The challenges of primary biliary cholangitis: What is new and what needs to be done

BT Beretta-Piccoli, G Mieli-Vergani, D Vergani… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an uncommon, chronic, cholangiopathy of
autoimmune origin and unknown etiology characterized by positive anti-mitochondrial …

Lessons from CTLA-4 deficiency and checkpoint inhibition

B Lo, UM Abdel-Motal - Current opinion in immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•CTLA-4 is crucial for quantitative regulation of immune homeostasis and
tolerance.•LRBA plays a role in maintaining an intracellular pool of CTLA-4 in Tregs and …

FoxO1 is a regulator of MHC-II expression and anti-tumor effect of tumor-associated macrophages

JB Yang, ZB Zhao, QZ Liu, TD Hu, J Long, K Yan… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Macrophages are a critical component in host immune responses against tumor. In this work
we investigated the role of forkhead box O1 (FoxO1) in the transcriptional regulation in …

Leukemic B cell CTLA-4 suppresses costimulation of T cells

P Do, KA Beckwith, C Cheney, M Tran… - The Journal of …, 2019 - journals.aai.org
The clinical benefit of CTLA-4 blockade on T cells is known, yet the impact of its expression
on cancer cells remains unaddressed. We define an immunosuppressive role for tumor …

Animal models of primary biliary cholangitis: status and challenges

X Wang, Y Wei, Y Yang, Y Yang, H Li, Y Li, F Zhang… - Cell & Bioscience, 2023 - Springer
Background Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease. The aetiology
of PBC remains unclear, and its pathogenesis is complex. Animal models are essential to …

Immunological phenotype of the murine Lrba knockout

L Gámez‐Díaz, J Neumann, F Jäger… - Immunology and cell …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biallelic mutations in the human lipopolysaccharide responsive beige‐like anchor (LRBA)
gene lead to a primary immunodeficiency known as LRBA deficiency, characterized by a …

Complex immune contextures characterise malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: loss of adaptive immunological signature in the more aggressive histological types

M Tazzari, S Brich, A Tuccitto, F Bozzi… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MpM), arising in the setting of local inflammation, is a
rare aggressive tumour with a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. The three …

B1 cells protect against Schistosoma japonicum–induced liver inflammation and fibrosis by controlling monocyte infiltration

L Yong, Y Tang, C Ren, M Liu, J Shen… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
During Schistosoma infection, lack of B cells results in more severe granulomas,
inflammation, and fibrosis in the liver, but the mechanisms underlying this pathology remain …

The antidepressant mirtazapine rapidly shifts hepatic b cell populations and functional cytokine signatures in the mouse

W Almishri, RP Davis, AA Shaheen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction B cells are important regulators of both adaptive and innate immunity. The
normal liver contains significant numbers of B cells, and their numbers increase dramatically …

Causal relationship between immune cells and hepatocellular carcinoma: a Mendelian randomisation study

J Tang, S Zhang, L Jiang, J Liu, J Xu, C Jiang… - Journal of …, 2024 - jcancer.org
Abstract Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the predominant malignancy of the
digestive tract, ranks as the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality globally …