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Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward, Álvaro Ruiz‐Tabas, Patricia Altea‐Manzano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neutralization of the PTX3/CD44 axis suppresses TGF‐β1 signaling in kidney fibrosis

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study investigates how the PTX3/CD44 axis promotes kidney fibrosis by activating TGF‐β1 signaling. We demonstrate that the neutralizing antibody WHC‐001 effectively inhibits this pathway, suppressing myofibroblast activation and partial epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT).
Chao‐Chun Cheng, Shen‐Shin Chang, Feng‐Wei Chen, Ying‐Chieh Su, Thanh Phuong Nguyen, Yu‐Wei Hsiao, Jhih‐Ying Chi, Hsin‐Yin Liang, Ju‐Ming Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Going viral − Virus‐targeting nanobodies for research, diagnostics and therapy

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The increasing prevalence of viral diseases represents a major threat for global human health. Nanobodies, small binding fragments derived from camelid heavy‐chain antibodies, offer versatile tools for viral research, diagnostics, and antiviral therapy.
Domenic Ebert, Ulrich Rothbauer
wiley   +1 more source

HCV and innate immunity

Uirusu, 2008
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a single-strand, positive sense RNA virus belonging to the flaviviridae family. HCV develops persistent infection in >70% of infected patients, and eventually causes chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in some patients.
EBIHARA, Takashi, MATSUMOTO, Misako, SEYA, Tsukasa   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Poxvirus dsDNA genomes differentially activate AIM2 or NLRP3 inflammasomes in human primary cells

The EMBO Journal
The innate immune system is known for its ability to recognize cytosolic DNA as evidence of infection, but detailed studies of this process have been mostly limited to mice and cell lines.
Yonas M Tesfamariam, Maria H Christensen, Stefan Diehl, Tabea Klein, Julius M Lingnau, Sabine Normann, Elena Hagelauer, Miriam Herbert, Sophie Reimer, Richa P Joshi, Pujan Engels, Steffen Pritzl, Pietro Fontana, Thomas Zillinger, Gunther Hartmann, Anna Eis-Hübinger, Martin C Lam, Klaus J Walgenbach, Felix Meissner, Hao Wu, Florian I Schmidt   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

How structural disorder and polyelectrolyte properties of prothymosin α enable its large interactome

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this review, complexes of the fully disordered and highly negatively charged prothymosin α are collected, described, and discussed. Linked to its poly‐electrostatic character, prothymosin α engages a large interactome through multiple different binding modes ranging from fully disordered complexes to short linear motif (SLiM)‐driven interactions ...
Ketty C. Tamburrini, Freia S. Buus, Benjamin Schuler, Birthe B. Kragelund   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mosquito Innate Immunity [PDF]

Insects, 2018
Mosquitoes live under the endless threat of infections from different kinds of pathogens such as bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The mosquito defends itself by employing both physical and physiological barriers that resist the entry of the pathogen and the subsequent establishment of the pathogen within the mosquito.
Ankit Kumar, Priyanshu Srivastava, PDNN Sirisena, Sunil Kumar Dubey, Ramesh Kumar, Jatin Shrinet, Sujatha Sunil   +6 more
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A transient receptor potential vanilloid 1-dependent corneal–trigeminal neuroinflammatory circuit promotes corneal neuropathy

Experimental and Molecular Medicine
Corneal neurosensory abnormalities cause pain and discomfort in ocular surface disease, yet their pathophysiology is poorly understood. Here we show that in a mouse dry eye model, the ocular (over)activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 ...
Manuela Pizzano, Alexia Vereertbrugghen, Maia J. Martinez Gomez, Juliana Bernatowiez, Douglas Vera Aguilar, Florencia Sabbione, Irene A. Keitelman, Federico Fuentes, Mirta N. Giordano, Analía S. Trevani, Jeremías G. Galletti   +10 more
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Mitochondrial translation and coordinated cytosolic translation in metabolic homeostasis and disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Mitochondrial function depends on coordinated protein production from the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. This review highlights how cytosolic and mitochondrial translation, mRNA localization, protein import, and respiratory complex assembly are integrated to maintain mitochondrial proteostasis and function.
Boseon Kim, Thi Thanh Mai Tran, Nakyung Kang, Min‐Woo Lee, Mihye Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innate immunity to pathogens [PDF]

Current Opinion in Immunology, 2008
The innate immune system is responsible for early detection and response to pathogens that then modulate subsequent immune responses [1]. A characteristic of innate immunity is the recognition of pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by germline-encoded receptors such as the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) [2].
Wayne M, Yokoyama, Marco, Colonna
openaire   +2 more sources