The CNS Meninges and the Synovial Joint: Parallel Immunological Structures in Autoimmune Disease
The meninges and synovium share multiple functional and structural characteristics and act as specialized immunological barriers. In MS and RA, both can host tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) and CD4+ Tph cells. We highlight how these features sustain compartmentalized inflammation and explore a possible role for EBV in their formation and persistence ...
Mohamed Reda Fazazi, Manu Rangachari
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Bouganin, an Attractive Weapon for Immunotoxins
Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.) is a plant widely used in folk medicine and many extracts from different tissues of this plant have been employed against several pathologies.
Massimo Bortolotti +2 more
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Development of an immunotoxin incorporating the Australian jumper ant toxin, pilosulin 1 [PDF]
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Science.Immunotoxins are therapeutic agents that directly target toxins to specific cells and are generally comprised of an antibody or antibody fragment (Fab or scFv) linked to a toxic moiety.
Lemke, Susan Jane
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A novel mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) with hippocampal sclerosis (HS) by unilateral, partial ablation of hippocampal GABAergic neurons is established. The model recapitulates key features of the human condition, including spontaneous recurrent seizures, HS‐like pathology, and associated cognitive deficits.
Ting Tang +10 more
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Chemical Screens Identify Drugs that Enhance or Mitigate Cellular Responses to Antibody-Toxin Fusion Proteins. [PDF]
The intersection of small molecular weight drugs and antibody-based therapeutics is rarely studied in large scale. Both types of agents are currently part of the cancer armamentarium.
Antonella Antignani +11 more
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Efficacy of Combined 5-Fluorouracil and Photodynamic Therapy in Glioma Spheroids
Standard treatment regimens consisting of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have proven ineffective for the treatment of high-grade gliomas such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
Singh, Karanjit
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Single low-dose cyclophosphamide combined with interleukin-12 gene therapy is superior to a metronomic schedule in inducing immunity against colorectal carcinoma in mice [PDF]
The use of conventional cytotoxic agents at metronomic schedules, alone or in combination with targeted agents or immunotherapy, is being explored as a promising anticancer strategy.
Alaniz, Laura Daniela +9 more
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CD30 as a Target Molecule in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Lymphomas
ABSTRACT The tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‐receptor superfamily 8 receptor CD30 molecule is expressed in all tumor cells of Hodgkin lymphoma and anaplastic large cell lymphoma but is only weakly expressed in a small subset of large lymphoid cells in normal peripheral lymphoid tissues.
Harald Stein, Brunangelo Falini
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Ricin is a type II ribosome inactivating protein (RIP) isolated from castor beans. Its high toxicity classifies it as a possible biological weapon. On the other hand, ricin linked to specific monoclonal antibodies or used in other conjugates has powerful
Monika Słomińska-Wojewódzka +1 more
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Single-domain antibodies and their formatting to combat viral infections [PDF]
Since their discovery in the 1990s, single-domain antibodies (VHHs), also known as NanobodiesA (R), have changed the landscape of affinity reagents. The outstanding solubility, stability, and specificity of VHHs, as well as their small size, ease of ...
Ballegeer, Marlies +4 more
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