Interrogation of the microenvironmental landscape in brain tumors reveals disease-specific alterations of immune cells

F Klemm, RR Maas, RL Bowman, M Kornete, K Soukup… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Brain malignancies encompass a range of primary and metastatic cancers, including low-
grade and high-grade gliomas and brain metastases (BrMs) originating from diverse …

Endoplasmic reticulum quality control in immune cells

Y Jiang, Z Tao, H Chen, S Xia - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The endoplasmic reticulum quality control (ERQC) system, including endoplasmic reticulum-
associated degradation (ERAD), the unfolded protein response (UPR), and autophagy …

High-dose dexamethasone manipulates the tumor microenvironment and internal metabolic pathways in anti-tumor progression

L Xu, H Xia, D Ni, Y Hu, J Liu, Y Qin, Q Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
High-dose dexamethasone (DEX) is used to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and
vomiting or to control immunotherapy-related autoimmune diseases in clinical practice …

Adaptive translational pausing is a hallmark of the cellular response to severe environmental stress

R Jobava, Y Mao, BJ Guan, D Hu, D Krokowski… - Molecular Cell, 2021 - cell.com
To survive, mammalian cells must adapt to environmental challenges. While the cellular
response to mild stress has been widely studied, how cells respond to severe stress remains …

The P300/XBP1s/Herpud1 axis promotes macrophage M2 polarization and the development of choroidal neovascularization

W Li, Y Wang, L Zhu, S Du, J Mao… - Journal of Cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neovascular age‐related macular degeneration (AMD), which is characterized by choroidal
neovascularization (CNV), leads to vision loss. M2 macrophages produce vascular …

Netrin-1 controls inflammation in response to ischemic stroke through altering microglia phenotype

X Yang, Y Liu, W Zhong, Y Li, W Zhang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The current approaches that are used to treat ischemic stroke suffer from poor
targeting, lack of effectiveness, and potential off-target effects, necessitating the …

Knockdown of Herp alleviates hyperhomocysteinemia mediated atherosclerosis through the inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype switching

H Lin, T Ni, J Zhang, L Meng, F Gao, S Pan… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) plays a key role
in atherosclerosis. We aimed to investigate whether Homocysteine-responsive endoplasmic …

Advances in an In Vitro Tuberculosis Infection Model Using Human Lung Organoids for Host-Directed Therapies

SY Kim, JA Choi, S Choi, KK Kim, CH Song… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) has led to the
development of novel anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) drugs. Common methods for testing the …

IL-4-activated C/EBPβ is involved in alveolar macrophage polarization towards the M2 phenotype during pulmonary fibrosis induced by single-walled carbon …

X Zhang, J Zhu, S Yang, Z Yao, S Zhao… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Given the rapid development in the field of nanotechnology, the potential toxicity of carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) in humans has received much attention in recent years. However, the …

Data-independent acquisition-based quantitative proteomic analysis reveals the protective effect of apigenin on palmitate-induced lipotoxicity in human aortic …

X Miao, C Jin, Y Zhong, J Feng, C Yan… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ingestion of excessive free fatty acid could induce lipotoxicity in tissues and then lead to
the initiation of many metabolism diseases. In this work, the protective effect of apigenin on …