2003
Interleukin-1 Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus Subgenomic RNA Replication by Activation of Extracellular Regulated Kinase Pathway
Zhu H, Liu C. Interleukin-1 Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus Subgenomic RNA Replication by Activation of Extracellular Regulated Kinase Pathway. Journal Of Virology 2003, 77: 5493-5498. PMID: 12692250, PMCID: PMC153991, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.9.5493-5498.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterferon-stimulated genesHepatitis C virusInterleukin-1Antiviral activityHCV subgenomic RNA replicationDirect antiviral activityIL-1 productionReplicon cell linesNovel antiviral pathwayViral protein expressionViral clearanceC virusChronic infectionInflammatory processRNA replicationExtracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) pathwayAntiviral pathwaysInhibitory effectProtein expressionCell linesKinase pathwayKinase activationActivationPatientsInfectionImpaired thymic negative selection causes autoimmune graft-versus-host disease
Teshima T, Reddy P, Liu C, Williams D, Cooke K, Ferrara J. Impaired thymic negative selection causes autoimmune graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2003, 102: 429-435. PMID: 12663438, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-01-0266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesBone Marrow TransplantationCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedClonal DeletionDendritic CellsEpithelial CellsFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1MiceMice, Inbred C57BLRadiation ChimeraRadiation ToleranceSelf ToleranceSkinSpleenThymectomyThymus GlandT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVisceraConceptsThymic negative selectionSystemic autoimmune diseaseAntigen-presenting cellsAutoimmune diseasesHost diseaseT cellsAutoreactive T cell repertoireClass IIThymic antigen-presenting cellsMajor histocompatibility complex class IIHistocompatibility complex class IIImpaired negative selectionLethal autoimmune diseaseBone marrow chimerasPeripheral regulatory mechanismsT cell repertoireMHC class IIMHC class INegative selectionAcute graftAcute GVHDAutoimmune graftPeripheral CD4Adoptive transferNaive mice
2002
Acute graft-versus-host disease does not require alloantigen expression on host epithelium
Teshima T, Ordemann R, Reddy P, Gagin S, Liu C, Cooke K, Ferrara J. Acute graft-versus-host disease does not require alloantigen expression on host epithelium. Nature Medicine 2002, 8: 575-581. PMID: 12042807, DOI: 10.1038/nm0602-575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen-presenting cellsHost antigen-presenting cellsAlloantigen expressionAcute GVHDHost diseaseTarget epitheliaMajor histocompatibility complex class ICD8-mediated GVHDBone marrow chimerasHistocompatibility complex class IClass II alloantigensTumor necrosis factorComplex class IAcute graftInflammatory cytokinesEffector mechanismsGVHDNecrosis factorMouse modelAntigen specificityTissue damageClass IHost epitheliumEpitheliumGraft