Cell adhesion molecules and their roles and regulation in the immune and tumor microenvironment

H Harjunpää, M Llort Asens, C Guenther… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The immune system and cancer have a complex relationship with the immune system
playing a dual role in tumor development. The effector cells of the immune system can …

Integrin-based therapeutics: biological basis, clinical use and new drugs

K Ley, J Rivera-Nieves, WJ Sandborn… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2016 - nature.com
Integrins are activatable molecules that are involved in adhesion and signalling. Of the 24
known human integrins, 3 are currently targeted therapeutically by monoclonal antibodies …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia and complement mediate early corticostriatal synapse loss and cognitive dysfunction in Huntington's disease

DK Wilton, K Mastro, MD Heller, FW Gergits… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating monogenic neurodegenerative disease
characterized by early, selective pathology in the basal ganglia despite the ubiquitous …

Fibrin is a critical regulator of neutrophil effector function at the oral mucosal barrier

LM Silva, AD Doyle, T Greenwell-Wild, N Dutzan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Mucosal barrier sites are continuously exposed to diverse environmental
stimuli, and the fine-tuning of mucosal tissue–specific immune responses is key to …

Microglia remodel synapses by presynaptic trogocytosis and spine head filopodia induction

L Weinhard, G Di Bartolomei, G Bolasco… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Microglia are highly motile glial cells that are proposed to mediate synaptic pruning during
neuronal circuit formation. Disruption of signaling between microglia and neurons leads to …

Complement and microglia mediate early synapse loss in Alzheimer mouse models

S Hong, VF Beja-Glasser, BM Nfonoyim, A Frouin, S Li… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD) correlates with cognitive decline. Involvement of
microglia and complement in AD has been attributed to neuroinflammation, prominent late in …

[HTML][HTML] Fibrinogen induces microglia-mediated spine elimination and cognitive impairment in an Alzheimer's disease model

M Merlini, VA Rafalski, PER Coronado, TM Gill… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Cerebrovascular alterations are a key feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis.
However, whether vascular damage contributes to synaptic dysfunction and how it …

Astrocyte-microglia cross talk through complement activation modulates amyloid pathology in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

H Lian, A Litvinchuk, ACA Chiang… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Increasing evidence supports a role of neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previously, we identified a neuron–glia signaling pathway …

Integrin CD11b activation drives anti-tumor innate immunity

MC Schmid, SQ Khan, MM Kaneda, P Pathria… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Myeloid cells are recruited to damaged tissues where they can resolve infections and tumor
growth or stimulate wound healing and tumor progression. Recruitment of these cells is …

Microglia sculpt postnatal neural circuits in an activity and complement-dependent manner

DP Schafer, EK Lehrman, AG Kautzman, R Koyama… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Microglia are the resident CNS immune cells and active surveyors of the extracellular
environment. While past work has focused on the role of these cells during disease, recent …