Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-11-01Epub Date: 2000-11-21DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01729-1
Susan Stepp , Porunelloor Mathew , Michael Bennett , Geneviève de Saint Basile , Vinay Kumar
{"title":"Response to Moretta et al. and Arnaout","authors":"Susan Stepp , Porunelloor Mathew , Michael Bennett , Geneviève de Saint Basile , Vinay Kumar","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01729-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01729-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 11","pages":"Pages 593-594"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01729-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78815316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-10-01Epub Date: 2000-10-04DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01723-0
Richard Boyd , Ann Chidgey
{"title":"T-cell development and function – a downunder experience","authors":"Richard Boyd , Ann Chidgey","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01723-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01723-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is nearly 40 years since Jacques Miller revealed the importance of the thymus as a major primary lymphoid organ. However, despite a vast number of subsequent publications confirming this, and defining many facets of thymopoiesis, it is clear that several key issues have remained unresolved. In order to review the enormous advances made in understanding the life of a T cell from precursor to pathology, the third ‘ThymOz’ meeting has been held in Australia<span>*</span>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 10","pages":"Pages 472-474"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01723-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21897584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-10-01Epub Date: 2000-10-04DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01715-1
Anthony W O'Regan , Gerard J Nau , Geoffrey L Chupp , Jeffrey S Berman
{"title":"Osteopontin (Eta-1) in cell-mediated immunity: teaching an old dog new tricks","authors":"Anthony W O'Regan , Gerard J Nau , Geoffrey L Chupp , Jeffrey S Berman","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01715-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01715-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previously regarded as an adhesive bone matrix protein, recent studies suggest that osteopontin (Eta-1) is also a novel RGD-containing cytokine that regulates early cell-mediated immunity. Proteins related to the extracellular matrix may function as important modulators of immune responses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 10","pages":"Pages 475-478"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01715-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21897585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-10-01Epub Date: 2000-10-04DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01718-7
Young-Yun Kong , William J Boyle , Josef M Penninger
{"title":"Osteoprotegerin ligand: a regulator of immune responses and bone physiology","authors":"Young-Yun Kong , William J Boyle , Josef M Penninger","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01718-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01718-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The TNF-family molecule osteoprotegerin<span> ligand (OPGL, also known as TRANCE, RANKL and ODF) is a key regulator of bone remodeling and essential for the development and activation of osteoclasts<span>. Intriguingly, OPGL also regulates T cell–dendritic cell communications, dendritic cell survival and lymph-node organogenesis. Here, Young-Yun Kong and colleagues discuss the role of OPGL, and its receptor RANK, in the immune system and in bone metabolism.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 10","pages":"Pages 495-502"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01718-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21897589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-10-01Epub Date: 2000-10-04DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01711-4
M.Albert Basson, Rose Zamoyska
{"title":"The CD4/CD8 lineage decision: integration of signalling pathways","authors":"M.Albert Basson, Rose Zamoyska","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01711-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01711-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An immature CD4<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup> thymocyte can differentiate into a functionally specialized CD4<sup>+</sup> or CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell. The molecular mechanisms underlying this CD4/CD8 lineage choice are poorly understood. Recent evidence suggests that thymocytes are sensitive to subtle variations in signal intensity and that lineage choice might be the consequence of the integration of signals emanating from multiple pathways.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 10","pages":"Pages 509-514"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01711-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21897591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-10-01Epub Date: 2000-10-04DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01710-2
J.David Farrar, Kenneth M Murphy
{"title":"Type I interferons and T helper development","authors":"J.David Farrar, Kenneth M Murphy","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01710-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01710-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Type I interferons (IFN-1s) activate Stat4 and promote Th1 development in human, but not mouse, CD4</span><sup>+</sup> T cells. Recently, IFN-1-induced Stat4 activation in human cells was found to require interactions of Stat4 with Stat2. A remarkable genetic dissimilarity between murine and human Stat2 explains the ability of human, but not mouse, CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells to undergo IFN-1-induced Stat4 activation and Th1 development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 10","pages":"Pages 484-489"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01710-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21897587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-10-01Epub Date: 2000-10-04DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01733-3
None Given
{"title":"Are you interested in writing news articles for Immunology Today?","authors":"None Given","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01733-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01733-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 10","pages":"Page 474"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01733-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21923140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Immunology todayPub Date : 2000-10-01Epub Date: 2000-10-04DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01700-X
Graham A.W Rook , Giovanni Ristori , Marco Salvetti , Gavin Giovannoni , Edward J Thompson , John L Stanford
{"title":"Bacterial vaccines for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases","authors":"Graham A.W Rook , Giovanni Ristori , Marco Salvetti , Gavin Giovannoni , Edward J Thompson , John L Stanford","doi":"10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01700-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01700-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In animal models it is often possible to block Th1-mediated autoimmunity by deviating the response to Th2. In this article, Graham Rook and colleagues argue that this might prove a dangerous strategy in humans, and that we should distinguish between potentially pathogenic Th2 effector cells, and Th2-like physiological regulators of Th1 responses. The regulators might be triggered by appropriate Th1-inducing bacterial vaccines.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73346,"journal":{"name":"Immunology today","volume":"21 10","pages":"Pages 503-508"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01700-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92140557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}