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Minireviews Targeting CD40L: a Promising Therapeutic Approach Dimitris Daoussis, Andrew P. Andonopoulos, and Stamatis-Nick C. Liossis PMCID: PMC440614 Current Advances in Dengue Diagnosis Pei-Yun Shu and Jyh-Hsiung Huang PMCID: PMC440621 Cellular Immunology HLA Class II Profile and Distribution of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 Alleles and Haplotypes among Lebanese and Bahraini Arabs Wassim Y. Almawi, Marc Busson, Hala Tamim, Einas M. Al-Harbi, Ramzi R. Finan, Saria F. Wakim-Ghorayeb, and Ayesha A. Motala PMCID: PMC440602 Effect of Pregnancy and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Intracellular Interleukin-2 Production Patterns Madeline Y. Sutton, Bart Holland, Thomas N. Denny, Ambrosia Garcia, Zenaida Garcia, Dana Stein, and Arlene D. Bardeguez PMCID: PMC440616 Identification and Phenotyping of Leukocytes in Bovine Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid E. C. Soethout, K. E. Müller, A. J. M. van den Belt, and V. P. M. G. Rutten PMCID: PMC440617 Normal Values for CD4 and CD8 Lymphocyte Subsets in Healthy Chinese Adults from Shanghai Weiming Jiang, Laiyi Kang, Hong-Zhou Lu, Xiaozhang Pan, Qingneng Lin, Qichao Pan, Yile Xue, Xinhua Weng, and Yi-Wei Tang PMCID: PMC440627 Antibodies and Mediators of Immunity Allergenic Characterization of Tropomyosin from the Dusky Brown Cockroach, Periplaneta fuliginosa Kyoung Yong Jeong, Heeyu Hwang, Jongweon Lee, In-Yong Lee, Dong Soo Kim, Chein-Soo Hong, Han-Il Ree, and Tai-Soon Yong PMCID: PMC440615 Recombinant GRA4 or ROP2 Protein Combined with Alum or the gra4 Gene Provides Partial Protection in Chronic Murine Models of Toxoplasmosis Valentina Martin, Alicia Supanitsky, Pablo C. Echeverria, Silvana Litwin, Tamara Tanos, Adolfo R. De Roodt, Eduardo A. Guarnera, and Sergio O. Angel PMCID: PMC440599 Cholera Toxin B-Subunit Gene Enhances Mucosal Immunoglobulin A, Th1-Type, and CD8+ Cytotoxic Responses When Coadministered Intradermally with a DNA Vaccine Alba E. Sanchez, Guillermo Aquino, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, Juan P. Laclette, and Leticia Rocha-Zavaleta PMCID: PMC440597 Delineation of the Role of Platelet-Activating Factor in the Immunoglobulin G2 Antibody Response Salma Al-Darmaki, Kandi Knightshead, Yuichi Ishihara, Al Best, Harvey A. Schenkein, John G. Tew, and Suzanne E. Barbour PMCID: PMC440608 Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders Evaluation of Recombinant Antigen-Based Assays for Diagnosis of Bullous Autoimmune Diseases G. D'Agosto, A. Latini, M. Carducci, A. Mastroianni, A. Vento, and P. Cordiali Fei PMCID: PMC440609 Novel Hairpin-Shaped Primer Assay To Study the Association of the −44 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism of the DEFB1 Gene with Early-Onset Periodontal Disease Michele Boniotto, Manzour Hernando Hazbón, William James Jordan, Greig Patrick Lennon, Joyce Eskdale, David Alland, and Grant Gallagher PMCID: PMC440632 Association between Familial Deficiency of Mannose-Binding Lectin and Mutations in the Corresponding Gene and Promoter Region M. M. M. Salimans, W. A. Bax, F. Stegeman, M. van Deuren, A. K. M. Bartelink, and H. van Dijk PMCID: PMC440604 Microbial Immunology Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays Using Recombinant Envelope Protein Expressed in COS-1 and Drosophila S2 Cells for Detection of West Nile Virus Immunoglobulin M in Serum or Cerebrospinal Fluid A. Scott Muerhoff, George J. Dawson, Bruce Dille, Robin Gutierrez, Thomas P. Leary, Malini C. Gupta, Charles R. Kyrk, Hema Kapoor, Patricia Clark, Gerald Schochetman, and Suresh M. Desai PMCID: PMC440607 Longitudinal Profile of Immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, and IgA Antibodies against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein in Patients with Pneumonia Due to the SARS Coronavirus Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Beatrice H. L. Wong, Kwok-hung Chan, Chung-ming Chu, Hoi-wah Tsoi, Yi Huang, J. S. Malik Peiris, and Kwok-yung Yuen PMCID: PMC440610 Reliability of Immunoglobulin G Antitoxoplasma Avidity Test and Effects of Treatment on Avidity Indexes of Infants and Pregnant Women Pierre Flori, Laetitia Tardy, Hugues Patural, Bahrie Bellete, Marie-Noëlle Varlet, Jamal Hafid, Hélène Raberin, and Roger Tran Manh Sung PMCID: PMC440619 Bifidobacterial Species Differentially Affect Expression of Cell Surface Markers and Cytokines of Dendritic Cells Harvested from Cord Blood Sarah L. Young, Mary A. Simon, Margaret A. Baird, Gerald W. Tannock, Rodrigo Bibiloni, Kate Spencely, Juliette M. Lane, Penny Fitzharris, Julian Crane, Ian Town, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Clare S. Murray, and Ashley Woodcock PMCID: PMC440611 Evaluation and Validation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and an Immunochromatographic Test for Serological Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Ming Guan, Kwok Hung Chan, J. S. Malik Peiris, See Wai Kwan, Siu Yan Lam, Chiu Mei Pang, Ka Wing Chu, Kit Man Chan, Hsiao Ying Chen, Ewe Beng Phuah, and Caiqin Jane Wong PMCID: PMC440612 Use of Recombinant ESAT-6:CFP-10 Fusion Protein for Differentiation of Infections of Cattle by Mycobacterium bovis and by M. avium subsp. avium and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis W. R. Waters, B. J. Nonnecke, M. V. Palmer, S. Robbe-Austermann, J. P. Bannantine, J. R. Stabel, D. L. Whipple, J. B. Payeur, D. M. Estes, J. E. Pitzer, and F. C. Minion PMCID: PMC440606 Bacterial Clearance and Cytokine Profiles in a Murine Model of Postsurgical Nosocomial Pneumonia Patricia A. Manderscheid, Ryan P. Bodkin, Bruce A. Davidson, Erik Jensen, Thomas A. Russo, and Paul R. Knight PMCID: PMC440598 Use of Bispecific Antibodies in Molecular Velcro Assays Whose Specificity Approaches the Theoretical Limit of Immunodetection for Bordetella pertussis X. L. Tang, M. S. Peppler, R. T. Irvin, and M. R. Suresh PMCID: PMC440620 Evolution of Vaccinia Virus-Specific CD8+ Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Responses in Primary Vaccinees and Revaccinees Allan R. Tenorio, Mark E. Peeples, Manokiran Patri, Katayoun Rezai, and Gordon M. Trenholme PMCID: PMC440613 Use of a Novel Enzyme Immunoassay Based on Detection of Circulating Antigen in Serum for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection Abdelfattah M. Attallah, Hisham Ismail, Gellan G. Ibrahim, Mohamed Abdel-Raouf, Ahmed M. El-Waseef, and Mohamed Abdel-Wahab PMCID: PMC440618 Comparison of Immunofluorescence, Western Blotting, and Cross-Adsorption Assays for Diagnosis of African Tick Bite Fever Mogens Jensenius, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Sirkka Vene, Signe Holta Ringertz, Bjørn Myrvang, and Didier Raoult PMCID: PMC440600 Impact of Serological Methodology on Assessment of the Link between Chlamydia pneumoniae and Vascular Diseases Boulos Maraha, Martin den Heijer, Jan Kluytmans, and Marcel Peeters PMCID: PMC440624 Kinetics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus-Specific Antibodies in 271 Laboratory-Confirmed Cases of SARS Zhongping He, Qingming Dong, Hui Zhuang, Shujing Song, Guoai Peng, Guangxiang Luo, and Dominic E. Dwyer PMCID: PMC440623 Evaluation of a Monoclonal Antibody-Based Test for Detection of Helicobacter pylori-Specific Antigen in Stool Samples from Mice Julia Crone, Erin Symonds, Fiona Campbell, and Ross Butler PMCID: PMC440626 Clinical Evaluation of a Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Determination of Immunoglobulin G Avidity to Human Cytomegalovirus Maria Grazia Revello, Giovanna Gorini, and Giuseppe Gerna PMCID: PMC440635 Long-Term Effects of Immunization with Recombinant Lipoprotein Outer Surface Protein A on Serologic Test for Lyme Disease Paul T. Fawcett, Carlos D. Rose, and Victoria Maduskuie PMCID: PMC440630 Evaluation of Clonorchis sinensis Recombinant 7-Kilodalton Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Clonorchiasis Qin-Ping Zhao, Sung-Ung Moon, Hyeong-Woo Lee, Byoung-Kuk Na, Seung-Yull Cho, Yoon Kong, Ming-Sen Jiang, Ai-Hua Li, and Tong-Soo Kim PMCID: PMC440603 Veterinary Immunology Characterization of Immunodominant Linear B-Cell Epitopes on the Carboxy Terminus of the Rinderpest Virus Nucleocapsid Protein Kang-Seuk Choi, Jin-Ju Nah, Young-Joon Ko, Shien-Young Kang, Kyoung-Jin Yoon, and Yi-Seok Joo PMCID: PMC440601 Reduction of Influenza Virus Titer and Protection against Influenza Virus Infection in Infant Mice Fed Lactobacillus casei Shirota Hisako Yasui, Junko Kiyoshima, and Tetsuji Hori PMCID: PMC440622 Development of a Macroarray To Specifically Analyze Immunological Gene Expression in Swine Terence N. Ledger, Philippe Pinton, Dorothée Bourges, Patrick Roumi, Henri Salmon, and Isabelle P. Oswald PMCID: PMC440605 Eucaryotic Expression of the Nucleocapsid Protein Gene of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 and Use of the Protein in an Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay for Serological Diagnosis of Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome in Pigs Sébastien Racine, Ali Kheyar, Carl A. Gagnon, Benoît Charbonneau, and Serge Dea PMCID: PMC440625
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