Pyroptosis in host defence against bacterial infection

D Brokatzky, S Mostowy - Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Pyroptosis, a regulated form of pro-inflammatory cell death, is characterised by cell lysis and
by the release of cytokines, damage-and pathogen-associated molecular patterns. It plays …

Diagnosis and clinical management of Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome: current and emerging techniques

C Cavannaugh, HD Ochs… - Expert Review of Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome (WAS) serves as the prototype of how
variants in a gene, which encodes a protein central to actin cytoskeletal homeostasis can …

Neutrophil motility is regulated by both cell intrinsic and endothelial cell ARPC1B

A Peterson, D Bennin, M Lasarev… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Neutrophil-directed motility is necessary for host defense, but its dysregulation can also
cause collateral tissue damage. Actinopathies are monogenic disorders that affect the actin …

Gene editing-based targeted integration for correction of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

M Pille, JM Avila, SH Park, CQ Le, H Xue… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2024 - cell.com
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a severe X-linked primary immunodeficiency resulting
from a diversity of mutations distributed across all 12 exons of the WAS gene. WAS encodes …

Meta-transcriptomic comparison of two sponge holobionts feeding on coral-and macroalgal-dissolved organic matter

S Campana, A Riesgo, E Jongepier, J Fuss, G Muyzer… - BMC genomics, 2022 - Springer
Background Sponge holobionts (ie, the host and its associated microbiota) play a key role in
the cycling of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in marine ecosystems. On coral reefs, an …

Molecular condensation and mechanoregulation of plant class I formin, an integrin‐like actin nucleator

Z Ma, K Zhu, YG Gao, SM Tan, Y Miao - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The actin cytoskeleton (AC) undergoes rapid remodelling to coordinate cellular processes
during signal transduction, including changes in actin nucleation, crosslinking, and …

Calcineurin is an adaptor required for assembly of the TCR signaling complex

S Otsuka, D Dutta, CJ Wu, MS Alam, JD Ashwell - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
The serine/threonine phosphatase calcineurin is a component of the T cell receptor (TCR)
signalosome, where it promotes T cell activation by dephosphorylating Lck S59. Using small …

Expression of non-phosphorylatable S5A-L-plastin exerts phenotypes distinct from L-plastin deficiency during podosome formation and phagocytosis

X Lin, P Krishnamoorthy, EC Walker, H Joshi… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The actin cytoskeleton remodels to enable diverse processes essential to
immunity, such as cell adhesion, migration and phagocytosis. A panoply of actin-binding …

Characterization of a WAS splice-site variant in a patient with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

E Toriello, R Maritato, A De Rosa, MV Esposito… - Frontiers in …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS)(MIM# 301000) is a rare X-linked primary immunodeficiency
due to mutations in the WAS gene, characterized by thrombocytopenia with small platelets …

TMEM123 a key player in immune surveillance of colorectal cancer

E Pesce, C Cordiglieri, M Bombaci… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-associated death. In the tumor site,
the interplay between effector immune cells and cancer cells determines the balance …