JCI - The Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome at 25 years: lessons and lingering questions
The Immune Epitope Database (IEDB): 2018 update. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47(d1):D339-D343.. View this article via: CrossRef ... BCG strains differ in their predicted T cell epitopes, gene expression, and virulence toward immune-deficient mice, among other ... sublineages with broader global distribution and greater variability in T cell epitopes than the more geographically confined " ...
JCI - Notch alters VEGF responsiveness in human and murine endothelial cells by direct regulation of VEGFR-3 expression
The N4/int-3 construct encodes 1 HA epitope at the 3′ end. The Ad-N1IC encodes the cytoplasmic domain of human Notch1, ...
JCI - Identification of type-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to homologous viral proteins in laboratory workers...
Three type-specific epitopes were identified, two of them in highly variable regions of envelope. In longitudinal studies in ... Eight of the epitopes identified were group specific, lying in relatively conserved regions of Gag, reverse transcriptase, and ... with a progressive increase in the number of CTL epitopes recognized by this subject over time. Our data demonstrate that type- ... responses make up a significant proportion of the host cellular immune response against HIV-1 and that a broadening of epitope ...
JCI - Activation of tyrosine kinase c-Abl contributes to α-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration
C and G) Immunoblots of cell lysates with antibodies against the myc epitope. (D and H) Quantifications of myc as percentage of ... and immunostaining with antibodies against myc epitope tag on the expressed α-synuclein proteins was performed to quantify the ... and then heat-induced epitope retrieval was performed with citrate-based antigen unmasking solutions (Vector Laboratories). ...
JCI - Isolation of the target antigen of human anti-tubular basement membrane antibody-associated interstitial nephritis.
We conclude, therefore, that tubular basement membrane target epitopes and their paratypic recognition are highly conserved ...
JCI - Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1 promotes cardiac mitochondrial biogenesis
Adenoviral epitope-tagged PGC-1 mRNA is denoted myc-PGC-1 and endogenous PGC-1 transcripts are labeled endogenous PGC-1. The α- ... Infection of the cardiac myocytes with an adenoviral vector designed to express a myc epitope-tagged PGC-1 (Ad-PGC-1) resulted ... the GFP gene and the PGC-1 cDNA containing a carboxy-terminal myc epitope tag downstream of separate cytomegalovirus (CMV) ...
JCI - RNA interference therapeutics targeting angiotensinogen ameliorate preeclamptic phenotype in rodent models
It has been demonstrated that antibodies generated against the known epitope required infusion of angiotensin II to ...
JCI - CCN1 induces hepatic ductular reaction through integrin αvβ5-mediated activation of NF-κB
For immunohistochemistry, epitopes were unmasked by incubation with sodium citrate, pH 6.0, and incubated with primary ...
JCI - Emerging roles of lymphatic endothelium in regulating adaptive immunity
LECs were the only subset to express the PTA tyrosinase epitope Tyr369, a major immunotherapy target for melanoma (60, 66). If ...
JCI Insight - Fatal COVID-19 outcomes are associated with an antibody response targeting epitopes shared with endemic...
The role of immune responses to previously seen endemic coronavirus epitopes in severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS- ... Fatal COVID-19 outcomes are associated with an antibody response targeting epitopes shared with endemic coronaviruses. ... Fatal COVID-19 outcomes are associated with an antibody response targeting epitopes shared with endemic coronaviruses. ... is that the immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is enriched for antibodies directed against epitopes shared with ...
JCI - Heterosubtypic neutralizing antibodies are produced by individuals immunized with a seasonal influenza vaccine
With the exception of a mAb that bound to the HA globular head, all heterosubtypic mAbs bound to acid-sensitive epitopes in the ...
JCI Insight - IRF5 governs liver macrophage activation that promotes hepatic fibrosis in mice and humans
Epitope-specific antibodies were used for IHC detection of F4/80, αSMA, FasL, and IRF5 staining (Supplemental Table 5). For IHC ... For nuclear stains and cytoplasmic epitopes, cells were then stained with appropriate fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies in ... Cells were then blocked and washed by centrifugation before staining surface and intracellular epitopes. See Supplemental Table ...
JCI Insight - Single-cell analysis of glandular T cell receptors in Sjögren's syndrome
Pathogenic CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes recognize epitopes formed by peptide fusion. Science. 2016;351(6274):711-714.. View ...
JCI - Coactivator SRC-2-dependent metabolic reprogramming mediates prostate cancer survival and metastasis
Quantification of Ki67-stained cells (antibody epitope reacts with human Ki67 protein) in mouse lung sections from shNT-, sh18 ...
JCI Insight - Adjuvanted multi-epitope vaccines protect HLA-A*11:01 transgenic mice against Toxoplasma gondii
These multi-epitope vaccines increased memory CD8+ T cells that produced IFN-γ and protected mice against parasite burden when ... Multi-epitopes adjuvanted with GLA-SE are captured and presented by MHC molecules on the APCs to T lymphocytes. ... Multi-epitope proteins with GLA-SE are captured by the Antigen-presenting cells (APCs), and the peptides contained are ... Adjuvanted multi-epitope vaccines protect HLA-A*11:01 transgenic mice against Toxoplasma gondii. ...
JCI - Transcriptional frameshifts contribute to protein allergenicity
... binding to linear epitopes on both canonical and TI segments of the TI variants. The removal of cationic proteins from bovine ...
JCI - Functional redundancy of Rab27 proteins and the pathogenesis of Griscelli syndrome
A fragment containing the human cDNA for Rab27a or Rab27b fused to a myc-epitope was generated by PCR and subcloned into the ...
JCI - Factor XII and uPAR upregulate neutrophil functions to influence wound healing
Domain 2 of the urokinase receptor contains an integrin-interacting epitope with intrinsic signaling activity: generation of a ...
JCI - PPARγ regulates adipocyte cholesterol metabolism via oxidized LDL receptor 1
... but they can actually be measured in the circulation using antibodies directed against oxidation-specific epitopes. For example ...
JCI Insight - Directly injected lentiviral vector-based T cell vaccine protects mice against acute and chronic viral infection
The single epitope vector had little effect, but the dual-epitope vectors significantly decreased expression (Figure 5C). ... LCMV MHC class I epitope GP33-41, and LCMV MHC class II epitope GP66-77 were shown. SAMHD1-KO mice were infected with 3 × 106 ... LCMV MHC class I epitope GP33-41, and LCMV MHC class II epitope GP66-77; PD-1-CD40L-GP33.GP66 expressing PD-1 microbody, CD40L ... The effect was more pronounced by the inclusion of an MHC class II-restricted epitope in the vaccine vector together with a PD- ...
JCI Insight - Signatures of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in AML patients and their reversibility with response to chemotherapy
T-cell responses directed against multiple HLA-A*0201-restricted epitopes derived from Wilms tumor 1 protein in patients with ...
JCI Insight - Human vaccination against RH5 induces neutralizing antimalarial antibodies that inhibit RH5 invasion complex...
... targeted linear and conformational epitopes within RH5, and inhibited key interactions within the RH5 invasion complex. This is ...
JCI Insight - Ginger intake suppresses neutrophil extracellular trap formation in autoimmune mice and healthy humans
Heat-induced epitope retrieval of deparaffinized sections was with EnVision FLEX Target Retrieval Solution, Low pH (Dako Omnis ...
JCI Insight - Citations to Self-tolerance curtails the B cell repertoire to microbial epitopes
... reduces the scope of the BCR repertoire to microbial pathogens and that cross-reactivity between foreign and self epitopes may ...
JCI Insight - Cross-reactivity of SARS-CoV-2- and influenza A-specific T cells in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2
... that are also reactive against SARS-CoV-2 epitopes (16, 17). The SARS-CoV-2 epitopes recognized by these T cells share ... 02*01 immunodominant epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 (Supplemental Table 1) and IAV M1 epitope (GILGFVFTL) were passively loaded onto ... In this study, we focused on the cross-reactivity of selected SARS-CoV-2 CD8+ T cells with T cells specific for M1, an epitope ... To validate our approach, the LLL epitope was selected to expand SARS-CoV-2 and IAV cross-reactive T cells. This was done using ...
JCI Insight - Controlled human malaria infection with a clone of Plasmodium vivax with high-quality genome assembly
Circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium vivax: gene cloning and characterization of the immunodominant epitope. Science. 1985; ... including the DEK epitope (38), as compared with the SalI sequence used in the current clinical vaccines (29, 37). Like PvDBP ...
JCI Insight - Antibody effector analysis of prime versus prime-boost immunizations with a recombinant measles-vectored...
Exposure of epitope residues on the outer face of the Chikungunya virus envelope trimer determines antibody neutralizing ... Epitope specificity plays a critical role in regulating antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity against influenza A virus ... Early neutralizing IgG response to Chikungunya virus in infected patients targets a dominant linear epitope on the E2 ... Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies block Chikungunya virus entry and release by targeting an epitope critical to viral ...
JCI Insight - Human antibodies against noncircumsporozoite proteins block Plasmodium falciparum parasite development in...
A malaria vaccine candidate based on an epitope of the Plasmodium falciparum RH5 protein. Malar J. 2014;13:326. View this ... it cannot be ruled out that the induced antibodies could bind to a different epitope not present in AMA-1. Clearly, downstream ...
JCI Insight - Serum Gp96 is a chaperone of complement-C3 during graft-versus-host disease
Glycoprotein 96 can chaperone both MHC class I- and class II-restricted epitopes for in vivo presentation, but selectively ...
JCI Insight - The minichromosome maintenance complex drives esophageal basal zone hyperplasia
... antigen retrieval was performed using R-UNIVERSAL Epitope Recovery Buffer (EMS, 62719-20) in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes ...