 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Identification of immunodominant T-cell epitopes present in glycoprotein 5 of the North American genotype of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.
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Source: Vaccine - June 27, 2008 Authors: Vashisht K, Goldberg TL, Husmann RJ, Schnitzlein W, Zuckermann FA Tags: Vaccine Source Type: info
Protective effect of a DNA vaccine delivered in attenuated Salmonella typhimurium against Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice.
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Source: Vaccine - June 27, 2008 Authors: Qu D, Wang S, Cai W, Du A Tags: Vaccine Source Type: info
Macrophages: Re-educating macrophages
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - June 26, 2008 Authors: Marta Tufet Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: info
Ageing and life-long maintenance of T-cell subsets in the face of latent persistent infections
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - June 26, 2008 Authors: Janko Nikolich-Žugich Tags: Review Source Type: info
B cells: (micro)Restraint of AID
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - June 26, 2008 Authors: Olive Leavy Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: info
Multifunctional roles for MALT1 in T-cell activation
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - June 26, 2008 Authors: Margot Thome Tags: Progress Source Type: info
Mucosal immunology: Another piece of the puzzle
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - June 26, 2008 Authors: Olive Leavy Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: info
Immune regulation: TSLP: not just skin deep
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - June 26, 2008 Authors: Sarah Allan Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: info
NIAID Creates HIV Vaccine Discovery Branch
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - June 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Rituximab Administration in Third Trimester of Pregnancy Suppresses Neonatal B-Cell Development
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Source: Clinical and Developmental Immunology - June 25, 2008 Source Type: info
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Source: Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America - June 25, 2008 Authors: Eisner MD Tags: Immunol Allergy Clin North Am Source Type: info
Encouraging Phase 2b Results With Oral Laquinimod in MS
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Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - June 25, 2008 Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: info
Increased cytotoxicity of CD4(+) invariant NKT cells against CD4(+)CD25(hi)CD127(lo/-) regulatory T cells in allergic asthma.
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Source: European Journal of Immunology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Nguyen KD, Vanichsarn C, Nadeau KC Tags: Eur J Immunol Source Type: info
Intra-tumoral Salmonella typhimurium induces a systemic anti-tumor immune response that is directed by low-dose radiation to treat distal disease.
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Source: European Journal of Immunology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Avogadri F, Mittal D, Saccheri F, Sarrafiore M, Ciocca M, Larghi P, Orecchia R, Rescigno M Tags: Eur J Immunol Source Type: info
The chemokine CCL2 activates p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in cultured rat hippocampal cells.
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Source: Journal of Neuroimmunology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Cho J, Gruol DL Tags: J Neuroimmunol Source Type: info
Safety and immunogenicity of oral microencapsulated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) with and without LTR192G: a randomized clinical trial.
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Source: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Lapa JA, Sincock SA, Ananthakrishnan M, Porter CK, Cassels FJ, Brinkley C, Hall ER, van Hamont J, Gramling JD, Carpenter CM, Baqar S, Tribble DR Tags: Clin Vaccine Immunol Source Type: info
Immunization with hybrid recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv proteins increases the TH1 cytokine response in mice following a pulmonary instillation of irradiated mycobacteria.
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Source: Vaccine - June 25, 2008 Authors: Walton CB, Inos AB, Andres OA, Jube S, Couet HG, Douglas JT, Patek PQ, Borthakur D Tags: Vaccine Source Type: info
Bloomberg Examines HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - June 24, 2008 Source Type: info
U.S. FDA Licenses Sanofi Pasteur's New Pediatric Combination Vaccine, Pentacel(R)
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - June 24, 2008 Source Type: info
The use of total lymphoid irradiation for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in animals and man
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Source: Immunologic Research - June 24, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: info
Macrophages in the thymus
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Source: Immunologic Research - June 24, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: info
Recognition of an
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-linked histocompatibility antigen, H-40, on B-Cell tumors by cytotoxic T lymphocytes
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Source: Immunologic Research - June 24, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: info
The prothymocyte: Cellular and molecular biology
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Source: Immunologic Research - June 24, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: info
Rotavirus virus-like particles (RF 8-2/6/7) administered parenterally in a one-dose regimen induce protective immunity in mice.
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Source: Vaccine - June 24, 2008 Authors: Istrate C, Hinkula J, Charpilienne A, Poncet D, Cohen J, Svensson L, Johansen K Tags: Vaccine Source Type: info
Mannose-binding lectin and mannose-binding lectin-associated serine protease 2 in susceptibility, severity, and outcome of pneumonia in adults.
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Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - June 24, 2008 Authors: Garcia-Laorden MI, Sole-Violan J, de Castro FR, Aspa J, Briones ML, Garcia-Saavedra A, Rajas O, Blanquer J, Caballero-Hidalgo A, Marcos-Ramos JA, Hernandez-Lopez J, Rodriguez-Gallego C Tags: J Allergy Clin Immunol Source Type: info
Characterization of effector functions of human peptide-specific CD4+ T-cell clones for an intracellular pathogen.
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Source: Human Immunology - June 24, 2008 Authors: Klucar P, Barnes PF, Kong Y, Samten B, Tvinnereim A, Spallek R, Nepom GT, Singh M, Shams H Tags: Hum Immunol Source Type: info
Animal shed Bacillus licheniformis spores possess allergy-protective as well as inflammatory properties.
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Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - June 24, 2008 Authors: Vogel K, Blümer N, Korthals M, Mittelstädt J, Garn H, Ege M, von Mutius E, Gatermann S, Bufe A, Goldmann T, Schwaiger K, Renz H, Brandau S, Bauer J, Heine H, Holst O Tags: J Allergy Clin Immunol Source Type: info
Chronic Bacterial and Viral Infections in Neurodegenerative and Neurobehavioral Diseases
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Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - June 23, 2008 Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Source Type: info
Expression of bone specific alkaline phosphatase on human B cells.
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Source: Cellular Immunology - June 23, 2008 Authors: Hossain A, Jung LK Tags: Cell Immunol Source Type: info
The antimicrobial peptides piscidins are stored in the granules of professional phagocytic granulocytes of fish and are delivered to the bacteria-containing phagosome upon phagocytosis.
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Source: Developmental and Comparative Immunology - June 23, 2008 Authors: Mulero I, Noga EJ, Meseguer J, García-Ayala A, Mulero V Tags: Dev Comp Immunol Source Type: info
Take Care Health Systems Offers Shingles Vaccine Nationwide
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - June 22, 2008 Source Type: info
CTL-Promoting Effects of CD40 Stimulation Outweigh B Cell-Stimulatory Effects Resulting in B Cell Elimination and Disease Improvement in a Murine Model of Lupus.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Puliaev R, Puliaeva I, Welniak LA, Ryan AE, Haas M, Murphy WJ, Via CS Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Critical Role for the Chemokine Receptor CXCR6 in Homeostasis and Activation of CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Germanov E, Veinotte L, Cullen R, Chamberlain E, Butcher EC, Johnston B Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Autoreactive T Cells Escape Clonal Deletion in the Thymus by a CD24-Dependent Pathway.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Carl JW, Liu JQ, Joshi PS, El-Omrani HY, Yin L, Zheng X, Whitacre CC, Liu Y, Bai XF Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Development of Proteoglycan-Induced Arthritis Is Independent of IL-17.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Doodes PD, Cao Y, Hamel KM, Wang Y, Farkas B, Iwakura Y, Finnegan A Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Oxidative Stress Regulates Expression of VEGFR1 in Myeloid Cells: Link to Tumor-Induced Immune Suppression in Renal Cell Carcinoma.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Kusmartsev S, Eruslanov E, Kübler H, Tseng T, Sakai Y, Su Z, Kaliberov S, Heiser A, Rosser C, Dahm P, Siemann D, Vieweg J Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Murine Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 1 (LRP) Is Required for Phagocytosis of Targets Bearing LRP Ligands but Is Not Required for C1q-Triggered Enhancement of Phagocytosis.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Lillis AP, Greenlee MC, Mikhailenko I, Pizzo SV, Tenner AJ, Strickland DK, Bohlson SS Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
IL-7 Specifies B Cell Fate at the Common Lymphoid Progenitor to Pre-ProB Transition Stage by Maintaining Early B Cell Factor Expression.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Kikuchi K, Kasai H, Watanabe A, Lai AY, Kondo M Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Th1 and th2 cells form morphologically distinct immunological synapses.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Thauland TJ, Koguchi Y, Wetzel SA, Dustin ML, Parker DC Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Lt{beta}r Signaling Does Not Regulate Aire-Dependent Transcripts in Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Martins VC, Boehm T, Bleul CC Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Comprehensive Analysis of HLA-DR- and HLA-DP4-Restricted CD4+ T Cell Response Specific for the Tumor-Shared Antigen Survivin in Healthy Donors and Cancer Patients.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Wang XF, Kerzerho J, Adotevi O, Nuyttens H, Badoual C, Munier G, Oudard S, Tu S, Tartour E, Maillère B Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Functional analysis of histone methyltransferase g9a in B and T lymphocytes.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Thomas LR, Miyashita H, Cobb RM, Pierce S, Tachibana M, Hobeika E, Reth M, Shinkai Y, Oltz EM Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
MyD88 Regulation of Fusarium Keratitis Is Dependent on TLR4 and IL-1R1 but Not TLR2.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Tarabishy AB, Aldabagh B, Sun Y, Imamura Y, Mukherjee PK, Lass JH, Ghannoum MA, Pearlman E Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Surfactant Protein A Binds to HIV and Inhibits Direct Infection of CD4+ Cells, but Enhances Dendritic Cell-Mediated Viral Transfer.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Gaiha GD, Dong T, Palaniyar N, Mitchell DA, Reid KB, Clark HW Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Global T Cell Dysregulation in Non-Autoimmune-Prone Mice Promotes Rapid Development of BAFF-Independent, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Like Autoimmunity.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Stohl W, Jacob N, Quinn WJ, Cancro MP, Gao H, Putterman C, Gao X, Pricop L, Koss MN Tags: J Immunol Source Type: info
Failure of omalizumab treatment after recurrent systemic reactions to bee-venom immunotherapy.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Soriano Gomis V, Gonzalez Delgado P, Niveiro Hernandez E Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: info
Cellular localization of interleukin 13 receptor alpha2 in human primary bronchial epithelial cells and fibroblasts.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Konstantinidis AK, Puddicombe SM, Mochizuki A, Sheth PD, Yang IA, Yoshisue H, Wilson SJ, Davies DE, Holgate ST, Holloway JW Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: info
Development and evaluation of a rapid assay for the diagnosis of immunoglobulin E-mediated type I allergies.
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Source: Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Lucassen R, Fooke M, Kleine-Tebbe J, Mahler M Tags: J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol Source Type: info
Autism Claim Dismissed, 3 Others In Jeopardy On Statute Of Limitations
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - June 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Special Master Finds Sudden Hearing Loss Was Not Caused By Flu Vaccine
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - June 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Preemption Hearing Put Advocates On Defensive, Listing Exceptions, Suggesting Claims Program
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - June 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Petition Alleging Hep B Caused MS Dismissed On Statute Of Limitations
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - June 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Superantigenic characteristics of mouse mammary tumor viruses play a critical role in susceptibility to infection in mice
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Source: Immunologic Research - June 21, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: info
Immunomodulators and hemopoiesis
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Source: Immunologic Research - June 21, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: info
Major histocompatibility complex-restricted recognition by B lymphocytes and accessory cells
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Source: Immunologic Research - June 21, 2008 Tags: Immunologic Research Source Type: info
Antibodies against viruses: passive and active immunization.
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Source: Current Opinion in Immunology - June 21, 2008 Authors: Law M, Hangartner L Tags: Curr Opin Immunol Source Type: info
Gaining Momentum
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Source: Viral Immunology - June 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
HIV-1 Matrix Protein p17 Prevents Loss of CD28 Expression During IL-2–Induced Maturation of Naïve CD8+ T Cells
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Source: Viral Immunology - June 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Role of C-Reactive Protein in HIV Infection: A Pilot Study
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Source: Viral Immunology - June 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Cervarix™, GSK's Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Wins Tender For UK National Immunisation Programme
