Selected article for: "adaptive innate and lymphoid cell"

Author: Michelow, Ian C.; Lear, Calli; Scully, Corinne; Prugar, Laura I.; Longley, Clifford B.; Yantosca, L. Michael; Ji, Xin; Karpel, Marshall; Brudner, Matthew; Takahashi, Kazue; Spear, Gregory T.; Ezekowitz, R. Alan B.; Schmidt, Emmett V.; Olinger, Gene G.
Title: High-Dose Mannose-Binding Lectin Therapy for Ebola Virus Infection
  • Document date: 2011_1_15
  • ID: jvs25q21_16
    Snippet: Filovirus infections are characterized by marked lymphopenia, severe degeneration of lymphoid tissues, dysregulated dendritic cell function, and cytokine storms-all hallmarks of pathogens that subvert both innate and adaptive immune responses [14] . Nevertheless, survivors exhibit detectable virusspecific antibody responses [15] . Therefore, we hypothesized that administration of a recombinant innate immune molecule that targets glycosylated viru.....
    Document: Filovirus infections are characterized by marked lymphopenia, severe degeneration of lymphoid tissues, dysregulated dendritic cell function, and cytokine storms-all hallmarks of pathogens that subvert both innate and adaptive immune responses [14] . Nevertheless, survivors exhibit detectable virusspecific antibody responses [15] . Therefore, we hypothesized that administration of a recombinant innate immune molecule that targets glycosylated viruses might bridge an infected individual to recovery. Here we show for the first time that rhMBL can be used as a therapeutic agent to achieve serum concentrations in mice that correspond to levels in humans that are 7-24-fold higher than average human concentrations and complement cleaving activity that is .5-fold higher than baseline values in mice. This result confirms our previous in vitro data showing that MBL possesses complement-dependent intrinsic antimicrobial activity [2] .

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