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The epithelial barrier theory proposes a comprehensive explanation for the origins of allergic and other chronic noncommunicable diseases

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu, Huseyn Babayev, Ismail Ogulur, Sena Ardicli, Yagiz Pat, Duygu Yazici, Bingjie Zhao, Lihong Chang, Xiaoqing Liu, Paolo D'Avino, Manru Li, Ceren Biçer, Fatma Hacer Kurtoğlu Babayev, Raja Dhir, Kari C. Nadeau, Marie‐Charlotte Brüggen, Mubeccel Akdis, Cezmi A. Akdis   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Specific inhibition of complement activation significantly ameliorates autoimmune blistering disease in mice [PDF]

, 2018
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is an antibody-mediated blistering skin disease associated with tissue-bound and circulating autoantibodies to type VII collagen (COL7).
B. Paul Morgan, Detlef Zillikens, Falk Nimmerjahn, Joshua M. Thurman, Jörg Köhl, Jörg Köhl, Misa Hirose, Ralf J. Ludwig, Sidonia Mihai, Sidonia Mihai, V. Michael Holers, Yi Wang   +11 more
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From omics to AI—mapping the pathogenic pathways in type 2 diabetes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Integrating multi‐omics data with AI‐based modelling (unsupervised and supervised machine learning) identify optimal patient clusters, informing AI‐driven accurate risk stratification. Digital twins simulate individual trajectories in real time, guiding precision medicine by matching patients to targeted therapies.
Siobhán O'Sullivan, Lu Qi, Pierre Zalloua   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autoantibodies Against Factor B and Factor H Without Pathogenic Effects in a Patient with Immune Complex-Mediated Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

Biomedicines
Background: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is an umbrella term for chronic disorders affecting the glomeruli. MPGN is often accompanied by the presence of autoantibodies against complement components.
Alexandra T. Matola, Dorottya Csuka, Ágnes Szilágyi, Michael Rudnicki, Zoltán Prohászka, Mihály Józsi, Barbara Uzonyi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Conserved Element in the Serine Protease Domain of Complement Factor B [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1998
Factor B and C2 are serine proteases that carry the catalytic sites of the complement C3 and C5 convertases. Their protease domains are activated by conformational changes that occur during convertase assembly and are deactivated upon convertase dissociation.
Lynne M. Mitchell, Dennis E. Hourcade, Teresa J. Oglesby   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ischemia and reperfusion injury in kidney transplantation : relevant mechanisms in injury and repair [PDF]

, 2020
Ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI) is a complex pathophysiological phenomenon, inevitable in kidney transplantation and one of the most important mechanisms for non- or delayed function immediately after transplantation.
Berger, Stefan P., Leuvenink, Henri G. D., Nieuwenhuijs-Moeke, Gertrude J., Pischke, Soren E., Ploeg, Rutger J., Pol, Robert A., Sanders, Jan Stephan F., Struys, Michel   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

ERBIN limits epithelial cell plasticity via suppression of TGF‐β signaling

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In breast and lung cancer patients, low ERBIN expression correlates with poor clinical outcomes. Here, we show that ERBIN inhibits TGF‐β‐induced epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition in NMuMG breast and A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. ERBIN suppresses TGF‐β/SMAD signaling and reduces TGF‐β‐induced ERK phosphorylation.
Chao Li, Gerard van der Zon, Peter ten Dijke, Tong Shen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hide and seek: how Lyme disease spirochetes overcome complement attack

Frontiers in Immunology, 2016
Overcoming the first line of the innate immune system is a general hallmark of pathogenic microbes to avoid recognition and to enter the human host.
Peter Kraiczy
doaj   +1 more source

New interleukin-15 superagonist (IL-15SA) significantly enhances graft-versus-tumor activity. [PDF]

, 2017
Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a potent cytokine that increases CD8+ T and NK cell numbers and function in experimental models. However, obstacles remain in using IL-15 therapeutically, specifically its low potency and short in vivo half-life.
Alpdogan, Onder, Bailey, Cavan P, Budak-Alpdogan, Tulin, Buyukgoz, Cihangir, Flomenberg, MD, Neal, Jeng, Emily K, Panis, Michelle M, Sauter, Christopher T, Wong, Hing C   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Thermostable neutral metalloprotease from Geobacillus sp. EA1 does not share thermolysin's preference for substrates with leucine at the P1′ position

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Knowing how proteases recognise preferred substrates facilitates matching proteases to applications. The S1′ pocket of protease EA1 directs cleavage to the N‐terminal side of hydrophobic residues, particularly leucine. The S1′ pocket of thermolysin differs from EA's at only one position (leucine in place of phenylalanine), which decreases cleavage ...
Grant R. Broomfield, Torsten Kleffmann, David J. Saul, Sigurd M. Wilbanks   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source