简介：ApoptosisplaysanessentialroleinTcellbiology.ThymocytesexpressingnonfunctionalorautoreactiveTCRsareeliminatedbyapoptosisduringdevelopment.ApoptosisalsoleadstothedeletionofexpandedeffectorTcellsduringimmuneresponses.Thedysregulationofapoptosisintheimmunesystemresultsinautoimmunity,tumorogenesisandimmunodeficiency.Twomajorpathwaysleadtoapoptosis:theintrinsiccelldeathpathwaycontrolledbyBcl-2familymembersandtheextrinsiccelldeathpathwaycontrolledbydeathreceptorsignaling.Thesetwopathwaysworktogethertoregu

简介：Immunotherapythatspecificallytargetstumorcellsisthepreferredapproachtoinducetumorregression.Overthepastdecade,significantprogresshasbeenmadeindevisingvariousmethodstodirecttheimmunesystemtorespondtotumorcells.Themajorhurdleforsuccessfulimmunotherapyistoovercomeimmunetoleranceinthetumormicroenvironment.Recentclinicaltrialswithdendriticcell-basedvaccination[1,2]andCTLA4blockingantibodies[3]haveshowngreatpromise,thoughcompletecancerregressionisnotalwaysachieved[4].Currently,alternativestrategiespotentiallyleadingtocancereradicationorregressioninanimalorclinicalmodelsarebeingenthusiasticallypursued.InthisissueofCellResearch,Wangetal.reportanovelwaytoinducetumorimmunitybytheuseofirradiatedautologousTcells[5].

简介：Granulocyte巨噬细胞刺激殖民地的因素(GM-CSF)是一个重要造血的生长因素和有免疫力的调节的人。GM-CSF也在各种各样的传播白血球的功能的活动有深刻效果。它被许多房间类型在收到有免疫力的刺激之上包括T房间，巨噬细胞，endothelial房间和成纤维细胞生产。尽管GM-CSF局部地被生产，它能以一种paracrine方式行动到在主人防卫提高他们的功能的成员传播neutrophils，单核白血球和淋巴细胞。最近的集中的调查为它增加树枝状的房间(DC)成熟和功能以及巨噬细胞活动的能力作为一个有免疫力的助手在GM-CSF的应用程序上被集中。在经历化疗的癌症病人对待嗜中性白血球减少症临床上被使用，在在治疗期间的爱滋病病人，并且在在骨髓移植以后的病人。有趣地，GM-CSF-deficient老鼠的造血的系统看起来正常；最重要的变化在一些特定的T房间回答。尽管GM-CSF的分子的克隆用T房间的cDNA图书馆被执行，T房间在激活以后生产GM-CSF，是众所周知的，在T房间功能上有在由T房间和它的效果的生产的这cytokine的系统的调查的缺乏。在这篇文章，我们将在T房间主要集中于GM-CSF的免疫生物学。

简介：参照人的T细胞分离方法用于猪T细胞分离，经二次绵羊红细胞分离的T细胞，用PHA从功能上鉴定获得纯度很高的T细胞，能进一步用于有关T细胞方面研究。

简介：目的建立具有潮霉素(hygromycin)抗性的3T3细胞系,用于转染目的基因(pTRE-Ins-human)的ES阳性细胞克隆筛选的饲养层.方法通过脂质体转染的方法,将含有潮霉素B磷酸转移酶基因的质粒pHyg导入3T3细胞中,利用潮霉素的药物选择特性,对转染细胞进行压力筛选,并对其进行PCR鉴定.结果经500μg/ml的潮霉素压力筛选后,获得了抗性细胞克隆.抗性3T3细胞的形态和生长速度与正常3T3细胞没有差异,特异性核苷酸引物检测抗性细胞基因组DNA,可以扩增出对应的核苷酸片段.结论成功地培育了潮霉素抗性的3T3细胞,为进行目的基因(pTRE-Ins-human)转染ES细胞的阳性细胞克隆筛选奠定了基础.

简介：ExperimentalautoimmuneencephalomyelitiscanbeinitiatedspontaneouslyanddevelopedprogressivelyinTCRtransgenicmicespecificformyelinbasicproteinwhenexposedtonon-sterileenvironment,thusmorecloselymimickinghumanmultiplesclerosis.Byintravenousadministrationofmyelinbasicprotein,wesucceededinrapidlyreversingtheclinicalandpathologicalsignsofprogressivespontaneousdiseaseinthesemice.ThemajorityoftransgenicTcellsofMBP-injectedmicewasdeleted,withdramaticallyincreasednumbersofapoptoticcells,inlymphnodesandspleen,butnotinthymus.Proliferativeresponsesofsingle

简介：[目的]建立具有潮霉素B(hygromycinB)抗性的3T3细胞系,用于转染目的基因(pTRE2-human-Ins)的ES阳性细胞克隆筛选的饲养层。[方法]通过脂质体转染的方法,将含有潮霉素B磷酸转移酶基因(hyg)的质粒pHyg导入NIH3T3细胞中,利用潮霉素B的药物选择特性,对转染细胞进行压力筛选,并对其进行PCR和southernblot鉴定。[结果]经300ug/ml的潮霉素B压力筛选后,获得了抗性细胞克隆。抗性NIH3T3细胞的形态和生长速度与正常NIH3T3细胞没有差异,特异性核苷酸引物检测抗性细胞基因组DNA,可以扩增出相应的核苷酸片段,Southernblot鉴定结果表明潮霉素基因片段已整合入潮霉素抗性NIH3T3细胞。[结论]本实验通过脂质体介导的方法成功地培育了潮霉素B抗性的NIH3T3细胞,为进行目的基因(pTRE2-human-Ins)转染ES细胞的阳性细胞克隆筛选打下了基础。

简介：小道，肿瘤坏死因素相关的导致apoptosisligand，是一个新奇有势力通过房间表面死亡受体Trail-R1和Trail-R2的激活的房间死亡小径的内长的使活跃之物。它的角色象在导致激活的房间死亡(AICD)的FasL一样，在免疫系统被表明了。然而，小道的机制导致了apoptosis遗体不清楚。在这份报告，重组体小道蛋白质被表示并且净化。导致apoptosis活动和JurkatT房间上的重组体小道的规定机制是探索试管内。Trypan蓝排除试金证明重组体小道蛋白质活跃地以一种剂量依赖者方式杀死了JurkatT房间。在JurkatT房间的导致小道的apoptosis被Bcl-2显著地在Bcl-2基因transfected房间在表示上减少。有PMA(phorbol12十四酸盐13醋酸盐)的处理，PKC使活跃之物，在JurkatT房间的压制的导致小道的apoptosis。由PMA的apoptosis的抑制被预告的处理与二度废除，一个PKC禁止者。总起来说，Bcl-2在表示上和PMA激活PKC，这被建议活跃地下面调整在JurkatT的调停小道的apoptosis房间。

简介：Glucosetransporter4(GLUT4)isresponsibleforinsulin-stimulatedglucosetransportingintotheinsulin-sensitivefatandmusclecells.ThedynamicsofGLUT4storagevesicles(GSVs)remainstobeexploredanditisunclearhowGSVsarearrangedbasedontheirmobility.Weexaminedthisissuein3T3-L1cellsviainvestigatingthethree-dimensionalmobilityofsingleGSVlabeledwithEGFP-fusedGLUT4.Athinlayerofcytosolrightadjacenttotheplasmamembranewasilluminatedandsuccessivelyimagedat5Hzunderatotalinternalreflectionfluorescencemicroscopewithapenetrationdepthof136nm.Employingsingleparticletracking,thethree-dimensionalsubpixeldisplacementofsingleGSVwastrackedataspatialprecisionof22nm.Boththemeansquaredisplacementandthediffusioncoefficientwerecalculatedforeachvesicle.Trackingresultsrevealedthatvesiclesmovedasifrestrictedwithinacagethathasameanradiusof160nm,suggestingthepresenceofsomeintracellulartetheringmatrix.ByconstructingthehistogramofthediffusioncoefficientsofGSVs,weobservedasmoothdistributioninsteadoftheexistenceofdistinctgroups.TheresultindicatesthatGSVsaredynamicallyretainedinacontinuousandwiderangeofmobilityratherthanintoseparateclasses.

简介：ImmunizationwithinactivatedautoreactiveTcellsmayinduceidiotypeanti-idiotypicreactionstodepleteautoreac-tireTcells,whichareinvolvedinautoimmunediseases.However,itisunknownwhetherattenuatedactivatedhealthyautologousT-cellimmunizationcouldincreaseanti-tumorimmuneresponses.Tothisend,C57B1/6micewereimmunizedwithattenuatedactivatedautologousTcells.Thesplenocytesfromimmunizedmiceshowedahigherproliferativeabil-itythanthatfromnaivemice.ThespecialphenotypeanalysisshowedthatthereweremoreCDS+TcellsandCD62L+Tcellsinimmunizedmiceafter24hofculturewith10%fetalcalfserumcompletemediuminvitro(P<0.01).TheseresultsdemonstratedthatthisimmunizationmayactivateTcellsinvivo.Furthermore,thesplenocytesfromimmunizedmicerevealedresistancetoactivation-inducedcelldeath(AICD)invitro.TofurtherstudytherelativegenesthatareresponsibleforthehigherproliferationandresistancetoAICD,theexpressionofFas/Fasligand(FasL)andGADD45βwasmeasuredbyreal-timePCR.TheresultsindicatedthatGADD45βtranscriptionwashigherinthesplenocytesfromimmunizedmicethanthatinthenaivemice.Inaddition,theFasexpressionshowedaparallelhigher,butFasLdidnotchangeobviously.Toinvestigatethebiologicfunctionsinducedbyimmunizationinvivo,atumormodelwasestablishedbyEL-4tumorcellinoculationinC57/B1mice.MicereceivingautologousT-cellimmunizationhadsignificantlyinhibitedtumorgrowthinvivo(P<0.01).ThisstudyimplicatedthatimmunizationwithattenuatedactivatedautologousTcellsenhancesanti-tumorimmuneresponsesthatparticipateintumorgrowthinhibition.

简介：CT120,anovelmembrane-associatedgeneimplicatedinlungcarcinogenesis,waspreviouslyidentifiedfromchromosome17pl3.3locus,ahotmutationspotinvolvedinhumanmalignancies.Inthepresentstudy,wefurtherdeterminedthatCT120ectopicexpressioncouldpromotecellproliferationactivityofNIH3T3cellsusingMTSassay,andmonitoredthedownstreameffectsofCT120inNIH3T3cellswithAtlasmousecDNAexpressionarrays.Among588knowngenes,133geneswerefoundtobeupregulatedordownregulatedbyCT120.Twomajorsignalingpathwaysinvolvedincellproliferation,cellsurvivalandanti-apoptosiswereoverexpressedandactivatedinresponsetoCT120:OneistheRaf/MEK/ErksignalcascadesandtheotheristhePI3K/Aktsignalcascades,suggestingthatCT120mightcontribute,atleastinpart,totheconstitutivelyactivationofErkandAktinhumanlungcanercells.Inaddition,sometumormetastasisassociatedgenescathepsinB,cathepsinD,cathepsinL,MMP-2/TIMP-2werealsoupregulatedbyCT120,uponwhichCT120mightbeinvolvedintumorinvasivenessandmetastasis.Inaddition,CT120mightplayanimportantroleintumorprogressionthroughmodulatingtheexpressionofsomecandidate“LungTumorProgression”genesincludingB-Raf,Rab-2,BAX,BAG-1,YB-1,andCdc42.

简介：<正>Uponactivation,naiveT-helpercellscandifferentiateintotwomajordistinctsubsets,Thelper1(Th1)andThelper2(Th2),asdefinedbytheireffectorfunctionsandcytokinesecretionpatterns.CytokinemilieuandcostimulatorymoleculeshavebeenshowntoplayanessentialroleindeterminingThelperdifferentiation.However,itisstillunclearhowtheeffectsofsignalsofco-stimulatorymoleculesandcytokinesareexertedduringThelperdifferentiation.Weshowevidencesuggestingthatwhilecytokinesignalsinitiatedifferentiationprogram,theselectiveactionofdeatheffectorsdeterminestheendpointbalanceofdifferenti-

简介：利用同源模建方法预测了t-PAK1区的三维结构。通过结构叠合确定了t-PAK1、K2区,纤溶酶原K1、K4区及UKK区的赖氨酸结合口袋。静电势计算及疏水性分析表明,在t-PAK2区以及纤溶酶原K1、K4区与纤维蛋白裸露的赖氨酸之间存在明显的静电势互补和疏水面契合。确定了影响Kringle区结合口袋与赖氨酸亲和的重要氨基酸,分析了t-PAK1区、UKK区不能结合赖氨酸的原因,由此设计了具有赖氨酸亲和力的新型t-PAK1区及UKK区突变体。利用模拟残基突变技术预测了突变体的结构变化,分析了突变后t-PAK1区及UKK区与赖氨酸亲和力的变化,初步在理论上肯定了设计方案的合理性。

简介：构建了二氢叶酸还原酶（dhfr）选择基因启动子上游无增强子（cnhancer）的组织型纤溶酶原激活剂（t-PA）组合突变体FrGGI真核表达质粒pZLFrGGI。将pZLFrGGI酶切线性化,采用大剂量DNA电击介导法,转染dhfr基因缺陷型中国仓鼠卵巢细胞系（CHO-dhfr-）。用氨甲喋呤（MTX）筛选转染细胞。混合加压后,挑选克隆,在1×10-7mol/LMTX压力下,得到了表达水平达1500～2500IU/106细胞·24小时的细胞株。此细胞株表达水平稳定,形态良好,倍增时间为36小时,且有进一步提高表达水平的潜能,有望发展为工程细胞株。