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Background
Insects have an efficient self-defense system that is based on innate immunity. Recent findings have disclosed many parallels between human and insect innate immunity, and simultaneously fine differences in the processes between various species have been revealed. Studies on the immune systems of various insect species may uncover the differences in their host defense strategies. 相似文献2.
Rizwanul Haque Todd M Umstead Willard M Freeman Joanna Floros David S Phelps 《Proteome science》2009,7(1):12-22
Background
Ozone is a major component of air pollution. Exposure to this powerful oxidizing agent can cause or exacerbate many lung conditions, especially those involving innate immunity. Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) plays many roles in innate immunity by participating directly in host defense as it exerts opsonin function, or indirectly via its ability to regulate alveolar macrophages and other innate immune cells. The mechanism(s) responsible for ozone-induced pathophysiology, while likely related to oxidative stress, are not well understood. 相似文献3.
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Guadalupe Garcia-Lopez Pilar Flores-Espinosa Veronica Zaga-Clavellina 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2010,8(1):146
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During an ascending infection along the reproductive tract, the extra-placental membranes must act as a selective and competent barrier against pathogens. Human beta defensins (HBD)1, HBD2, and HBD3 are key elements of innate immunity that are secreted to neutralize/control the progression of infection. 相似文献5.
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Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays an important role in innate immunity. The role of TLR4 in stretched cardiomyocytes is not known. We sought to investigate whether mechanical stretch could regulate TLR4 expression, as well as the possible molecular mechanisms and signal pathways mediating the expression of TLR4 by cyclic mechanical stretch in cardiomyocytes. 相似文献6.
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Lieke M van der Aa Jean-Pierre Levraud Malika Yahmi Emilie Lauret Valérie Briolat Philippe Herbomel Abdenour Benmansour Pierre Boudinot 《BMC biology》2009,7(1):7-23
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In mammals, the members of the tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family are involved in various cellular processes including innate immunity against viral infection. Viruses exert strong selective pressures on the defense system. Accordingly, antiviral TRIMs have diversified highly through gene expansion, positive selection and alternative splicing. Characterizing immune TRIMs in other vertebrates may enlighten their complex evolution. 相似文献8.
Eveline C van Asbeck Andy IM Hoepelman Jelle Scharringa Bjorn L Herpers Jan Verhoef 《BMC microbiology》2008,8(1):229
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Mannose binding lectin (MBL) is an important host defence protein against opportunistic fungal pathogens. This carbohydrate-binding protein, an opsonin and lectin pathway activator, binds through multiple lectin domains to the repeating sugar arrays displayed on the surface of a wide range of clinically relevant microbial species. We investigated the contribution of MBL to antifungal innate immunity towards C. parapsilosis in vitro. 相似文献9.
Claudia A d'Alençon Oscar A Peña Christine Wittmann Viviana E Gallardo Rebecca A Jones Felix Loosli Urban Liebel Clemens Grabher Miguel L Allende 《BMC biology》2010,8(1):151
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Studies on innate immunity have benefited from the introduction of zebrafish as a model system. Transgenic fish expressing fluorescent proteins in leukocyte populations allow direct, quantitative visualization of an inflammatory response in vivo. It has been proposed that this animal model can be used for high-throughput screens aimed at the identification of novel immunomodulatory lead compounds. However, current assays require invasive manipulation of fish individually, thus preventing high-content screening. 相似文献10.
Andrew F Roberts Tina L Gumienny Ryan J Gleason Huang Wang Richard W Padgett 《BMC developmental biology》2010,10(1):61
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of the conserved transforming growth factor β (TGFβ superfamily, and play many developmental and homeostatic roles. In C. elegans, a BMP-like pathway, the DBL-1 pathway, controls body size and is involved in innate immunity. How these functions are carried out, though, and what most of the downstream targets of this pathway are, remain unknown. 相似文献11.
Ilenia Giangreco Orazio Nicolotti Angelo Carotti Francesco De Carlo Gianfranco Gargano Roberto Bellotti 《BMC bioinformatics》2010,11(1):500
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are well-known biological targets implicated in tumour progression, homeostatic regulation, innate immunity, impaired delivery of pro-apoptotic ligands, and the release and cleavage of cell-surface receptors. With this in mind, the perception of the intimate relationships among diverse MMPs could be a solid basis for accelerated learning in designing new selective MMP inhibitors. In this regard, decrypting the latent molecular reasons in order to elucidate similarity among MMPs is a key challenge. 相似文献12.
Joseph A Jackson Ida M Friberg Luke Bolch Ann Lowe Catriona Ralli Philip D Harris Jerzy M Behnke Janette E Bradley 《BMC biology》2009,7(1):16-13
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Immunological analyses of wild populations can increase our understanding of how vertebrate immune systems respond to 'natural' levels of exposure to diverse infections. A major recent advance in immunology has been the recognition of the central role of phylogenetically conserved toll-like receptors in triggering innate immunity and the subsequent recruitment of adaptive response programmes. We studied the cross-sectional associations between individual levels of systemic toll-like receptor-mediated tumour necrosis factor alpha responsiveness and macro- and microparasite infections in a natural wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) population. 相似文献13.
Chang-Hee Suh Brendan Hilliard Sophia Li Joan T Merrill Philip L Cohen 《Arthritis research & therapy》2010,12(4):R146
Introduction
The TAM (tyro 3, axl, mer) kinases are key regulators of innate immunity and are important in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. Gas6 and protein S are ligands for these TAM kinases and bind to phosphatidyl serine residues exposed during apoptosis. In animal models, absence of TAM kinases is associated with lupus-like disease. To test whether human systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients might have deficient levels of TAM ligands, we measured Gas 6 and protein S levels in SLE. 相似文献14.
Gisele G Tomazella Idalete da Silva Helen J Laure José C Rosa Roger Chammas Harald G Wiker Gustavo A de Souza Lewis J Greene 《Proteome science》2009,7(1):32-9
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Neutrophils are the most abundant leukocytes in peripheral blood and represent one of the most important elements of innate immunity. Recent subcellular proteomic studies have focused on the identification of human neutrophil proteins in various subcellular membrane and granular fractions. Although there are relatively few studies dealing with the analysis of the total extract of human neutrophils, many biological problems such as the role of chemokines, adhesion molecules, and other activating inputs involved in neutrophil responses and signaling can be approached on the basis of the identification of the total cellular proteins. 相似文献15.
Ramasamy Harikrishnan Man-Chul Kim Ju-Sang Kim Young-Jae Han Ik-Soo Jang Chellam Balasundaram Moon-Soo Heo 《Fish & shellfish immunology》2010,28(4):511-516
The innate immunity and expression profiles of cathepsins D were determined in the goldfish (Carassius auratus) tissues after challenge with a fish pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila. The innate immunity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) were determined by peripheral blood leucocytes. Blood and tissue samples of the muscle, gills, liver, kidney, heart, spleen, and intestine were sampled at 1, 3, 6 and 12 h post-infection for cathepsin D expression by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The ROS and RNS production did not significantly increase at 1 h post-challenged goldfish. However, the ROS and RNS production was significantly increased after 3 h post-challenged fish compared to the control. The cathepsin D expression was found very low in muscle and kidney of the control fish, other tissues was not found the expression. A similar pattern was found in goldfish at 1 h post-challenge with A. hydrophila. However, at 3 h post-challenge goldfish, the cathepsin D expression was high only in the heart. At 6 h post-challenge goldfish, the cathepsin D expression was seen high all the tissues, except in the spleen. However, the expression was decreased at 12 h post-infection samples. This result was suggested that the goldfish infected with A. hydrophila decreased the innate immunity level in peripheral blood and expressed the cathepsin D in tissues. 相似文献
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Marta Sochocka Agnieszka Taboł Maciej Sobczyński Ewa Zaczyńska Anna Czarny Jerzy Leszek 《Central European Journal of Biology》2014,9(4):359-366
Background
The aim of the studies was to examine the potential immunoregulatory activity of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) on cytokine production, one of the mechanisms of innate antiviral immunity, by human peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) ex vivo.Methodology
PBLs isolated from healthy blood donors were treated with different, nontoxic concentrations of EGb 761. Levels of different cytokines (TNF-α, IFN-α, IFN-Γ, IL-10 and IL-12), important in innate immunity development, were determined by ELISA.Results
EGb 761, apart from strengthening of antiviral response, showed a differential impact on cytokine production by human PBLs ex vivo. It decreased the level of TNF-α and IFN-α but strongly increased the level of IFN-γ in PBLs stimulated by vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and non-stimulated PBLs. The extract reduced the production of IL-10 and IL-12 by human PBLs. The results were discussed and compared with previously published findings on the activity of the synthetic drug donepezil.Conclusions
According to the results from the present study and our previous investigations, we report immunoregulatory activity of EGb 761 on different cytokine production by human PBLs ex vivo, which indicates the possibility of using the drug for the treatment of many immune deficiencies or infectious diseases through strengthening of innate immunity reactions. 相似文献17.
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Recombination activation gene 1 deficient (rag1−/−) mutant zebrafish have a reduced lymphocyte-like cell population that lacks functional B and T lymphocytes of the acquired immune system, but includes Natural Killer (NK)-like cells and Non-specific cytotoxic cells (NCC) of the innate immune system. The innate immune system is thought to lack the adaptive characteristics of an acquired immune system that provide enhanced protection to a second exposure of the same pathogen. It has been shown that NK cells have the ability to mediate adaptive immunity to chemical haptens and cytomegalovirus in murine models. In this study we evaluated the ability of rag1−/− mutant zebrafish to mount a protective response to the facultative intracellular fish bacterium Edwardsiella ictaluri.Methodology/Principal Findings
Following secondary challenge with a lethal dose of homologous bacteria 4 and 8 weeks after a primary vaccination, rag1−/− mutant zebrafish demonstrated protective immunity. Heterologous bacterial exposures did not provide protection. Adoptive leukocyte transfers from previously exposed mutants conferred protective immunity to naïve mutants when exposed to homologous bacteria.Conclusions/Significance
Our findings show that a component of the innate immune system mounted a response that provided significantly increased survival when rag1−/− mutant zebrafish were re-exposed to the same bacteria. Further, adoptive cell transfers demonstrated that kidney interstitial leukocytes from previously exposed rag1−/− mutant zebrafish transferred this protective immunity. This is the first report of any rag1−/− mutant vertebrate mounting a protective secondary immune response to a bacterial pathogen, and demonstrates that a type of zebrafish innate immune cell can mediate adaptive immunity in the absence of T and B cells. 相似文献18.
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Background
Insects helped pioneer, and persist as model organisms for, the study of specific aspects of immunity. Although they lack an adaptive immune system, insects possess an innate immune system that recognizes and destroys intruding microorganisms. Its operation under natural conditions has not been well studied, as most studies have introduced microbes to laboratory-reared insects via artificial mechanical wounding. One of the most common routes of natural exposure and infection, however, is via food; thus, the role of dietary microbial communities in herbivorous insect immune system evolution invites study. Here, we examine the immune system response and consequences of exposing a lepidopteran agricultural pest to non-infectious microorganisms via simple oral consumption. 相似文献20.