Biomaterials: foreign bodies or tuners for the immune response?

E Mariani, G Lisignoli, RM Borzì… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The perspectives of regenerative medicine are still severely hampered by the host response
to biomaterial implantation, despite the robustness of technologies that hold the promise to …

The IL-1 cytokine family and its role in inflammation and fibrosis in the lung

LA Borthwick - Seminars in immunopathology, 2016 - Springer
The IL-1 cytokine family comprises 11 members (7 ligands with agonist activity, 3 receptor
antagonists and 1 anti-inflammatory cytokine) and is recognised as a key mediator of …

IL-33/ST2 axis in organ fibrosis

OS Kotsiou, KI Gourgoulianis… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin 33 (IL-33) is highly expressed in barrier sites, acting via the suppression of
tumorigenicity 2 receptor (ST2). IL-33/ST2 axis has long been known to play a pivotal role in …

Amphiregulin couples IL1RL1+ regulatory T cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts to impede antitumor immunity

R Sun, H Zhao, DS Gao, A Ni, H Li, L Chen, X Lu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Regulatory T (Treg) cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) jointly promote tumor
immune tolerance and tumorigenesis. The molecular apparatus that drives Treg cell and …

Innate immunity and biomaterials at the nexus: friends or foes

SN Christo, KR Diener, A Bachhuka… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biomaterial implants are an established part of medical practice, encompassing a broad
range of devices that widely differ in function and structural composition. However, one …

[PDF][PDF] NKp46+ natural killer cells attenuate metabolism‐induced hepatic fibrosis by regulating macrophage activation in mice

AC Tosello‐Trampont, P Krueger, S Narayanan… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) affects 3%‐5% of the US population, having severe
clinical complications to the development of fibrosis and end‐stage liver diseases, such as …

[HTML][HTML] NETs decorated with bioactive IL-33 infiltrate inflamed tissues and induce IFN-α production in patients with SLE

S Georgakis, K Gkirtzimanaki, G Papadaki… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
IL-33, a nuclear alarmin released during cell death, exerts context-specific effects on
adaptive and innate immune cells, eliciting potent inflammatory responses. We screened …

ST2/IL-33 signaling in cardiac fibrosis

E Vianello, E Dozio, L Tacchini, L Frati… - The international journal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cardiac fibrosis is a significant global health problem associated with nearly all forms of
heart disease. In the heart interstitial fibrosis may be reparative, replacing areas damaged …

Galectin-3: a potential prognostic and diagnostic marker for heart disease and detection of early stage pathology

A Hara, M Niwa, T Kanayama, K Noguchi, A Niwa… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of molecular biomarkers for the early detection of heart disease, before their onset
of symptoms, is an attractive novel approach. Ideal molecular biomarkers, those that are …

Interleukin-33 modulates inflammation in endometriosis

JE Miller, SP Monsanto, SH Ahn, K Khalaj… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Endometriosis is a debilitating condition that is categorized by the abnormal growth of
endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Although the pathogenesis of this disease remains …