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In-house Editor Hans Zauner
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BMC Immunology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of 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.
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.
BMC Immunology 2008, 9 :73
Patients with different grades of asthma severity show differences in immunological parameters, with mild asthma exhibiting a Th2 cytokine profile, and more lymphocyte apoptosis than severe forms of asthma, in which Th1 cytokines predominate, and inflammation persists.
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Interplay between the heterotrimeric G-protein subunits G-alpha-q and G-alpha-i2 sets the threshold for chemotaxis and TCR activation Jacob Ngai, Marit Inngjerdingen, Torunn Berge, Kjetil Tasken BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :27 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Antibody-mediated immunity to the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Coxiella burnetii is Fc receptor- and complement-independent Jeffrey G Shannon, Diane C Cockrell, Kazue Takahashi, Gregory L Stahl, Robert A Heinzen BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :26 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Respiratory burst function of ovine neutrophils John-Paul Tung, John F Fraser, Peter Wood, Yoke Lin Fung BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :25 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Association of IL-10 and IL-10R beta gene polymorphisms with graft-versus-host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation from an HLA-identical sibling donor Jyrki Sivula, Hannu Turpeinen, Liisa Volin, Jukka Partanen BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :24 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Structure-Function analysis of the CTLA-4 interaction with PP2A Wendy A Teft, Thu A Chau, Joaquin Madrenas BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :23 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Bos taurus genome sequence reveals the assortment of immunoglobulin and surrogate light chain genes in domestic cattle Anna Ekman, Mikael Niku, Jenni Liljavirta, Antti Iivanainen BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :22 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Induction of mast cell accumulation, histamine release and skin edema by N49 phospholipase A2 Ji-Fu Wei, Xiao-Long Wei, Ya-Zhen Mo, Shao-Heng He BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :21 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Differential intracellular fate of Burkholderia pseudomallei 844 and Burkholderia thailandensis UE5 in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells and macrophages
Jaruek Charoensap, Pongsak Utaisincharoen, Anneke Engering, Stitaya Sirisinha BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :20 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genetic ablation or pharmacological blockade of dipeptidyl peptidase IV does not impact T cell-dependent immune responses Kalpit A Vora, Gene Porter, Roche Peng, Yan Cui, Kellyann Pryor, George Eiermann, Dennis M Zaller BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :19 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of novel transcriptional regulators involved in macrophage differentiation and activation in U937 cells Young-Sook Baek, Stefan Haas, Holger Hackstein, Gregor Bein, Maria Hernandez-Santana, Hans Lehrach, Sascha Sauer, Harald Seitz BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :18 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Detection of IgE, IgG, IgA and IgM antibodies against
raw and processed food antigens
Aristo Vojdani Nutrition & Metabolism 2009, 6 :22 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Use of Interferon Gamma-Based Assay to Diagnose Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers after Short Term Exposure Dag GUNDERSEN Storla, Ingun Kristiansen, Fredrik Oftung, Gro Ellen Korsvold, Monica Gaupset, Gerd Gran, Anne Kristin Overby, Anne Margarita Dyrhol-Riise, Gunnar Aksel Bjune BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9 :60 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
Fluorescent labeling in semi-solid medium for selection of mammalian cells secreting high-levels of recombinant proteins Antoine W Caron, Claire Nicolas, Bruno Gaillet, Ismaila Ba, Maxime Pinard, Alain Garnier, Bernard Massie, Renald Gilbert BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :42 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Haplotype specific-sequencing reveals MBL2 association with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection Angelica BW Boldt, Iara J Messias-Reason, Bertrand Lell, Saadou Issifou, Maria Lucia Alves Pedroso, Peter G Kremsner, Jurgen FJ Kun Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :97 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comparative genomics of Toll-like receptor signalling in five species Oliver C Jann, Annemarie King, Nestor Lopez Corrales, Susan I Anderson, Kirsty Jensen, Tahar Ait-ali, Haizhou Tang, Chunhua Wu, Noelle E Cockett, Alan L Archibald, Elizabeth J Glass BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :216 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Upregulation of Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression and release of cytokines from P815 mast cells by GM-CSF Haiwei Yang, Jifu Wei, Huiyun Zhang, Liyan Lin, Wei Zhang, Shaoheng He BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :37 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) birth cohort study: design, methods, and study population James E. Gern, Cynthia M. Visness, Peter J. Gergen, Robert A. Wood, Gordon R. Bloomberg, George T. O'Connor, Meyer Kattan, Hugh A. Sampson, Frank R. Witter, Megan T. Sandel, Wayne G. Shreffler, Rosalind J. Wright, Samuel J. Arbes, William W. Busse BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :17 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
The receptor RAGE: Bridging inflammation and cancer Astrid Riehl, Julia Nemeth, Peter Angel, Jochen Hess Cell Communication and Signaling 2009, 7 :12 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis pancreatic destruction in experimentally infected Calomys callosus Rogerio M Fortes, Andre Kipnis, Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :84 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Immunotherapy: rAAV2 expressing interleukin-15 inhibits HeLa cell tumor growth in mice
Giou-Teng Yiang, Horng-Jyh Harn, Yung-Luen Yu, Sheng-Chuan Hu, Yu-Ting Hung, Chia-Jung Hsieh, Shinn-Zong Lin, Chyou-Wei Wei Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :47 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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