Linkage between atopy and the IgE high-affinity receptor gene at 11q13 in atopic dermatitis families

1998 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Fölster-Holst ◽  
Hans W. Moises ◽  
L. Yang ◽  
Wolfgang Fritsch ◽  
Jean Weissenbach ◽  
...  
1994 ◽  
Vol 180 (5) ◽  
pp. 1955-1960 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Peschon ◽  
P J Morrissey ◽  
K H Grabstein ◽  
F J Ramsdell ◽  
E Maraskovsky ◽  
...  

Interleukin 7 (IL-7) stimulates the proliferation of B cell progenitors, thymocytes, and mature T cells through an interaction with a high affinity receptor (IL-7R) belonging to the hematopoietin receptor superfamily. We have further addressed the role of IL-7 and its receptor during B and T cell development by generating mice genetically deficient in IL-7R. Mutant mice display a profound reduction in thymic and peripheral lymphoid cellularity. Analyses of lymphoid progenitor populations in IL-7R-deficient mice define precisely those developmental stages affected by the mutation and reveal a critical role for IL-7R during early lymphoid development. Significantly, these studies indicate that the phase of thymocyte expansion occurring before the onset of T cell receptor gene rearrangement is critically dependent upon, and mediated by the high affinity receptor for IL-7.


1997 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radek Klubal ◽  
Birgit Osterhoff ◽  
Binghe Wang ◽  
Jean-Pierre Kinet ◽  
Dieter Maurer ◽  
...  

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Leonardo Cristinziano ◽  
Remo Poto ◽  
Gjada Criscuolo ◽  
Anne Lise Ferrara ◽  
Maria Rosaria Galdiero ◽  
...  

Human lung mast cells (HLMCs) express the high-affinity receptor FcεRI for IgE and are strategically located in different compartments of human lung, where they play a role in several inflammatory disorders and cancer. Immunoglobulin superantigens (e.g., protein A of Staphylococcus aureus and protein L of Peptostreptococcus magnus) bind to the variable regions of either the heavy (VH3) or light chain (κ) of IgE. IL-33 is a cytokine expressed by epithelial cells that exerts pleiotropic functions in the lung. The present study investigated whether immunoglobulin superantigens protein A and protein L and IL-33 caused the release of inflammatory (histamine), angiogenic (VEGF-A) and lymphangiogenic (VEGF-C) factors from HLMCs. The results show that protein A and protein L induced the rapid (30 min) release of preformed histamine from HLMCs. By contrast, IL-33 did not induce the release of histamine from lung mast cells. Prolonged incubation (12 h) of HLMCs with superantigens and IL-33 induced the release of VEGF-A and VEGF-C. Preincubation with IL-33 potentiated the superantigenic release of histamine, angiogenic and lymphangiogenic factors from HLMCs. Our results suggest that IL-33 might enhance the inflammatory, angiogenic and lymphangiogenic activities of lung mast cells in pulmonary disorders.


1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. H. Chan ◽  
D. Atkins

1. The distribution of the 1α,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol receptor was studied in enterocytes isolated from the upper, mid and lower villus and crypt cells of the jejunum of normal and rachitic rats. 2. In all cell fractions a high-affinity receptor (KD ⋍ 0.07 nmol/l) with a sedimentation coefficient of 3.5S was demonstrated. 3. In normal rats there was a 60% reduction in receptor numbers in crypt cells compared with the mid and upper villous cells. 4. Vitamin D deficiency led to a reduction in receptor numbers in all cell fractions (45% upper villus, 78% crypt cells). 5. The data are compatible with the concept of calcium absorption occurring in the differentiated villous cells and also account for the reduction in absorption in rachitic animals.


Neuron ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Chen ◽  
Alain Chédotal ◽  
Zhigang He ◽  
Corey S Goodman ◽  
Marc Tessier-Lavigne

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