Browsing by Author "Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro"

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    • Dendritic cell chimerism in oral mucosa of transplanted patients affected by graft-versus-host disease 
      Pérez, Claudio A.; Rabanales, Ramón; Rojas Alcayaga, Gonzalo; Larrondo Lillo, Milton; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; López, Mercedes N.; Salazar Onfray, Flavio; Alfaro Lucero, Jorge; González, Fermin E. (John Wiley & Sons, 2016)
      ObjectiveGraft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is one of the main complications after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Clinical features of GVHD include either an acute (aGVHD) or a chronic (cGVHD) condition that affects ...
    • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Induces a Tolerogenic Phenotype in Macrophages to Modulate Host Immunity 
      Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Candia, Enzo; Reyes Cerpa, Sebastián; Villegas Valdés, Bélgica; Neira, Tanya; López Nitsche, Mercedes; Maisey, Kevin; Tempio, Fabián; Ríos, Miguel; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Imarai, Mónica (Hindawi, 2013)
      Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the etiological agent of gonorrhoea, which is a sexually transmitted disease widespread throughout the world. N. gonorrhoeae does not improve immune response in patients with reinfection, suggesting ...
    • P2X7 receptor is essential for cross-dressing of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells 
      Barrera Ávalos, Carlos; Briceño, Pedro; Valdés, Daniel; Imarai, Mónica; Leiva Salcedo, Elías; Rojo, Leonel E.; Milla, Luis A.; Huidobro Toro, Juan Pablo; Robles Planells, Claudia; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Di Virgilio, Francesco; Morón, Gabriel; Sauma Mahaluf, Daniela Macarena; Acuña Castillo, Claudio (Cell, 2021)
      T cell activation requires the processing and presentation of antigenic peptides in the context of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC complex). Cross -dressing is a non-conventional antigen presentation mechanism, ...
    • Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells Derived from Donors with Natural Rubber Latex Allergy Modulate Allergen-Specific ... 
      Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Aguirre, Adam; Guzmán Meléndez, María Antonieta; González González, Rodrigo; Catalán Martina, Diego; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Larrondo Lillo, Milton; López Nitsche, Mercedes; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Rolland, Jennifer; O’Hehir, Robyn; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (2014)
      Natural rubber latex (NRL; Hevea brasiliensis) allergy is an IgE-mediated reaction to latex proteins. When latex glove exposure is the main sensitizing agent, Hev b 5 is one of the major allergens. Dendritic cells (DC), ...