International Immunology

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS:

Pavel Kovalenko, Hidehiko Fujinaka, Yutaka Yoshida, Hiroki Kawamura, Zhenyun Qu, Adel Galal Ahmed El-Shemi, Huiping Li, Asako Matsuki, Vladimir Bilim, Eishin Yaoita, Toru Abo, Makoto Uchiyama, and Tadashi Yamamoto

Fc receptor-mediated accumulation of macrophages in crescentic glomerulonephritis induced by anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody administration in WKY rats
International Immunology Advance Access published on April 5, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 625-634; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh058 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppina Li Pira, Laura Bottone, Federico Ivaldi, Roberta Pelizzoli, Francesco Del Galdo, Luisa Lozzi, Luisa Bracci, Arianna Loregian, Giorgio Palù, Raffaele De Palma, Hermann Einsele, and Fabrizio Manca

Identification of new T_h peptides from the cytomegalovirus protein pp65 to design a peptide library for generation of CD4 T cell lines for cellular immunoreconstitution
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 635-642; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Koji Tokoyoda, Kazutake Tsujikawa, Hiroaki Matsushita, Yuichi Ono, Tamon Hayashi, Yohsuke Harada, Ryo Abe, Masato Kubo, and Hiroshi Yamamoto

Up-regulation of IL-4 production by the activated cAMP/cAMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A) pathway in CD3/CD28-stimulated naive T cells
International Immunology Advance Access published on April 5, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 643-653; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh072 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Kreiß, Anne Asmuß, Kathrin Krejci, Dirk Lindemann, Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, Takehiko Uchiyama, Lothar Rink, Chris P. M. Broeren, and Thomas Herrmann

Contrasting contributions of complementarity-determining region 2 and hypervariable region 4 of rat BV8S2⁺ (V_ß8.2) TCR to the recognition of myelin basic protein and different types of bacterial superantigens
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 655-663; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takeyuki Shimizu, Yuko Kozono, Haruo Kozono, Masayuki Oda, and Takachika Azuma

Affinity maturation of secreted IgM pentamers on B cells
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 675-684; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh069 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keisuke Takeshita, Tsugiko Yamasaki, Shizuo Akira, Florian Gantner, and Kevin B. Bacon

Essential role of MHC II-independent CD4⁺ T cells, IL-4 and STAT6 in contact hypersensitivity induced by fluorescein isothiocyanate in the mouse
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 685-695; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh073 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michele M. Kosiewicz, Pascale Alard, Shuang Liang, and Sherry L Clark

Mechanisms of tolerance induced by transforming growth factor-ß-treated antigen-presenting cells: CD8 regulatory T cells inhibit the effector phase of the immune response in primed mice through a mechanism involving Fas ligand
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 697-706; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh067 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dorothy Yuan, Rula Bibi, and Tam Dang

The role of adjuvant on the regulatory effects of NK cells on B cell responses as revealed by a new model of NK cell deficiency
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 707-716; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh071 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Meirav Holmdahl, Anders Grubb, and Rikard Holmdahl

Cysteine proteases in Langerhans cells limits presentation of cartilage derived type II collagen for autoreactive T cells
International Immunology Advance Access published on April 13, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 717-726; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh079 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Simarro, Arpad Lanyi, Duncan Howie, Florence Poy, Joost Bruggeman, Michelle Choi, Janos Sumegi, Michael J. Eck, and Cox Terhorst

SAP increases FynT kinase activity and is required for phosphorylation of SLAM and Ly9
International Immunology Advance Access published on April 13, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 727-736; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh074 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aki Honda, Akio Ametani, Takashi Matsumoto, Amane Iwaya, Hiroshi Kano, Satoshi Hachimura, Kensuke Ohkawa, Shucihi Kaminogawa, Koji Suzuki, Eli E. Sercarz, and Vipin Kumar

Vaccination with an immunodominant peptide of bovine type II collagen induces an anti-TCR response, and modulates the onset and severity of collagen-induced arthritis
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 737-745; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh075 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masayuki Hirano, Yuji Kikuchi, Sazuku Nisitani, Akiko Yamaguchi, Atsushi Satoh, Taiji Ito, Hideo Iba, and Kiyoshi Takatsu

Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk) enhances transcriptional co-activation activity of BAM11, a Btk-associated molecule of a subunit of SWI/SNF complexes
International Immunology Advance Access published on April 5, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 747-757; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh076 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Sheng Xiao, Xingmin Zhang, Koren K. Mann, Satoshi Jodo, Li Li, Wael N. Jarjour, Ann Marshak-Rothstein, David H. Sherr, and Shyr-Te Ju

Changes in sensitivity of peripheral lymphocytes of autoimmune gld mice to FasL-mediated apoptosis reveal a mechanism for the preferential deletion of CD4^–CD8^–B220⁺ T cells
International Immunology Advance Access published on April 13, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 759-766; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh078 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Redouane Rouas, Philippe Lewalle, Frank El Ouriaghli, Berengere Nowak, Hughes Duvillier, and Philippe Martiat

Poly(I:C) used for human dendritic cell maturation preserves their ability to secondarily secrete bioactive IL-12
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 767-773; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh077 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FEATURED ARTICLE OF THE MONTH:

Ken-ichiro Seino, Toshihiko Yamauchi, Kohdoh Shikata, Seiichi Kobayashi, Mitsuo Nagai, Masaru Taniguchi, and Katashi Fukao

Prevention of acute and chronic allograft rejection by a novel retinoic acid receptor--selective agonist
International Immunology Advance Access published on March 29, 2004
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 665-673; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Phenotypic characterization of regulatory CD4⁺CD25⁺ T cells in rats
Int. Immunol. 2004 16: 775; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxh086 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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