Autoimmune and autoinflammatory mechanisms in uveitis

RW Lee, LB Nicholson, HN Sen, CC Chan… - Seminars in …, 2014 - Springer
The eye, as currently viewed, is neither immunologically ignorant nor sequestered from the
systemic environment. The eye utilises distinct immunoregulatory mechanisms to preserve …

Targeting the SphK-S1P-SIPR pathway as a potential therapeutic approach for COVID-19

EM McGowan, N Haddadi, NT Nassif, Y Lin - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The world is currently experiencing the worst health pandemic since the Spanish flu in 1918—
the COVID-19 pandemic—caused by the coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Sphingolipids as critical players in retinal physiology and pathology

MV Simon, SK Basu, B Qaladize, R Grambergs… - Journal of lipid …, 2021 - ASBMB
Sphingolipids have emerged as bioactive lipids involved in the regulation of many
physiological and pathological processes. In the retina, they have been established to …

Extracellular vesicles secreted from mesenchymal stem cells exert anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects via transmitting microRNA-18b in rats with diabetic …

Z Xu, N Tian, S Li, K Li, H Guo, H Zhang, H Jin… - International …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of visual deficits and blindness in the working-
age population and inflammatory response is a key event during DR. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting S1PR1/STAT3 loop abrogates desmoplasia and chemosensitizes pancreatic cancer to gemcitabine

MB Lankadasari, JS Aparna, S Mohammed… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Pancreatic cancer is associated with poor prognosis with a 5-year survival rate of
less than 6%. Approximately 90% of pancreatic cancer patients harbor somatic mutations in …

The future of uveitis treatment

P Lin, EB Suhler, JT Rosenbaum - Ophthalmology, 2014 - Elsevier
Uveitis is a heterogeneous collection of diseases with polygenic and environmental
influences. This heterogeneity presents challenges in trial design and selection of end …

Breakdown of the blood-ocular barrier as a strategy for the systemic use of nanosystems

ML Occhiutto, FR Freitas, RC Maranhao, VP Costa - Pharmaceutics, 2012 - mdpi.com
Several drug delivery systems have been proposed to overcome physiological barriers,
improving ocular bioavailability. Systemic routes are seldom used due to the blood-ocular …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates apoptosis and inflammation in a murine model of experimental autoimmune uveitis

Y Huang, J He, H Liang, K Hu, S Jiang, L Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Uveitis is characterized as a common cause of blindness worldwide. Aryl hydrocarbon
receptor (AhR), a ligand-activated nuclear receptor, has been implicated to play a role in …

Ceramide metabolism enzymes—Therapeutic targets against cancer

A Gomez-Larrauri, U Das Adhikari, M Aramburu-Nuñez… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sphingolipids are both structural molecules that are essential for cell architecture and
second messengers that are involved in numerous cell functions. Ceramide is the central …

Microglial-mediated immune mechanisms in autoimmune uveitis: Elucidating pathogenic pathways and targeted therapeutics

M Sharma, P Pal, SK Gupta, MB Potdar… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review offers a comprehensive examination of the role of microglia in the pathogenesis
of autoimmune uveitis, an inflammatory eye disease with significant potential for vision …