Topoisomerases in immune cell development and function

P Muralidhara, A Kumar, MK Chaurasia… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.aai.org
DNA topoisomerases (TOPs) are complex enzymatic machines with extraordinary capacity
to maintain DNA topology during torsion-intensive steps of replication and transcription …

Framework nucleic acids as promising reactive oxygen species scavengers for anti-inflammatory therapy

Y Zhu, S Ruijianghan, W Lu, S Shi, Y Chen - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are an array of derivatives of molecular oxygen that
participate in multiple physiological processes under the control of redox homeostasis …

Activation of TRPV1 receptor facilitates myelin repair following demyelination via the regulation of microglial function

J Sun, K Zhu, Y Wang, D Wang, M Zhang… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2023 - nature.com
The transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a non-selective cation channel that is
activated by capsaicin (CAP), the main component of chili pepper. Despite studies in several …

Microglial aryl hydrocarbon receptor enhances phagocytic function via SYK and promotes remyelination in the cuprizone mouse model of demyelination

Y Wang, J Sun, K Zhu, D Wang, X Zhao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory-mediated demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS). Although studies have demonstrated that microglia facilitate …

Translational profiling identifies sex-specific metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming of cortical microglia/macrophages in APPPS1-21 mice with an antibiotic …

SM Shaik, Y Cao, JV Gogola, HB Dodiya… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Microglia, the brain-resident macrophages perform immune surveillance and
engage with pathological processes resulting in phenotype changes necessary for …

[HTML][HTML] Activated microglia release β− galactosidase that promotes inflammatory neurodegeneration

EJA Kitchener, JM Dundee, GC Brown - Frontiers in Aging …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
b-galactosidase is a lysosomal enzyme that removes terminal galactose residues from
glycolipids and glycoproteins. It is upregulated in, and used as a marker for, senescent cells …

Addressing the in vivo delivery of nucleic-acid nanostructure therapeutics

S Alexander, MG Moghadam, M Rothenbroker… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
DNA and RNA nanostructures are being investigated as therapeutics, vaccines, and drug
delivery systems. These nanostructures can be functionalized with guests ranging from …

[HTML][HTML] A pharmacological toolkit for human microglia identifies Topoisomerase I inhibitors as immunomodulators for Alzheimer's disease

V Haage, JF Tuddenham, N Comandante-Lou… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While efforts to identify microglial subtypes have recently accelerated, the relation of
transcriptomically defined states to function has been largely limited to in silico annotations …

Sanguinarine modulates microglial function via PPARγ activation and protects against CNS demyelination

D Wang, X Wang, T Zhang, Y Yang, Y Wang… - International …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microglia aggregate in regions of active inflammation and demyelination in the CNS of
multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and are considered pivotal in the disease process. Targeting …

Spinal Cord Injury Management Based on Microglia-Targeting Therapies

TG Schreiner, OD Schreiner, RC Ciobanu - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury is a complicated medical condition both from the clinician's point of view in
terms of management and from the patient's perspective in terms of unsatisfactory recovery …