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		Research article Human casein alpha s1 (CSN1S1) skews in vitro differentiation of monocytes towards macrophages Stefan Vordenbäumen, Achim Braukmann, Irina Altendorfer, Ellen Bleck, Joachim Jose, Matthias Schneider BMC Immunology 2013, 14:46 (2 October 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF
		Research article Age-dependent changes in the expression of regulatory cell surface ligands in activated human T-cells David H Canaday, Karen E Parker, Htin Aung, Hui Emily Chen, Dariana Nunez-Medina, Christopher J Burant BMC Immunology 2013, 14:45 (1 October 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF
		Research article CAWS administration increases the expression of interferon gamma and complement factors that lead to severe vasculitis in DBA/2 mice Noriko Nagi-Miura, Daisuke Okuzaki, Kosuke Torigata, Minami A Sakurai, Akihiko Ito, Naohito Ohno, Hiroshi Nojima BMC Immunology 2013, 14:44 (24 September 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Prothymosin alpha and a prothymosin alpha-derived peptide enhance TH1-type immune responses against defined HER-2/neu epitopes Kyriaki Ioannou, Evelyna Derhovanessian, Eleni Tsakiri, Pinelopi Samara, Hubert Kalbacher, Wolfgang Voelter, Ioannis P Trougakos, Graham Pawelec, Ourania E Tsitsilonis BMC Immunology 2013, 14:43 (22 September 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Glomerular C1q deposition and serum anti-C1q antibodies in anti-glomerular basement membrane disease Shui-yi Hu, Xiao-yu Jia, Xiao-wei Yang, Feng Yu, Zhao Cui, Ming-hui Zhao BMC Immunology 2013, 14:42 (21 September 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Alveolar macrophages of GM-CSF knockout mice exhibit mixed M1 and M2 phenotypes Heidi Dalrymple, Barbara P Barna, Anagha Malur, Achut G Malur, Mani S Kavuru, Mary Thomassen BMC Immunology 2013, 14:41 (17 September 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Nasally administered Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains differentially modulate respiratory antiviral immune responses and induce protection against respiratory syncytial virus infection Yohsuke Tomosada, Eriko Chiba, Hortensia Zelaya, Takuya Takahashi, Kohichiro Tsukida, Haruki Kitazawa, Susana Alvarez, Julio Villena BMC Immunology 2013, 14:40 (15 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Comparative studies using two Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains demonstrate that nasal administration of immunobiotics beneficially modulate immune responses in the respiratory tract and increase resistance to Respiratory Syncytial Virus challenge in mice.
		Research article DNA vaccines targeting the encoded antigens to dendritic cells induce potent antitumor immunity in mice Jun Cao, Yiqi Jin, Wei Li, Bin Zhang, Yang He, Hongqiang Liu, Ning Xia, Huafeng Wei, Jian Yan BMC Immunology 2013, 14:39 (14 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Neonatal infections in Saudi Arabia: association with C-reactive protein, CRP -286 (C>T>A) gene polymorphism and IgG antibodies Amre Nasr, Gamal Allam, Ali Al-Zahrani, Adnan Alsulaimani BMC Immunology 2013, 14:38 (13 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Genetic variants in IL1A and IL1B contribute to the susceptibility to 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus Yingxia Liu, Shaoyuan Li, Guoliang Zhang, Guang Nie, Zhizhong Meng, Dongting Mao, Chang Chen, Xinchun Chen, Boping Zhou, Gucheng Zeng BMC Immunology 2013, 14:37 (8 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Local and systemic neutrophilic inflammation in patients with lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Neringa Vaguliene, Marius Zemaitis, Simona Lavinskiene, Skaidrius Miliauskas, Raimundas Sakalauskas BMC Immunology 2013, 14:36 (6 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Methodology article Quantification of total T-cell receptor diversity by flow cytometry and spectratyping Stanca M Ciupe, Blythe H Devlin, Mary Markert, Thomas B Kepler BMC Immunology 2013, 14:35 (6 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article CTLA4-Ig (abatacept) therapy modulates T cell effector functions in autoantibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis patients Jennifer Pieper, Jessica Herrath, Sukanya Raghavan, Khalid Muhammad, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Vivianne Malmström BMC Immunology 2013, 14:34 (5 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Immunological study of T cell functionality in rheumatoid arthritis patients, both ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative, starting biological therapy with the co-stimulation blockade abatacept (CTLA4-Ig), supports the recently published registry study implicating ACPA seropositivity as an independent predictive factor to treatment response.
		Research article Flow cytometric analysis of the CD4+ TCR Vβ repertoire in the peripheral blood of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus and age-matched healthy controls Flora Tzifi, Maria Kanariou, Marianna Tzanoudaki, Constantinos Mihas, Evangelia Paschali, George Chrousos, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein BMC Immunology 2013, 14:33 (3 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article MicroRNA regulate immune pathways in T-cells in multiple sclerosis (MS) Margareta Jernås, Clas Malmeström, Markus Axelsson, Intawat Nookaew, Hans Wadenvik, Jan Lycke, Bob Olsson BMC Immunology 2013, 14:32 (29 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Genome-wide expression analyses in T-cells from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients identifies multiple differentially expressed microRNAs that affect the expression of target genes associated with the immune system, suggesting a important regulatory role for microRNA in MS.
		Research article Limiting prolonged inflammation during proliferation and remodeling phases of wound healing in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats supplemented with camel undenatured whey protein Hossam Ebaid, Osama M Ahmed, Ayman M Mahmoud, Rasha R Ahmed BMC Immunology 2013, 14:31 (25 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article The timing of TGF-β inhibition affects the generation of antigen-specific CD8⁺ T Cells Jon G Quatromoni, Eiji Suzuki, Olugbenga Okusanya, Brendan F Judy, Pratik Bhojnagarwala, Ollin Venegas, Evgeniy Eruslanov, Jarrod D Predina, Steven M Albelda, Sunil Singhal BMC Immunology 2013, 14:30 (17 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A comparison of sex-specific immune signatures in Gulf War illness and chronic fatigue syndrome Anne Smylie, Gordon Broderick, Henrique Fernandes, Shirin Razdan, Zachary Barnes, Fanny Collado, Connie Sol, Mary Fletcher, Nancy Klimas BMC Immunology 2013, 14:29 (25 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article All-trans retinoic acid attenuates airway inflammation by inhibiting Th2 and Th17 response in experimental allergic asthma Jinhong Wu, Yanjie Zhang, Qi Liu, Wenwei Zhong, Zhenwei Xia BMC Immunology 2013, 14:28 (22 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Laparotomy and laparoscopy diversely affect macrophage-associated antimicrobial activity in a murine model Shun Gen Huang, Yi Ping Li, Qi Zhang, H Paul Redmond, Jiang Huai Wang, Jian Wang BMC Immunology 2013, 14:27 (20 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Impaired T-cell proliferation among HAART-treated adults with suboptimal CD4 recovery in an African cohort Damalie Nakanjako, Isaac Ssewanyana, Rose Nabatanzi, Agnes Kiragga, Moses R Kamya, Huyen Cao, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza BMC Immunology 2013, 14:26 (20 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Comparative analysis of the alveolar macrophage proteome in ALI/ARDS patients between the exudative phase and recovery phase Haiyun Dong, Jinxiu Li, Youdi Lv, Yanyan Zhou, Guyi Wang, Shuang Hu, Xiaoyu He, Ping Yang, Zhiguang Zhou, Xudong Xiang, Cong-Yi Wang BMC Immunology 2013, 14:25 (17 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Proton channel HVCN1 is required for effector functions of mouse eosinophils Xiang Zhu, Eucabeth Mose, Nives Zimmermann BMC Immunology 2013, 14:24 (24 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Impact of hepatitis C virus co-infection on HIV patients before and after highly active antiretroviral therapy: an immunological and clinical chemistry observation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Solomon Taye, Mekuria Lakew BMC Immunology 2013, 14:23 (17 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Immunological and clinical chemistry tests indicate that the improvement in CD4⁺ cell count of HIV/Hepatitis C (HCV) co-infected subjects under highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is lower than HIV mono-infected individuals but that mono-infected patients respond better to HAART.
		Research article Expression of Toll-like receptors 2 and 9 in cells of dog jejunum and colon naturally infected with Leishmania infantum Maria M Figueiredo, Izabela FG Amorim, Aldair JW Pinto, Vítor S Barbosa, Lucélia de Jesus Pinheiro, Beatriz Deoti, Ana MC Faria, Wagner L Tafuri BMC Immunology 2013, 14:22 (14 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed

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		Research article Human casein alpha s1 (CSN1S1) skews in vitro differentiation of monocytes towards macrophages Stefan Vordenbäumen, Achim Braukmann, Irina Altendorfer, Ellen Bleck, Joachim Jose, Matthias Schneider BMC Immunology 2013, 14:46 (2 October 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF
		Research article Age-dependent changes in the expression of regulatory cell surface ligands in activated human T-cells David H Canaday, Karen E Parker, Htin Aung, Hui Emily Chen, Dariana Nunez-Medina, Christopher J Burant BMC Immunology 2013, 14:45 (1 October 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF
		Research article CAWS administration increases the expression of interferon gamma and complement factors that lead to severe vasculitis in DBA/2 mice Noriko Nagi-Miura, Daisuke Okuzaki, Kosuke Torigata, Minami A Sakurai, Akihiko Ito, Naohito Ohno, Hiroshi Nojima BMC Immunology 2013, 14:44 (24 September 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Prothymosin alpha and a prothymosin alpha-derived peptide enhance TH1-type immune responses against defined HER-2/neu epitopes Kyriaki Ioannou, Evelyna Derhovanessian, Eleni Tsakiri, Pinelopi Samara, Hubert Kalbacher, Wolfgang Voelter, Ioannis P Trougakos, Graham Pawelec, Ourania E Tsitsilonis BMC Immunology 2013, 14:43 (22 September 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Glomerular C1q deposition and serum anti-C1q antibodies in anti-glomerular basement membrane disease Shui-yi Hu, Xiao-yu Jia, Xiao-wei Yang, Feng Yu, Zhao Cui, Ming-hui Zhao BMC Immunology 2013, 14:42 (21 September 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Alveolar macrophages of GM-CSF knockout mice exhibit mixed M1 and M2 phenotypes Heidi Dalrymple, Barbara P Barna, Anagha Malur, Achut G Malur, Mani S Kavuru, Mary Thomassen BMC Immunology 2013, 14:41 (17 September 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Nasally administered Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains differentially modulate respiratory antiviral immune responses and induce protection against respiratory syncytial virus infection Yohsuke Tomosada, Eriko Chiba, Hortensia Zelaya, Takuya Takahashi, Kohichiro Tsukida, Haruki Kitazawa, Susana Alvarez, Julio Villena BMC Immunology 2013, 14:40 (15 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Comparative studies using two Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains demonstrate that nasal administration of immunobiotics beneficially modulate immune responses in the respiratory tract and increase resistance to Respiratory Syncytial Virus challenge in mice.
		Research article DNA vaccines targeting the encoded antigens to dendritic cells induce potent antitumor immunity in mice Jun Cao, Yiqi Jin, Wei Li, Bin Zhang, Yang He, Hongqiang Liu, Ning Xia, Huafeng Wei, Jian Yan BMC Immunology 2013, 14:39 (14 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Neonatal infections in Saudi Arabia: association with C-reactive protein, CRP -286 (C>T>A) gene polymorphism and IgG antibodies Amre Nasr, Gamal Allam, Ali Al-Zahrani, Adnan Alsulaimani BMC Immunology 2013, 14:38 (13 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Genetic variants in IL1A and IL1B contribute to the susceptibility to 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus Yingxia Liu, Shaoyuan Li, Guoliang Zhang, Guang Nie, Zhizhong Meng, Dongting Mao, Chang Chen, Xinchun Chen, Boping Zhou, Gucheng Zeng BMC Immunology 2013, 14:37 (8 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Local and systemic neutrophilic inflammation in patients with lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Neringa Vaguliene, Marius Zemaitis, Simona Lavinskiene, Skaidrius Miliauskas, Raimundas Sakalauskas BMC Immunology 2013, 14:36 (6 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Methodology article Quantification of total T-cell receptor diversity by flow cytometry and spectratyping Stanca M Ciupe, Blythe H Devlin, Mary Markert, Thomas B Kepler BMC Immunology 2013, 14:35 (6 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article CTLA4-Ig (abatacept) therapy modulates T cell effector functions in autoantibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis patients Jennifer Pieper, Jessica Herrath, Sukanya Raghavan, Khalid Muhammad, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Vivianne Malmström BMC Immunology 2013, 14:34 (5 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Immunological study of T cell functionality in rheumatoid arthritis patients, both ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative, starting biological therapy with the co-stimulation blockade abatacept (CTLA4-Ig), supports the recently published registry study implicating ACPA seropositivity as an independent predictive factor to treatment response.
		Research article Flow cytometric analysis of the CD4+ TCR Vβ repertoire in the peripheral blood of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus and age-matched healthy controls Flora Tzifi, Maria Kanariou, Marianna Tzanoudaki, Constantinos Mihas, Evangelia Paschali, George Chrousos, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein BMC Immunology 2013, 14:33 (3 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article MicroRNA regulate immune pathways in T-cells in multiple sclerosis (MS) Margareta Jernås, Clas Malmeström, Markus Axelsson, Intawat Nookaew, Hans Wadenvik, Jan Lycke, Bob Olsson BMC Immunology 2013, 14:32 (29 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Genome-wide expression analyses in T-cells from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients identifies multiple differentially expressed microRNAs that affect the expression of target genes associated with the immune system, suggesting a important regulatory role for microRNA in MS.
		Research article Limiting prolonged inflammation during proliferation and remodeling phases of wound healing in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats supplemented with camel undenatured whey protein Hossam Ebaid, Osama M Ahmed, Ayman M Mahmoud, Rasha R Ahmed BMC Immunology 2013, 14:31 (25 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article The timing of TGF-β inhibition affects the generation of antigen-specific CD8⁺ T Cells Jon G Quatromoni, Eiji Suzuki, Olugbenga Okusanya, Brendan F Judy, Pratik Bhojnagarwala, Ollin Venegas, Evgeniy Eruslanov, Jarrod D Predina, Steven M Albelda, Sunil Singhal BMC Immunology 2013, 14:30 (17 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A comparison of sex-specific immune signatures in Gulf War illness and chronic fatigue syndrome Anne Smylie, Gordon Broderick, Henrique Fernandes, Shirin Razdan, Zachary Barnes, Fanny Collado, Connie Sol, Mary Fletcher, Nancy Klimas BMC Immunology 2013, 14:29 (25 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article All-trans retinoic acid attenuates airway inflammation by inhibiting Th2 and Th17 response in experimental allergic asthma Jinhong Wu, Yanjie Zhang, Qi Liu, Wenwei Zhong, Zhenwei Xia BMC Immunology 2013, 14:28 (22 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Laparotomy and laparoscopy diversely affect macrophage-associated antimicrobial activity in a murine model Shun Gen Huang, Yi Ping Li, Qi Zhang, H Paul Redmond, Jiang Huai Wang, Jian Wang BMC Immunology 2013, 14:27 (20 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Impaired T-cell proliferation among HAART-treated adults with suboptimal CD4 recovery in an African cohort Damalie Nakanjako, Isaac Ssewanyana, Rose Nabatanzi, Agnes Kiragga, Moses R Kamya, Huyen Cao, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza BMC Immunology 2013, 14:26 (20 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Comparative analysis of the alveolar macrophage proteome in ALI/ARDS patients between the exudative phase and recovery phase Haiyun Dong, Jinxiu Li, Youdi Lv, Yanyan Zhou, Guyi Wang, Shuang Hu, Xiaoyu He, Ping Yang, Zhiguang Zhou, Xudong Xiang, Cong-Yi Wang BMC Immunology 2013, 14:25 (17 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Proton channel HVCN1 is required for effector functions of mouse eosinophils Xiang Zhu, Eucabeth Mose, Nives Zimmermann BMC Immunology 2013, 14:24 (24 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Impact of hepatitis C virus co-infection on HIV patients before and after highly active antiretroviral therapy: an immunological and clinical chemistry observation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Solomon Taye, Mekuria Lakew BMC Immunology 2013, 14:23 (17 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Immunological and clinical chemistry tests indicate that the improvement in CD4⁺ cell count of HIV/Hepatitis C (HCV) co-infected subjects under highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is lower than HIV mono-infected individuals but that mono-infected patients respond better to HAART.
		Research article Expression of Toll-like receptors 2 and 9 in cells of dog jejunum and colon naturally infected with Leishmania infantum Maria M Figueiredo, Izabela FG Amorim, Aldair JW Pinto, Vítor S Barbosa, Lucélia de Jesus Pinheiro, Beatriz Deoti, Ana MC Faria, Wagner L Tafuri BMC Immunology 2013, 14:22 (14 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed