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Complement Evasion Strategies of Viruses: An Overview

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Being a major first line of immune defense, the complement system keeps a constant vigil against viruses. Its ability to recognize large panoply of viruses and virus-infected cells, and trigger the effector pathways, results in neutralization of viruses ...
Palak Agrawal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbiome‐blood–brain barrier interactions in aging — mechanisms and therapeutic potential

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Aging reshapes the gut microbiome (↓SCFA‐producing commensals; ↑pro‐inflammatory outputs), shifting circulating metabolites (↓SCFAs; ↑LPS, ↑TMAO, ↑PAA) that act at the BBB to increase nonspecific transcytosis, alter transport, and promote astrocyte reactivity, heightening brain vulnerability.
Daniel Cuervo‐Zanatta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stage-specific sampling by pattern recognition receptors during Candida albicans phagocytosis.

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2008
Candida albicans is a medically important pathogen, and recognition by innate immune cells is critical for its clearance. Although a number of pattern recognition receptors have been shown to be involved in recognition and phagocytosis of this fungus ...
Sigrid E M Heinsbroek   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Receptors for Complement on Langerhans Cells

open access: yesJournal of Investigative Dermatology, 1980
A population of guinea pig epidermal cells, identified as Langerhans cells, formed rosettes with sheep erythrocytes coated with IgM immunoglobulin and C3b (EAC1-3b) but not with intermediates carrying only C1, C14b, or C14b2a. These findings were unusual since most other cells expressing C3b receptors also express C4b receptors.
Burke, Karen, Gigli, Irma
openaire   +2 more sources

An epithelial GPR35 isoform supports tumor‐associated transcriptional and metabolic phenotypes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
GPR35 generates two functionally distinct isoforms with previously unresolved roles. GPR35‐short mediates immune‐cell chemotaxis, while GPR35‐long is enriched in colorectal cancer epithelium, where it supports increased metabolism, proliferation, and tumor‐associated transcriptional programs.
Jørgen D. Rønneberg   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptual Approaches to Modulating Antibody Effector Functions and Circulation Half-Life

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2019
Antibodies and Fc-fusion antibody-like proteins have become successful biologics developed for cancer treatment, passive immunity against infection, addiction, and autoimmune diseases.
Kevin O. Saunders
doaj   +1 more source

Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear receptor complement of the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis: phylogenetic relationships and developmental expression patterns

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009
Background Nuclear receptors are a superfamily of metazoan transcription factors that regulate diverse developmental and physiological processes.
Tarrant Ann M, Reitzel Adam M
doaj   +1 more source

Peripheral lysosomes recruit PLEKHG3 to focal adhesions and restrain protrusion dynamics

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proximity‐dependent labeling at the LAMTOR complex revealed the Rho GEF PLEKHG3 as a lysosome‐proximal protein directing the study toward the influence of lysosome positioning on actin dynamics and cell motility. We show that PLEKHG3 colocalizes with lysosomes at focal adhesion sites and observe that forced peripheral dispersion of lysosomes hinders ...
Rainer Ettelt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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