More than suppression: glucocorticoid action on monocytes and macrophages

JM Ehrchen, J Roth, K Barczyk-Kahlert - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Uncontrolled inflammation is a leading cause of many clinically relevant diseases. Current
therapeutic strategies focus mainly on immunosuppression rather than on the mechanisms …

Glucocorticoids in sepsis: to be or not to be

J Vandewalle, C Libert - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sepsis is a highly lethal syndrome resulting from dysregulated immune and metabolic
responses to infection, thereby compromising host homeostasis. Activation of the …

Psychological stress impairs IL22-driven protective gut mucosal immunity against colonising pathobionts

CR Shaler, AA Parco, W Elhenawy, J Dourka… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by an
aberrant response to microbial and environmental triggers. This includes an altered …

Toll-like receptor 2 release by macrophages: an anti-inflammatory program induced by glucocorticoids and lipopolysaccharide

J Hoppstädter, A Dembek, R Linnenberger… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory
diseases, and endogenous GCs play a key role in immune regulation. Toll-like receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Role of adherent invasive Escherichia coli in pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease

L Zheng, SL Duan, YC Dai, SC Wu - World journal of clinical cases, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gut microbiota imbalances play an important role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but
no single pathogenic microorganism critical to IBD that is specific to the IBD terminal ileum …

Glucocorticoid-induced exacerbation of mycobacterial infection is associated with a reduced phagocytic capacity of macrophages

Y Xie, J Xie, AH Meijer, MJM Schaaf - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glucocorticoids are effective drugs for treating immune-related diseases, but prolonged
therapy is associated with an increased risk of various infectious diseases, including …

Dysfunction in Sertoli cells participates in glucocorticoid‐induced impairment of spermatogenesis

L Ren, Y Zhang, Y Xin, G Chen, X Sun… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of stress on male fertility is a widespread public health issue, but less is known
about the related signaling pathway. To investigate this, we established a hypercortisolism …

Amplified host defense by toll-like receptor-mediated downregulation of the glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) in macrophages

J Hoppstädter, B Diesel, R Linnenberger… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Activation of toll-like receptors (TLRs) plays a pivotal role in the host defense against
bacteria and results in the activation of NF-κB-mediated transcription of proinflammatory …

Propionate Induces Virulent Properties of Crohn's Disease-Associated Escherichia coli

OV Pobeguts, VG Ladygina, DV Evsyutina… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Crohn's disease (CD) is a severe chronic immune-mediated granulomatous inflammatory
disease of the gastrointestinal tract. The mechanisms of CD pathogenesis remain obscure …

CCL2 and Lactate from Chemotherapeutics-Treated Fibroblasts Drive Malignant Traits by Metabolic Rewiring in Low-Migrating Breast Cancer Cell Lines

MJ Vera, I Ponce, C Almarza, G Ramirez, F Guajardo… - Antioxidants, 2024 - mdpi.com
While cytostatic chemotherapy targeting DNA is known to induce genotoxicity, leading to cell
cycle arrest and cytokine secretion, the impact of these drugs on fibroblast–epithelial cancer …