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CD147/Basigin: From Integrative Molecular Hub to Translational Therapeutic Target

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review conceptualizes CD147 as a fundamental “Energy‐Structure Coupler,” physically bridging metabolic flux (via MCTs) with morphogenetic plasticity (via integrins/MMPs) to drive cancer, infection, and autoimmunity. Addressing the “specificity paradox” that limits current translation, the authors chart a strategic roadmap—spanning logic‐gated ...
Xiang‐Min Yang, Huijie Bian, Zhi‐Nan Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Actin clearance promotes polarized dynein accumulation at the immunological synapse

bioRxiv, 2018
Immunological synapse (IS) formation between a T cell and an antigen-presenting cell is accompanied by the reorientation of the T cell centrosome toward the interface.
Elisa E. Sanchez, Xin Liu, M. Huse
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cellular Identity Crisis: RD3 Loss Fuels Plasticity and Immune Silence in Progressive Neuroblastoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Researchers discovered that therapy‐induced loss of RD3 protein in neuroblastoma triggers a dangerous shift: cancer cells become more stem‐like, invasive, and resistant to treatment while evading immune detection. RD3 loss suppresses antigen presentation and boosts immune checkpoints, creating an immune‐silent environment.
Poorvi Subramanian, Sreenidhi Mohanvelu, Sheeja Aravindan, Afsana Parveen Jahir Hussain, Sivasubramani Narayanan, Sabir Salim, Loganayaki Periyasamy, Natarajan Aravindan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traceless Regulation of Genetic Circuitry

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Energy‐based, as opposed to molecular, control offers unprecedented improvements in key circuit parameters. This review summarizes the fundamentals of such traceless switches, categorizes them by trigger modalities, and compares and contrasts distinct advantages as well as shortcomings of each kind.
Gokberk Unal, Martin Fussenegger
wiley   +1 more source

From the Gut to the Brain: Microplastic‐Associated Neurovascular Dysfunction and Implications for Stroke Risk

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chronic oral exposure to microplastics may disrupt gut microbiota homeostasis and intestinal barrier integrity, potentially engaging the gut–brain axis and systemic inflammatory responses. These alterations may be associated with impaired blood–brain barrier function, cerebral microvascular dysfunction, and enhanced endothelial inflammation, pro ...
Hongxing Wang, Yujiao He, Pei Zou, Xiaoyi Wang, Gang Peng, Xiangying Deng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhibitory receptor signaling destabilizes immunological synapse formation in primary NK cells

Frontiers in Immunology, 2013
Upon engagement of their cognate class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) ligands, receptors containing immunotyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs) transduce signals that block cytolytic and inflammatory responses.
Thushara P Abeyweera, Morgan eHuse, Molly eKaissar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Immunological Synapse--a Multitasking System

Science, 2002
The immunological synapse, the interface between the T cell and antigen-presenting cell (APC), is thought to be important for enhancing and sustaining signaling by the T cell receptor after it has engaged antigenic peptide on the APC surface. In a Perspective, van der Merwe and Davis discuss new findings ( Lee et al.) demonstrating ...
Van Der Merwe, P, Davis, S
openaire   +2 more sources

BHLHE40 Orchestrates Effector Tissue‐Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells and Limits Long‐Term Survival of Kidney Graft

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An effector subset of TRM, defined as CD49a+PD1hi CD8+ TRM, represents a BHLHE40‐orchestrated resident immune component that, rather than circulating cells, plays as a major contributor to allograft rejection. ABSTRACT Tissue‐resident memory T cells (TRM), which function against tumors, infections, and non‐self antigens in organ transplantation ...
Junbo Li, Bo Yang, Tianhui Pan, Xi Zhou, Zhibo Ma, Du Tang, Bowen Xie, Jing Liu, Zhishui Chen, Peixiang Lan   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

T cells' immunological synapses induce polarization of brain astrocytes in vivo and in vitro: a novel astrocyte response mechanism to cellular injury.

PLoS ONE, 2008
BackgroundAstrocytes usually respond to trauma, stroke, or neurodegeneration by undergoing cellular hypertrophy, yet, their response to a specific immune attack by T cells is poorly understood.
Carlos Barcia, Nicholas S R Sanderson, Robert J Barrett, Kolja Wawrowsky, Kurt M Kroeger, Mariana Puntel, Chunyan Liu, Maria G Castro, Pedro R Lowenstein   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immunological Synapse: Center of Attention Again [PDF]

Immunity, 2008
The functional role of molecular clustering in the center of the immunological synapse is controversial. In this issue of Immunity, Cemerski et al. (2008) report that the synapse center can serve as a major site of sustained signal transduction.
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