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BMC Immunology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in molecular, cellular, tissue-level, organismal, functional, and developmental aspects of the immune system.
BMC Immunology (ISSN 1471-2172) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :26
The bacterial pathogen Coxiella burnetti normally infects human dendritic cells silently, but provokes their FcR-dependent stimulation if coated with antibodies, while transferring such antibodies to mice affords protection against infection, even in mice deficient in either Fc receptors or complement.
BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :16
Anti-idiotypic antibodies that bind the antigen-combining site of a monoclonal antibody specific for the pathological isoform of the prion protein (PrPSc) may themselves resemble PrPSc, opening new avenues for the study and treatment of prion disease.
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Conserved cryptic recombination signals in Vkappa gene segments are cleaved in small pre-B cells Anne E. Lieberman, Masayuki Kuraoka, Marco Davila, Garnett Kelsoe, Lindsay G. Cowell BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :37 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The expression of the in vitro model of Candida esophagitis Nadine Steubesand, Karlheinz Kiehne, Gabriele Brunke, Rene Pahl, Karina Reiss, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Sabine Schubert, Stefan Schreiber, Ulrich R F BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :36 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Toll-like receptors, chemokine receptors and death receptor ligands responses in SARS coronavirus infected human monocyte derived dendritic cells Helen KW Law, Chung Yan Cheung, Sin Fun Sia, Yuk On Chan, JS Malik Peiris, Yu Lung Lau BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :35 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Increased levels of soluble CD226 in sera accompanied by decreased membrane CD226 expression on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from cancer patients Zhuwei Xu, Tao Zhang, Ran Zhuang, Yun Zhang, Wei Jia, Chaojun Song, Kun Yang, Angang Yang, Boquan Jin BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :34 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Bone marrow cell derived arginase I is the major source of allergen-induced lung arginase but is not required for airway hyperresponsiveness, remodeling and lung inflammatory responses in mice Kathryn A Niese, Ann R Collier, Amanda R Hajek, Stephen D Cederbaum, William E O'Brien, Marsha Wills-Karp, Marc E Rothenberg, Nives Zimmermann BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :33 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Different levels of humoral immunoreactivity to different wheat cultivars gliadin are present in patients with celiac disease and in patients with multiple myeloma Aleksandra Konic-Ristic, Dejan Dodig, Radmilo Krstic, Svetislav Jelic, Ivan Stankovic, Aleksandra Ninkovic, Jelena Radic, Irina Besu, Branka Bonaci-Nikolic, Njegica Jojic, Milica Djordjevic, Dragan Popovic, Zorica Juranic BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :32 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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High-sensitive and rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by IFN- Weimin Jiang, Lingyun Shao, Ying Zhang, Shu Zhang, Chengyan Meng, Yunya Xu, Lingli Huang, Yun Wang, Ying Wang, Xinhua Weng, Wenhong Zhang BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :31 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology article
Efficient isolation of highly purified tonsil B lymphocytes using RosetteSep with allogeneic human red blood cells Jonathan Zuccolo, Tammy L Unruh, Julie P Deans BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :30 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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T cells cooperate with palmitic acid in induction of beta cell apoptosis Tamara Cvjeti BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :29 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A kinase-dead knock-in mutation in mTOR leads to early embryonic lethality and is dispensable for the immune system in heterozygous mice Boris Shor, Druie Cavender, Crafford Harris BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :28 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Chemomodulation of human dendritic cell function by antineoplastic agents in low noncytotoxic concentrations Ramon Kaneno, Galina V Shurin, Irina L Tourkova, Michael R Shurin Journal of Translational Medicine 2009, 7 :58 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Characterization of Regulatory T cells in Urban Newborns Ngoc P Ly, Begona Ruiz-Perez, Rachel M McLoughlin, Cynthia M Visness, Paul K Wallace, William W Cruikshank, Authur O Tzianabos, George T O'Connor, Diane R Gold, James E Gern Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2009, 7 :8 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Occurrence of Hepatitis C Virus infection in type 2 diabetic patients attending Plateau state specialist hospital Jos Nigeria James A. Ndako, Georgebest O Echeonwu, Nathaniel N Shidali, Iliyasu A Bichi, Grace A Paul, Ema Onovoh, Lilian A Okeke Virology Journal 2009, 6 :98 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Total antioxidant capacity - a novel early bio-chemical marker of oxidative stress in HIV infected individuals D R Suresh, Vamseedhar Annam, K Pratibha, B V Maruti Prasad Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :61 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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OHMM: a Hidden Markov Model accurately predicting the occupancy of a transcription factor with a self-overlapping binding motif Amar Drawid, Nupur Gupta, Vijayalakshmi H Nagaraj, Celine Gelinas, Anirvan M Sengupta BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :208 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Systemic treatment of xenografts with vaccinia virus GLV-1h68 reveals the immunologic facet of oncolytic therapy Andrea Worschech, Nanhai Chen, Yong A Yu, Qian Zhang, Zoltan Pos, Stephanie Weibel, Viktoria Raab, Marianna Sabatino, Alessandro Monaco, Hui Liu, Vladia Monsurro, R MARK Buller, David F Stroncek, Ena Wang, Aladar A Szalay, Francesco M Marincola BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :301 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Pathological Studies on Postvaccinal Reactions of Rift Valley Fever in Goats Samia A. Kamal Virology Journal 2009, 6 :94 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Short report
EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 carrier Brady Beltran, Renzo Salas, Pilar Quinones, Domingo Morales, Fernando Hurtado, Esther Cotrina, Luis Riva, Jorge Castillo Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009, 4 :10 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Arginine deficiency augments inflammatory mediator production by airway epithelial cells in vitro Xiao-Yun Fan, Arjen van den Berg, Mieke Snoek, Laurens van der Flier, Barbara Smids, Henk M Jansen, Rong-Yu Liu, Rene Lutter Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :62 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Does unrestrained single-chamber plethysmography provide a valid assessment of airway responsiveness in allergic BALB/c mice? Qingling Zhang, Kefang Lai, Jiaxing Xie, Guoqin Chen, Nanshan Zhong Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :61 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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