objective(s): production of a recombinant and immunogenic antigen using dengue virus type-3 envelope protein is a key point in dengue vaccine development and diagnostic researches. the goals of this study were providing a recombinant protein from dengue virus type-3 envelope protein and evaluation of its immunogenicity in mice. materials and methods: multiple amino acid sequences of different i...

Circulating lymphocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis are sensitized to saline homogenate of human thymus. They also show a minor degree of sensitization to lymph node extract. The sensitization to thymus is greater in multiple sclerosis than it is in other neurological disease (except dementia paralytica) and this may be related to the degree of parenchymatous destruction which provide...

We established a monoclonal antibody against a surface antigen of activated macrophages (Møs) involved in the rejection of an allografted mouse tumor, Meth A. Bacteria-elicited Møs also expressed the antigen but resident or inflammatory Møs, or other leukocytes, did not. The antigen was identified as Ly-6C by isolation of cDNA clones encoding it. Two-dimensional immunoblotting revealed that Ly-...

Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) complexes are critical cell-surface protein assemblies that facilitate T-cell surveillance of almost all cell types in the body. While receptor binding to HLA class I and II is well-described with detailed structural information, nature cis interactions within plasma membrane surveyed cells remains be better characterized, as protein-protein environment technically...

The binding of antigen to cells with antibody on their surface has been studied in a model system consisting of murine myeloma cells (MOPC 315) and DNP conjugates. Specific binding occurred between the DNP groups of DNP conjugates and cell surface immunoglobulin. Using this model, the binding affinities of multivalent and univalent DNP conjugates were measured directly by equilibrium-binding te...

The adaptive immune system generates a specific response to a vast spectrum of antigens. This remarkable property is achieved by lymphocytes that each express single and unique antigen receptors. During lymphocyte development, antigen receptor coding elements are assembled from widely dispersed gene segments. The assembly of antigen receptors is controlled at multiple levels, including epigenet...