Semaphorins and plexins as therapeutic targets

T Worzfeld, S Offermanns - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Semaphorins are membrane-bound or diffusible factors that regulate key cellular functions
and are involved in cell–cell communication. Most of the effects of semaphorins are …

Semaphorins in health and disease

D Fard, L Tamagnone - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Cell-cell communication is pivotal to guide embryo development, as well as to maintain adult
tissues homeostasis and control immune response. Among extracellular factors responsible …

Whole transcriptome profiling of taste bud cells

SK Sukumaran, BC Lewandowski, Y Qin, R Kotha… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Analysis of single-cell RNA-Seq data can provide insights into the specific functions
of individual cell types that compose complex tissues. Here, we examined gene expression …

Human Semaphorin-4A drives Th2 responses by binding to receptor ILT-4

N Lu, Y Li, Z Zhang, J Xing, Y Sun, S Yao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Semaphorin-4A (Sema4A) has been implicated in the co-stimulation of T cells and
drives Th1 immune responses by binding to the receptor T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin …

Unbiased cell surface proteomics identifies SEMA4A as an effective immunotherapy target for myeloma

GSF Anderson, J Ballester-Beltran… - Blood, The Journal …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
The accessibility of cell surface proteins makes them tractable for targeting by cancer
immunotherapy, but identifying suitable targets remains challenging. Here we describe …

Semaphorin 4A, 4C, and 4D: Function comparison in the autoimmunity, allergy, and cancer

M Rajabinejad, G Asadi, S Ranjbar, LA Hezarkhani… - Gene, 2020 - Elsevier
Semaphorins are a group of proteins that are divided into eight subclasses and identified by
a conserved Sema domain on their carboxyl terminus. Sema4A, 4C, and 4D are the …

Semaphorins: their dual role in regulating immune-mediated diseases

Z Vadasz, E Toubi - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2014 - Springer
The semaphorin family members were originally considered to play a role in
neurodevelopment, angiogenesis, tumor development, and metastasis. Over the past few …

Class 4 Semaphorins and Plexin-B receptors regulate GABAergic and glutamatergic synapse development in the mammalian hippocampus

JE McDermott, D Goldblatt, S Paradis - Molecular and Cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
To understand how proper circuit formation and function is established in the mammalian
brain, it is necessary to define the genes and signaling pathways that instruct excitatory and …

Semaphorins 4A and 4D in chronic inflammatory diseases

SP Chapoval, Z Vadasz, AI Chapoval, E Toubi - Inflammation research, 2017 - Springer
Long-term inflammatory processes directed at a particular endogenous or exogenous
antigen, or sometimes of unknown etiology, form the pathogenetic basis for many …

Chemorepellent semaphorin 3E negatively regulates neutrophil migration in vitro and in vivo

H Movassagh, A Saati, S Nandagopal… - The Journal of …, 2017 - journals.aai.org
Neutrophil migration is an essential step in leukocyte trafficking during inflammatory
responses. Semaphorins, originally discovered as axon guidance cues in neural …