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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2009-08-01
    Description: Commensal bacteria in the lower intestine of mammals are 10 times as numerous as the body's cells. We investigated the relative importance of different immune mechanisms in limiting the spread of the intestinal microbiota. Here, we reveal a flexible continuum between innate and adaptive immune function in containing commensal microbes. Mice deficient in critical innate immune functions such as Toll-like receptor signaling or oxidative burst production spontaneously produce high-titer serum antibodies against their commensal microbiota. These antibody responses are functionally essential to maintain host-commensal mutualism in vivo in the face of innate immune deficiency. Spontaneous hyper-activation of adaptive immunity against the intestinal microbiota, secondary to innate immune deficiency, may clarify the underlying mechanisms of inflammatory diseases where immune dysfunction is implicated.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730530/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730530/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Slack, Emma -- Hapfelmeier, Siegfried -- Stecher, Barbel -- Velykoredko, Yuliya -- Stoel, Maaike -- Lawson, Melissa A E -- Geuking, Markus B -- Beutler, Bruce -- Tedder, Thomas F -- Hardt, Wolf-Dietrich -- Bercik, Premysl -- Verdu, Elena F -- McCoy, Kathy D -- Macpherson, Andrew J -- AI56363/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- CA105001/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA105001/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI056363/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jul 31;325(5940):617-20. doi: 10.1126/science.1172747.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. andrew.macpherson@insel.ch〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19644121" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antibodies, Bacterial/biosynthesis/blood/*immunology ; Bacteremia/immunology/microbiology ; Bacteria/growth & development/*immunology/isolation & purification ; Bacterial Infections/immunology/microbiology ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Colony Count, Microbial ; Enterococcus faecalis/growth & development/immunology/isolation & purification ; Escherichia coli K12/growth & development/immunology/isolation & purification ; Germ-Free Life ; Immunity ; *Immunity, Innate ; Intestinal Mucosa/immunology/*microbiology ; Intestines/immunology/*microbiology ; Lymphoid Tissue/microbiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Permeability ; Respiratory Burst ; Signal Transduction ; Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms ; Spleen/microbiology ; Toll-Like Receptors/genetics/*metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2009-01-20
    Description: Retroviruses have the potential to acquire host cell-derived genetic material during reverse transcription and can integrate into the genomes of larger, more complex DNA viruses. In contrast, RNA viruses were believed not to integrate into the host's genome under any circumstances. We found that illegitimate recombination between an exogenous nonretroviral RNA virus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and the endogenous intracisternal A-type particle (IAP) retrotransposon occurred and led to reverse transcription of exogenous viral RNA. The resulting complementary DNA was integrated into the host's genome with an IAP element. Thus, RNA viruses should be closely scrutinized for any capacity to interact with endogenous retroviral elements before their approval for therapeutic use in humans.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Geuking, Markus B -- Weber, Jacqueline -- Dewannieux, Marie -- Gorelik, Elieser -- Heidmann, Thierry -- Hengartner, Hans -- Zinkernagel, Rolf M -- Hangartner, Lars -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jan 16;323(5912):393-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1167375.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland. geuking@mcmaster.ca〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19150848" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Arenaviridae Infections/virology ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; DNA, Complementary/*genetics ; Genes, Intracisternal A-Particle/*genetics ; Glycoproteins/genetics ; Humans ; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus/*genetics ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Viral/*genetics ; *Recombination, Genetic ; *Reverse Transcription ; Transfection ; Viral Proteins/genetics ; *Virus Integration
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2010-06-26
    Description: The lower intestine of adult mammals is densely colonized with nonpathogenic (commensal) microbes. Gut bacteria induce protective immune responses, which ensure host-microbial mutualism. The continuous presence of commensal intestinal bacteria has made it difficult to study mucosal immune dynamics. Here, we report a reversible germ-free colonization system in mice that is independent of diet or antibiotic manipulation. A slow (more than 14 days) onset of a long-lived (half-life over 16 weeks), highly specific anticommensal immunoglobulin A (IgA) response in germ-free mice was observed. Ongoing commensal exposure in colonized mice rapidly abrogated this response. Sequential doses lacked a classical prime-boost effect seen in systemic vaccination, but specific IgA induction occurred as a stepwise response to current bacterial exposure, such that the antibody repertoire matched the existing commensal content.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3923373/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3923373/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hapfelmeier, Siegfried -- Lawson, Melissa A E -- Slack, Emma -- Kirundi, Jorum K -- Stoel, Maaike -- Heikenwalder, Mathias -- Cahenzli, Julia -- Velykoredko, Yuliya -- Balmer, Maria L -- Endt, Kathrin -- Geuking, Markus B -- Curtiss, Roy 3rd -- McCoy, Kathy D -- Macpherson, Andrew J -- R01 AI060557/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Jun 25;328(5986):1705-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1188454.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉DKF (Maurice Muller Laboratories), MEM, Universitatsklinik fur Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin (UVCM), University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland. hapfelmeier@gmail.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20576892" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antibodies, Bacterial/biosynthesis/*immunology ; Antibody Specificity ; Colony Count, Microbial ; Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic ; Escherichia coli/*growth & development/*immunology ; Germ-Free Life ; Half-Life ; Immunoglobulin A/biosynthesis/*immunology ; Immunologic Memory ; Intestinal Mucosa/*immunology/*microbiology ; Intestines/immunology/microbiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mucous Membrane/immunology ; Plasma Cells/immunology ; Time Factors
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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