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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, EMBASE, Scopus, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :64
A positive role for mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-I in the defense against tuberculosis is indicated by its unexpectedly positive influence on the secretion of tumour necrosis factor by human blood cells responding to the mycobacterium BCG.
BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :60
Mice co-infected with the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and malarial parasites have a reduced T-helper 2 cell response to the nematode and lower pulmonary expression of alternatively activated macrophage associated proteins than mice infected with the nematode alone.
BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :59
Inhibiting the mTOR and PI3K pathways does not affect the proliferation of regulatory T cells activated via TCR/CD28, but does prevent the induction of Granzyme B, a molecule involved in the cytotoxic immunosuppression mediated by these cells.
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Site-directed mutagenesis reveals a unique requirement for tyrosine residues in IL-7R alpha and TSLPR cytoplasmic domains in TSLP-dependent cell proliferation Jun Zhong, Akhilesh Pandey BMC Immunology 2010, 11 :5 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Divergent adaptive and innate immunological responses are observed in humans following blunt trauma Kevin R Kasten, Holly S Goetzman, Maria R Reid, Alison M Rasper, Samuel G Adediran, Chad T Robinson, Cindy M Cave, Joseph S Solomkin, Alex B Lentsch, Jay A Johannigman, Charles C Caldwell BMC Immunology 2010, 11 :4 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Anti-West Nile virus activity of in vitro expanded human primary natural killer cells Mingjie Zhang, Sylvester Daniel, Yong Huang, Caren Chancey, Qingsheng Huang, Ying Lei, Andriyan Grinev, Howard Mostowski, Maria Rios, Andrew Dayton BMC Immunology 2010, 11 :3 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Lactobacillus acidophilus induces a slow but more sustained chemokine and cytokine response in naive foetal enterocytes compared to commensal Escherichia coli Louise H Zeuthen, Lisbeth N Fink, Stine B Metzdorff, Matilde B Kristensen, Tine R Licht, Christine Nellemann, Hanne Frokiaer BMC Immunology 2010, 11 :2 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Role of AUF1 in splenic size and follicular B cell maintenance Navid Sadri, Jin-Yu Lu, Michelle L Badura, Robert J Schneider BMC Immunology 2010, 11 :1 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A novel anti-mycobacterial function of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 Benny KW Cheung, Howard CH Yim, Norris CM Lee, Allan SY Lau BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :64 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Variable expression of cysteinyl leukotriene type I receptor splice variants in asthmatic females with different promoter haplotypes Milena Sokolowska, Karolina Wodz-Naskiewicz, Malgorzata Cieslak, Karolina Seta, Andrzej K Bednarek, Rafal Pawliczak BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :63 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Divergent effects of norepinephrine, dopamine and substance P on the activation, differentiation and effector functions of human cytotoxic T lymphocytes Carina Strell, Anne Sievers, Philipp Bastian, Kerstin Lang, Bernd Niggemann, Kurt S Z BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :62 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of a novel conserved HLA-A*0201-restricted epitope from the spike protein of SARS-CoV Yanbo Lv, Zhihua Ruan, Li Wang, Bing Ni, Yuzhang Wu BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :61 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Plasmodium chabaudi limits early Nippostrongylus brasiliensis -induced pulmonary immune activation and Th2 polarization in co-infected miceMarieke A Hoeve, Katie J Mylonas, Karen J Fairlie-Clarke, Simmi M Mahajan, Judith E Allen, Andrea L Graham BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :60 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Hypothesis
A new therapeutic strategy for lung tissue injury induced by influenza with CR2 targeting complement inhibitior Chuanfu Zhang, Yuanyong Xu, Leili Jia, Yutao Yang, Yong Wang, Yansong Sun, Liuyu Huang, Fei Qiao, Stephen Tomlinson, Xuelin Liu, Yusen Zhou, Hongbin Song Virology Journal 2010, 7 :30 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Effects of a dual CCR3 and H1-antagonist on symptoms and eosinophilic inflammation in allergic rhinitis Lennart Greiff, Cecilia Ahlstrom-Emanuelsson, Ash Bahl, Thomas Bengtsson, Kerstin Dahlstrom, Jonas Erjefalt, Henrik Widegren, Morgan Andersson Respiratory Research 2010, 11 :17 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Chronic infection during placental malaria is associated with up-regulation of cycloxygenase-2 Demba Sarr, Delphine Aldebert, Laurence Marrama, Emilie Frealle, Alioune Gaye, Hamoud O Brahim, Makhtar Niang, Jean Marie Dangou, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Jean Yves Le Hesran, Ronan Jambou Malaria Journal 2010, 9 :45 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Annotation and classification of the bovine T cell receptor delta genes Carolyn TA Herzig, Marie-Paule Lefranc, Cynthia L Baldwin BMC Genomics 2010, 11 :100 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Using simple artificial intelligence methods for predicting
amyloidogenesis in antibodies Maria Pamela C David, Gisela P Concepcion, Eduardo A Padlan BMC Bioinformatics 2010, 11 :79 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Eosinophilic myocarditis mimicking acute coronary syndrome secondary to idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome: a case report Reza Amini, Craig Nielsen Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4 :40 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Short report
CpG oligodeoxyribonucleotides protect mice from Burkholderia pseudomallei but not Francisella tularensis Schu S4 aerosols. David A. Rozak, Herbert C. Gelhaus, Mark Smith, Mojgan Zadeh, Louis Huzella, David Waag, Jeffrey J. Adamovicz Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines 2010, 8 :2 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Optimised electroporation mediated DNA vaccination for treatment of prostate cancer Sarfraz Ahmad, Garrett Casey, Paul Sweeney, Mark Tangney, Gerald C O'Sullivan Genetic Vaccines and Therapy 2010, 8 :1 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Comment
FOXP3 and GARP (LRRC32): the master and its minion Michael Probst-Kepper, Jan Buer Biology Direct 2010, 5 :8 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Microglial responses around intrinsic CNS neurons are correlated with axonal regeneration Bahman N Shokouhi, Bernadette Z.Y. Wong, Samir Siddiqui, A ROBERT Lieberman, Gregor Campbell, Koujiro Tohyama, Patrick N Anderson BMC Neuroscience 2010, 11 :13 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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