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The immunological interface: dendritic cells as key regulators in metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly one‐third of the global population and poses a significant risk of progression to cirrhosis or liver cancer. Here, we discuss the roles of hepatic dendritic cell subtypes in MASLD, highlighting their distinct contributions to disease initiation and progression, and their ...
Camilla Klaimi, WanTing Kong, Camille Blériot, Joel T. Haas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reprogramming Cancer Cells to Antigen-presenting Cells

Bio-Protocol, 2023
Cancer cells evade the immune system by downregulating antigen presentation. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and adoptive T-cell therapies revolutionized cancer treatment, their efficacy relies on the intrinsic immunogenicity of tumor cells ...
Alexandra Ferreira, Olga Zimmermannova, Ilia Kurochkin, Ervin Ascic, Fritiof Åkerström, Carlos- Pereira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics-based peptide-MHC binding optimization by a convolutional variational autoencoder: a use-case model for CASTELO [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
An unsolved challenge in the development of antigen specific immunotherapies is determining the optimal antigens to target. Comprehension of antigen-MHC binding is paramount towards achieving this goal. Here, we present CASTELO, a combined machine learning-molecular dynamics (ML-MD) approach to design novel antigens of increased MHC binding affinity ...
arxiv  

Insights into PI3K/AKT signaling in B cell development and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This Review explores how the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase and protein kinase B pathway shapes B cell development and drives chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a common blood cancer. It examines how signaling levels affect disease progression, addresses treatment challenges, and introduces novel experimental strategies to improve therapies and patient outcomes.
Maike Buchner
wiley   +1 more source

Antigen processing and remodeling of the endosomal pathway: requirements for antigen cross-presentation.

Frontiers in Immunology, 2012
The cross-presentation of endocytosed antigen as peptide/class I MHC complexes plays a central role in the elicitation of CD8+ T cell clones that mediate anti-viral and anti-tumor immune responses.
Ewoud Bernardus Compeer, Thijs Willem Hendrik Flinsenberg, Susanna Geertje van der Grein, Marianne eBoes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ablation of LRP6 in alpha‐smooth muscle actin‐expressing cells abrogates lung inflammation and fibrosis upon bleomycin‐induced lung injury

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein 6 (LRP6) is a key receptor for the Wnt antagonist Dickkopf1 (DKK1). DKK1 protein expression is induced in a bleomycin (BLM)‐induced lung injury model. We show that DKK1 induces proinflammatory and profibrotic genes in lung fibroblasts.
Eun‐Ah Sung, Mikhail G. Dozmorov, SuJeong Song, Theingi Aung, Min Hee Park, Patricia J. Sime, Wook‐Jin Chae   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The multiple roles of the NlpC_P60 peptidase family in mycobacteria – an underexplored target for antimicrobial drug discovery

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The NlpC_P60 superfamily of peptidases is recognised by its key role in bacterial cell wall homeostasis. Recently, studies have also described the involvement of NlpC_P60‐like enzymes in bacterial competitive mechanisms and pathogenesis across several lineages.
Catharina dos Santos Silva, Marcio Vinicius Bertacine Dias   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rare event simulation for T-cell activation [PDF]

J. Stat. Phys. 134 (2009), 537-566, 2009
The problem of \emph{statistical recognition} is considered, as it arises in immunobiology, namely, the discrimination of foreign antigens against a background of the body's own molecules. The precise mechanism of this foreign-self-distinction, though one of the major tasks of the immune system, continues to be a fundamental puzzle. Recent progress has
arxiv   +1 more source

Unraveling Mycobacterium tuberculosis acid resistance and pH homeostasis mechanisms

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibits a remarkable resilience to acid stress. In this Review, we discuss some of the molecular mechanisms and metabolic pathways used by the tubercle bacilli to adapt and resist host‐mediated acid stress. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a successful pathogen that has developed a variety of strategies to survive and ...
Janïs Laudouze, Stéphane Canaan, Alexandre Gouzy, Pierre Santucci   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immunoproteasome functions explained by divergence in cleavage specificity and regulation

eLife, 2017
The immunoproteasome (iP) has been proposed to perform specialized roles in MHC class I antigen presentation, cytokine modulation, and T cell differentiation and has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for autoimmune disorders and cancer.
Michael B Winter, Florencia La Greca, Shirin Arastu-Kapur, Francesco Caiazza, Peter Cimermancic, Tonia J Buchholz, Janet L Anderl, Matthew Ravalin, Markus F Bohn, Andrej Sali, Anthony J O'Donoghue, Charles S Craik   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source