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Structural Basis for Recognition of the Pore-Forming Toxin Intermedilysin by Human Complement Receptor CD59

Cell Reports, 2013
Pore-forming proteins containing the structurally conserved membrane attack complex/perforin fold play an important role in immunity and host-pathogen interactions.
Steven Johnson, Nicholas J. Brooks, Richard A.G. Smith, Susan M. Lea, Doryen Bubeck   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systemic inhibition of the membrane attack complex impedes neuroinflammation in chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2018
The complement system is a key driver of neuroinflammation. Activation of complement by all pathways, results in the formation of the anaphylatoxin C5a and the membrane attack complex (MAC).
I. Michailidou, A. Jongejan, J. Vreijling, Theodosia Georgakopoulou, Marit B. de Wissel, R. Wolterman, Patrick Ruizendaal, N. Klar‐Mohamad, A. Grootemaat, Daisy I. Picavet, Vinod Kumar, C. van Kooten, T. Woodruff, B. Morgan, N. N. van der Wel, V. Ramaglia, K. Fluiter, F. Baas   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aggressive prostate cancer is associated with pericyte dysfunction

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor‐produced TGF‐β drives pericyte dysfunction in prostate cancer. This dysfunction is characterized by downregulation of some canonical pericyte markers (i.e., DES, CSPG4, and ACTA2) while maintaining the expression of others (i.e., PDGFRB, NOTCH3, and RGS5).
Anabel Martinez‐Romero, Ane Martinez‐Larrinaga, Joaquim Grego‐Bessa, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Hielke van Splunder, Ianire Astobiza, Amaia Ercilla, Laura Bozal‐Basterra, Isabel Mendizabal, Pilar Villacampa, Arkaitz Carracedo, Mariona Graupera   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Membrane attack complex in biliary atresia: new insight for etiopathogenesis

Egyptian Liver Journal
Purpose Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cause of neonatal cholestasis (NC); nevertheless, there is a lack of an established etiology. Understanding etiopathogenesis opens the way to adjuvant medical therapy.
Mohamed Abdel-Salam El-Guindi, Nermin Mohamed Adawy, Riham Rabie Issa, Shereen Mohammed El-Mashad, Ahmad Mohamed Sira, Gihan Ahmed Sobhy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploiting metabolic adaptations to overcome dabrafenib treatment resistance in melanoma cells

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We show that dabrafenib‐resistant melanoma cells undergo mitochondrial remodeling, leading to elevated respiration and ROS production balanced by stronger antioxidant defenses. This altered redox state promotes survival despite mitochondrial damage but renders resistant cells highly vulnerable to ROS‐inducing compounds such as PEITC, highlighting redox
Silvia Eller, Susanne Ebner, Carmen Haselrieder, Julia K. Günther, Astrid Drasche, Sophie Strich, Chiara Volani, Andrea Medici, Aleksandar Nikolajevic, Alex Deltedesco, Johannes E. Sigmund, Michael J. Blumer, Martin Hermann, Johanna Vanacker, Gerald Brandacher, Eduard Stefan, Omar Torres‐Quesada, Jakob Troppmair   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation of the differential expression of PIK3R1 and its spliced variant, p55α, in pan‐cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
PIK3R1 undergoes alternative splicing to generate the isoforms, p85α and p55α. By combining large patient datasets with laboratory experiments, we show that PIK3R1 spliced variants shape cancer behavior. While tumors lose the protective p85α isoform, p55α is overexpressed, changes linked to poorer survival and more pronounced in African American ...
Ishita Gupta, Yang Song, Madeleine Ndahayo, Anirudh Saxena, Theresa Guo, Dylan Z. Kelley, Jessica Gore, Andrew Hennigan, Alexa Anderson, John C. Papadimitriou, Daria A. Gaykalova   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathogenic Leptospira Secreted Proteases Target the Membrane Attack Complex: A Potential Role for Thermolysin in Complement Inhibition

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by spirochetes from the genus Leptospira. This disease is common in tropical and subtropical areas, constituting a serious public health problem.
T. Amamura, T. R. Fraga, S. Vasconcellos, A. Barbosa, L. Isaac   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

COMP–PMEPA1 axis promotes epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study reveals that cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) promotes epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) in breast cancer. We identify PMEPA1 (protein TMEPAI) as a novel COMP‐binding partner that mediates EMT via binding to the TSP domains of COMP, establishing the COMP–PMEPA1 axis as a key EMT driver in breast cancer.
Konstantinos S. Papadakos, Gilar Gorji‐bahri, Lejla Gradjan, Julia Zajac, Kacper Gil, Yvonne Thokozile Nduku, Anna M. Blom   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modern view on the complement system role in membranous nephropathy

Терапевтический архив, 2022
Membranous nephropathy (MN), an immune-mediated glomerular disease, is the most common cause of adult nephrotic syndrome. In MN, proteinuria is developed by podocyte damage due to the complement system activation in response to the subepithelial ...
Elena S. Kamyshova, Tatyana A. Semeryuk, Irina N. Bobkova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source