Volume 9, Issue 1 (2013) | American Journal of Immunology

Association of Mycoplasma pneumoniae with Respiratory Tract Infections in Children

Osama Mohammed Saed Abdul-Wahab — 2013-01-18

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 18 January 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.1.8

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of four most common species of organisms that are responsible for most clinically significant infections in humans. It is a frequent cause of acute respiratory infections ...

Targeting Cellular Receptors as a Strategy for the Development of New Generation Mucosal Vaccines

Constantine Bitsaktsis — 2013-02-02

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 2 February 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.9.25

Mucosal pathogens are a primary source of infection that require the development of vaccines to induce a specific, protective and long lasting immune response. Despite an urgent need, development of e...

Complement Genes in the Asterids Comparisons with the Echinids (Echinoderma)

Michel Leclerc — 2013-02-26

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 26 February 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.26.29

The axial organ of the sea star Asterias rubens (Asterid) is a primitive immune organ. The B-like cells, when stimulated by various antigens, produce antibody substances correlating with ig kappa gene...

Anamnestic Immune Response Eight Years After Immunization of Primates with a Multivalent HIV-1 GP120 Variable Peptide Vaccine

Rebecca Rivera — 2013-03-13

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 13 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.30.35

Successful development of an effective HIV vaccine hasn’t occurred yet partly as a consequence of the antigenic variation deployed by HIV-1 to escape the immune system. Our laboratory is dedicated t...