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Higher Serum Levels of Free ĸ plus λ Immunoglobulin Light Chains Ameliorate Survival of Hemodialysis Patients

, 2011
<i>Background/Aims:</i> Impaired immune function is common in patients with chronic renal failure. Now, we determined whether serum levels of free immunoglobulin light chains predict mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 ...
Martin Tepel, Christina Caspari, Caspari, Christina, Scholze, Alexandra; id_orcid, Florian Thilo, Alexandra Scholze, Tepel, Martin; id_orcid, Thilo, Florian   +7 more
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A Magneto‐Mechanically Activated Nerve Guidance Conduit Promotes Peripheral Nerve Regeneration via TIMP1‐Mediated Membrane Tension Transfer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a magneto‐mechanical strategy that incorporates FP@MSCs into an aligned PCL/GelMA nerve guidance conduit. Magnetic stimulation increases membrane tension in FP@MSCs, triggering cytoskeletal remodeling, Schwann cell‐like differentiation, and TIMP1 secretion. TIMP1 activates ITGB1/CD63–FAK signaling in NE‐4C cells, increasing membrane
Xinyu Zhu, Yumin Wu, Xiang Gao, Tianlu Wang, Wanting Jia, Xueying Mei, Huanzhong Ji, Zongxi Wu, Yujie Liang, Xiang Li, Kan Li, Jingyuan Li, Guangsen Zheng, Guiqing Liao, Siyong Gao   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polyclonal serum-free light chains elevation in HIV-infected patients

, 2012
We investigated the association between polyclonal serum-free light chains and prognostic biomarkers routinely used in the setting of HIV infection. For this purpose serum samples of 182 HIV-infected patients from the Italian Cohort of Antiretroviral ...
A. Castagna, V. Manfrin, P. Lorenzini, Michele Bibas, A. Calcagno, Simona di Giambenedetto, M. Bibas, Patrizia Lorenzini, A. Cozzi Lepri, A. Costantini, Alessandro Cozzi Lepri, Andrea Antinori, S. di Giambenedetto, Di Giambenedetto, Simona, A. Antinori, ICONA Cohort Study, Antonella D. Monforte, CALCAGNO, Andrea, A. d‟Arminio Monforte, Andrea Costantini, Vinicio Manfrin, Antonella Castagna   +21 more
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De Novo Autogenic Engineered Living Functional Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A versatile platform for de novo autogenic engineered living materials is presented, leveraging protein mining, computational modeling, and synthetic biology. By reprogramming the Escherichia coli curli machinery with β‐solenoid proteins from non‐model bacteria, macroscopic biomaterials with enhanced mechanical properties, UV‐C irradiation protection ...
Hoda M. Hammad, Seth Swarnadeep, Erin C. Jackson, Nicolas Burns, Hongyu Wang, Harrison Priode, Robert B. Moore, Sanket Deshmukh, Avinash Manjula‐Basavanna, Anna M. Duraj‐Thatte   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concordance rate between oligoclonal bands and the Kappa index in patients with suspected multiple sclerosis (MS)

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Background Oligoclonal bands (OCBs) and Kappa free light chains (FLCs) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are sensitive markers of intrathecal immunoglobulin (Ig)G synthesis in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Renan Barros Domingues, Márcio Vega dos Santos, Daiane Salomão, Carlos Senne   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amyloidogenicity of Immunoglobulin Light Chains [PDF]

Biophysical Journal, 2015
Systemic light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a rare protein aggregation disease. It usually strikes in the wake of myeloma, which affects plasma cells in the adaptive immune system. During plasma cell development, the immunoglobulin light chain (LC) genes undergo several rearrangements that leave each clone with a unique protein sequence.
Andrich, Kathrin, Hegenbart, Ute, Schönland, Stefan, Wanker, Erich, Bieschke, Jan   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces sustainable PLA/graphene oxide bioelectronic interfaces featuring electrodes with tunable conductivity and strong electrocatalytic performance. These platforms were used to implement a new method for tuning astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and for the efficient detection of key biomarkers.
Alessandra Scidà, Giulia Cazzador, Roberta Fabbri, Matteo Calosi, Alessandro Silvestri, Andrea Candini, Fabiola Liscio, Franco Corticelli, Aikaterini Konstantoulaki, Andrea D'Iorio, Marco Caprini, Vincenzo Palermo, Monica Bertoldo, Valentina Benfenati, Chiara Zanardi, Emanuele Treossi   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expression of combinatorial immunoglobulins in macrophages in the tumor microenvironment. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Recent evidence indicates the presence of macrophage subpopulations that express the TCRαβ in chronic inflammatory diseases such as tuberculosis and atherosclerosis and in the tumor microenvironment.
Tina Fuchs, Martin Hahn, Lukas Ries, Sophie Giesler, Svenja Busch, Chunlin Wang, Jian Han, Torsten J Schulze, Kerstin Puellmann, Alexander W Beham, Wolfgang E Kaminski, Michael Neumaier   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gene conversion in human rearranged immunoglobulin genes [PDF]

, 2006
Over the past 20 years, many DNA sequences have been published suggesting that all or part of the V_H segment of a rearranged immunoglobulin gene may be replaced in vivo. Two different mechanisms appear to be operating. One of these
Darlow, J.M., John M. Darlow, David I. Stott, Stott, D.I.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Defect‐Engineered Microwave‐Responsive Ni@C Composites From Waste PET for Catalytic Plastic Upcycling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A circular upcycling strategy transforms waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) bottles into microwave‐responsive Ni@C catalyst featuring lattice‐distorted nickel cores and defective carbon shells. These strain‐rich heterointerfaces enhance dielectric loss and promote localized microwave hotspots, accelerating peroxymonosulfate activation and polymer‐chain
Xiao Lu, Shiying Ren, Jingkai Lin, Kunsheng Hu, Yalan Mo, Shaobin Wang, Wenjie Tian, Xiaoguang Duan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source