Aberrant T‐cell responses underpin a range of diseases, including asthma and allergy and
autoimmune diseases. Pivotal immune elements of these diseases are the development of …

Women mount more vigorous antibody- and cell-mediated immune responses following
either infection or vaccination than men. The incidence of most autoimmune diseases is also …

Chlamydia trachomatis infections are prevalent worldwide, but current research, screening,
and treatment are focused on females, with the burden of disease and infertility sequelae …

Background/Aims: Oral administration of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) has been reported to
induce colitis in mice. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the possible …

Freshly isolated murine PP B cells were cultured with 10 different cytokines, including IL-1
alpha, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and TGF-beta, to investigate a …

The objective of this study was to examine the expression of toll‐like receptors (TLRs) by
the uterine epithelial cell line ECC‐1 and to determine if stimulation of the expressed TLRs …

We report here a murine model for experimental chronic colitis where administration of
trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) in 50% ethanol induced inflammation of large intestine in …

Salmonella bacteria are a major cause of food‐borne infectious diarrhoea and there is great
interest in understanding the pathogenesis of Salmonella infection and in vaccine …

Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) have been extensively studied in the murine small intestine.
However, to date no studies have assessed IEL in the large intestine, despite the marked …

Rationale: Chlamydial lung infection has been associated with asthma in children and adults.
However, how chlamydial infection influences the development of immune responses that …