Interleukin-6 cytokine: An overview of the immune regulation, immune dysregulation, and therapeutic approach

M Aliyu, FT Zohora, AU Anka, K Ali, S Maleknia… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several studies have shown that interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine with both
pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory activity, depending on the immune response …

[HTML][HTML] Role of S100 proteins in health and disease

LL Gonzalez, K Garrie, MD Turner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
The S100 family of proteins contains 25 known members that share a high degree of
sequence and structural similarity. However, only a limited number of family members have …

Cytokinopathy with aberrant cytotoxic lymphocytes and profibrotic myeloid response in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine–associated myocarditis

A Barmada, J Klein, A Ramaswamy, NN Brodsky… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Rare immune-mediated cardiac tissue inflammation can occur after vaccination, including
after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines. However, the underlying immune cellular and molecular …

Genetic ancestry effects on the response to viral infection are pervasive but cell type specific

HE Randolph, JK Fiege, BK Thielen, CK Mickelson… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Humans differ in their susceptibility to infectious disease, partly owing to variation in the
immune response after infection. We used single-cell RNA sequencing to quantify variation …

Transcriptional analysis of cystic fibrosis airways at single-cell resolution reveals altered epithelial cell states and composition

G Carraro, J Langerman, S Sabri, Z Lorenzana… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lethal autosomal recessive disorder that afflicts more than 70,000
people. People with CF experience multi-organ dysfunction resulting from aberrant …

Extracellular vesicles and particles impact the systemic landscape of cancer

S Lucotti, CM Kenific, H Zhang, D Lyden - The EMBO journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Intercellular cross talk between cancer cells and stromal and immune cells is essential for
tumor progression and metastasis. Extracellular vesicles and particles (EVPs) are a …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating myeloid-derived MMP8 in stress susceptibility and depression

F Cathomas, HY Lin, KL Chan, L Li, LF Parise… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Psychosocial stress has profound effects on the body, including the immune system and the
brain,. Although a large number of pre-clinical and clinical studies have linked peripheral …

[HTML][HTML] New angiogenic regulators produced by TAMs: perspective for targeting tumor angiogenesis

I Larionova, E Kazakova, T Gerashchenko… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Since the targeting of a single pro-angiogenic factor fails to improve
oncological disease outcome, significant efforts have been made to identify new pro …

Immune landscape in invasive ductal and lobular breast cancer reveals a divergent macrophage-driven microenvironment

S Onkar, J Cui, J Zou, C Cardello, AR Cillo, MR Uddin… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
T cell-centric immunotherapies have shown modest clinical benefit thus far for estrogen
receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Despite accounting for 70% of all breast cancers …

Platelets and SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19: immunity, thrombosis, and beyond

A Sciaudone, H Corkrey, F Humphries… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
COVID-19 is characterized by dysregulated thrombosis and coagulation that can increase
mortality in patients. Platelets are fast responders to pathogen presence, alerting the …