简介:Severeacuterespiratorysyndrome(SARS)isaseriousandfatalinfectiousdiseasecausedbySARScoronavirus(SARS-Cov),anovelhumancoronavirus.SARS-Covinfectionstimulatescytokines(e.g.,IL-10,IFN-γ,IL-1,etc.)expressiondramatically,andTlymphocytesandtheirsubsetsCD4+andCD8+Tcellsaredecreasedafteronsetofthedisease.SARS-specificIgGantibodyisgeneratedinthesecondweekandpersistsforalongtime,whereasIgMisexpressedtransiently.ThespikeproteinandneucleocapsidproteinaremostabundantinSARS-Covandcontributedominantlytotheantibodyproductionduringthecourseofdisease.Spikeprotein,especiallytheACE-2bindingregion(318-510aa)iscapableofproducingneutralizingantibodytoSARS-Cov.NeucleocapsidproteininducesprotectivespecificCTLtoSARS-Cov.Therefore,applicationswithspikesubunit,neucleocapsidsubunitaswellasinactivatedSARS-CovarethreeprospectivevaccinationstrategiesforSARS.
简介:Thenuclearreceptorsuperfamilyandthetranscriptionalfactorsassociatedwithcytokinesareinherentlydifferentfamiliesofsignalingmoleculesandactivategenetranscriptionbybindingtotheirrespectiveresponsiveelement.However,ithasbecomeincreasinglyclearfromourworksandothersthatnuclearreceptorsareimportantregulatorsofcytokineproductionandfunctionthroughcomplexandvariedinteractionsbetweenthesedistincttranscriptionalfactors.Thisreviewprovidesageneraloverviewofthemechanismofactionofnuclearreceptorsandtheirtranscriptionalcrosstalkwithtranscriptionalfactorsassociatedwithcytokinetransductionpathways.Oneofthemostimportantmechanisticaspectsisproteintoproteininteractionthroughadirectorco-regulator-mediatedindirectmanner.Suchcrosstalkiscruciallyinvolvedinphysiologicalandtherapeuticrolesofnuclearreceptorsandtheirligandsinimmunity,inflammationandcytokine-relatedtumors.Cellular&MolecularImmunology.2004;1(6):416-424.
简介:Specificcellularimmunetolerancemaybeessentialforsuccessfulxenotransplantationinhumans.Thymectomized(ATX),TandNKcell-depletedimmunocompetentmicegraftedwithxenogeneicfetalpigthymicandlivertissue(FPTHY/LIV)resultinefficientmousethymopoiesisandperipheralrepopulationoffunctionalmouseCD4+Tcell.Veryimportantly,thereconstitutedmouseTcellsarespecificallytoleranttopigdonorantigens.StudiesdemonstratedthatporcineMHCsmediatedpositiveandnegativeselectionofmousethymocytesinFPTHYgrafts,whereasmouseMHCswereinvolvedinnegativeselectioningrafts.Therefore,Tcelltolerancetoxenogeneicdonorantigenscouldbeinducedbygraftingdonorthymustissue.XenogeneicthymicreplacementmighthaveapotentialroleinthereconstitutionofcellularimmunityinpatientswithAIDSorotherimmunodeficienciescausedbythymusdysfunction.