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Hepatocyte BDNF Acts as a Novel Immune Checkpoint to Restrain TLR4‐Mediated Acute Hepatitis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies hepatocyte‐derived BDNF as an endogenous TLR4 antagonist that alleviates acute hepatitis. BDNF is downregulated in hepatocytes via REST‐mediated transcriptional repression during ALI/ALF. Mechanistically, BDNF binds to TLR4 on macrophages to suppress inflammation.
Weiwei Zhu, Yaqian Cui, Yongqiang Zhou, Yihui Zheng, Lijiang Huang, Leiming Jin, Qianhui Zhang, Pan Chen, Mengsha Lin, Jiaxi Ye, Yongqiang Xiong, Joo Young Huh, Xiang Hu, Xiaokun Li, Wu Luo, Guang Liang   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiac contractility modulation in heart failure management: unraveling molecular mechanisms to improve patient selection in heart failure management. [PDF]

Heart Fail Rev
Verelst FR, Van Assche L, Heggermont W, Trenson S, Huybrechts W, Heidbuchel H, Gevaert AB, Van Craenenbroeck EM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hierarchical Artificial Muscle with Nonlinear Elasticity for Antagonistic and Cyclic Robotics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We construct hierarchical muscles by plying nylon fibers around a heating wire. The hierarchical muscle shows a J‐shaped passive curve, which shows benefit in antagonistic muscle pair and work accumulation mechanism. We also develop a computational, first‐principle model to understand the physics of both active actuation stroke and passive J‐curve ...
Samuel Tsai, Liuyang Cheng, Ali Albazroun, Qiong Wang, Jeongmin Kim, Arman Tekinalp, Soonwook Kim, Charlie Simcox, Ryne Downing, Vagish Sivaramakrishnan, Grace Carsello, Miles Bimrose, Wonsik Eom, William P. King, Mattia Gazzola, Sameh Tawfick   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

First-phase ejection fraction and ventricular-arterial coupling across the lifespan: An in silico analysis. [PDF]

Physiol Rep
Long E, Flores-Guerrero JL.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Circuit of Mechanically Regulated Transcription Factors Balances Regenerative and Fibrotic Memory of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Producing MSCs on rigid culture substrates induces a scar‐making phenotype, jeapordizing therapeutic success. ‘Tissue‐soft’ surfaces prevent MSC fibrogenesis and preserve regenerative traits. An epigenetic network, driven by HOXA11 and SALL1, maintains ‘soft memory’ by keeping chromatin open in relaxed MSCs, promoting anti‐fibrotic programs.
Fereshteh Sadat Younesi, Andrew E. Miller, Li Diao, Xinying Guo, Natalie Andonian, Elham Karimizadeh, Thomas H. Barker, Boris Hinz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upper limb lymphatic mapping and quantitative functional analysis in normal cynomolgus monkeys using indocyanine green near-infrared fluorescence lymphography. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yang J, Jeon E, Kim J, Kim Y, Bae GS, Seo J, Lee Y, Lee S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ultrasound‐Activated Bifunctional Piezoelectric Hydrogel Dressings Promote Infected Wound Healing via Regulating Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study developed a double‐network hydrogel with piezoelectric properties, exhibiting excellent antibacterial activity and promoting fibroblast migration, angiogenesis, and lymphangiogenesis through piezoelectric stimulation, thereby accelerating the healing of infected chronic wounds.
Xiang Li, Zhen Ding, Zhihua Liu, Hao Chen, Jianyang Shan, Yanxuan Shao, Yaling Yu, Gen Wen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pathogenic ROCK-Signaling Network Involving a Lysine Deletion in Myh11 Renders Carriers Susceptible to Aortic Dissection. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci
Okuhata H, Tomida S, Ishima T, Nagai R, Aizawa K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Piezo1 Channel Mediates Mechanically Programmable Drug Delivery to Potentiate Intravesical Chemotherapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study utilizes programmable mechanical pressure as a therapeutic enhancer to establish a mechano‐chemotherapy strategy. Controlled pressure activates the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 in bladder cancer, triggering a calcium ion cascade that transiently and reversibly amplifies membrane permeability to chemotherapeutics.
Minghai Ma, Xing Li, Minxuan Jing, Zezhong Yang, Jiale He, Jianpeng Li, Xiao Liang, Yunzhong Jiang, Rou Huang, Yuanquan Zhang, Yuanchun Pu, Jiawei Xiu, Yutong Chen, Kaibo Mi, Pu Zhang, Lei Wang, Jinhai Fan   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanoadaptation via Myosin Cytoplasmic Redistribution Protects Circulating Tumor Cells From Shear‐induced Death During Hematogenous Dissemination

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study investigates how CTCs survive varying shear stress during hematogenous metastasis. We uncover a self‐protection mechanism, by which non‐adherent CTCs adapt to high shearing milieu through accumulated cytoplasmic myosin‐mediated disruption of myosin‐actin binding, attenuating force transmission into chromatin to protect CTCs from shear ...
Cunyu Zhang, Qianchun Wang, Keming Li, Guanshuo Hu, Ying Xin, Kai Tang, Bing Hu, Pengyu Du, Renwei Mao, Baohua Ji, Youhua Tan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source