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Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into antigen-presenting dendritic cells

Science immunology, 2018
Ectopic expression of transcription factors PU.1, IRF8, and BATF3 reprograms fibroblasts to dendritic cells. “Induced” dendritic cells In vitro systems that culture immune cells have contributed greatly in shaping our understanding of immune cell ...
Fábio F. Rosa, Cristiana F. Pires, I. Kurochkin, A. G. Ferreira, Andreia M. Gomes, L. G. Palma, Kritika Shaiv, Laura Solanas, Cláudia Azenha, Dmitri A. Papatsenko, O. Schulz, C. Reis e Sousa, C. Pereira   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interaction vesicles as emerging mediators of host‐pathogen molecular crosstalk and their implications for infection dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interaction extracellular vesicles (iEVs) are hybrid vesicles formed through host‐pathogen communication. They facilitate immune evasion, transfer pathogens' molecules, increase host cell uptake, and enhance virulence. This Perspective article illustrates the multifunctional roles of iEVs and highlights their emerging relevance in infection dynamics ...
Bruna Sabatke, Izadora Volpato Rossi, Marcel I. Ramirez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enrichment and Expansion with Nanoscale Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy.

ACS Nano, 2015
Adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) can mediate durable regression of cancer, but widespread adoption of AIT is limited by the cost and complexity of generating tumor-specific T cells.
Karlo Perica, J. Bieler, C. Schütz, J. Varela, J. Douglass, A. Skora, Y. Chiu, M. Oelke, K. Kinzler, Shibin Zhou, B. Vogelstein, J. Schneck   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

STAT3 expression is reduced in cardiac pericytes in HFpEF and its loss reduces cellular adhesion and induces pericyte senescence

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for half of the heart failure cases. It is characterised by microvascular dysfunction, associated with reduced pericyte coverage and diminished STAT3 expression in pericytes. Loss of STAT3 impairs pericyte adhesion, promotes senescence, and activates a pro‐fibrotic gene program.
Leah Rebecca Vanicek, Ariane Fischer, Mariano Ruz Jurado, Anita Tamiato, Tara Procida‐Kowalski, Jochen Wilhelm, Dennis Hecker, Maximilian Merten, Felicitas Escher, Badder Kattih, Valentina Puntmann, David John, Marcel H. Schulz, Eike Nagel, Stefanie Dimmeler, Guillermo Luxán   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Targeted DNA vaccines for enhanced induction of Idiotype (Id)-specific B and T cells

Frontiers in Oncology, 2012
Background: Idiotopes (Id) are antigenic determinants localized in variable (V) regions of Ig. Id-specific T and B cells (antibodies) play a role in immunotherapy of Id+ tumors.
Agnete Brunsvik Fredriksen, Inger eSandlie, Bjarne eBogen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decoding the dual role of autophagy in cancer through transcriptional and epigenetic regulation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation controls autophagy, which exerts context‐dependent effects on cancer: Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis by maintaining cellular homeostasis or promotes tumor progression by supporting survival under stress. In this “In a Nutshell” article, we explore the intricate mechanisms of the dual function of autophagy ...
Young Suk Yu, Ik Soo Kim, Sung Hee Baek
wiley   +1 more source

B cell mechanobiology in health and disease: emerging techniques and insights into therapeutic responses

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
B cells sense external mechanical forces and convert them into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction. Understanding how malignant B cells respond to physical stimuli represents a groundbreaking area of research. This review examines the key mechano‐related molecules and pathways in B lymphocytes, highlights the most relevant techniques to ...
Marta Sampietro, Marco Cellani, Cristina Scielzo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulative Differentiation as Bifurcation of Interacting Cell Population [PDF]

arXiv, 2007
In multicellular organisms, several cell states coexist. For determining each cell type, cell-cell interactions are often essential, in addition to intracellular gene expression dynamics. Based on dynamical systems theory, we propose a mechanism for cell differentiation with regulation of populations of each cell type by taking simple cell models with ...
arxiv  

Perspectives on antigen presenting cells in zebrafish [PDF]

Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2014
Antigen presentation is a critical step in the activation of naïve T lymphocytes. In mammals, dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages, and B lymphocytes can all function as antigen presenting cells (APCs). Although APCs have been identified in zebrafish, it is unclear if they fulfill similar roles in the initiation of adaptive immunity.
Lewis, Kanako L, Del Cid, Natasha, Traver, David   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Evolutionary interplay between viruses and R‐loops

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Viruses interact with specialized nucleic acid structures called R‐loops to influence host transcription, epigenetic states, latency, and immune evasion. This Perspective examines the roles of R‐loops in viral replication, integration, and silencing, and how viruses co‐opt or avoid these structures.
Zsolt Karányi, Zita Képes, Zoltán Szabó, Eszter Csoma, Lóránt Székvölgyi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source