Main components of fish immunity: An overview of the fish immune system

DM Mokhtar, G Zaccone, A Alesci, M Kuciel… - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular immune responses consist of innate and adaptive cell-mediated immune
mechanisms, where all leukocyte subpopulations are included. Among these are vital …

Targeting cell signaling in allergic asthma

SS Athari - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2019 - nature.com
Asthma is chronic inflammation of the airways characterized by airway hyper-
responsiveness, wheezing, cough, and dyspnea. Asthma affects> 350 million people …

Nutrient scavenging in cancer

BT Finicle, V Jayashankar, AL Edinger - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
While cancer cell proliferation depends on access to extracellular nutrients, inadequate
tumour perfusion means that glucose, amino acids and lipids are often in short supply. To …

Innate and adaptive immune responses to fungi in the airway

KR Bartemes, H Kita - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Fungi are ubiquitous outdoors and indoors. Exposure, sensitization, or both to fungi are
strongly associated with development of asthma and allergic airway diseases. Furthermore …

Metal–organic coordination polymers for delivery of immunomodulatory agents, and infectious disease and cancer vaccines

ES Pena, LM Lifshits, M Eckshtain‐Levi… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–organic coordination polymers (CPs) are a broad class of materials that include metal–
organic frameworks (MOFs). CPs are highly ordered crystalline materials that are composed …

[HTML][HTML] Special Issue “The Role of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) in Infection and Inflammation 2.0”

R Kircheis, O Planz - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key players in the innate immune system, in host'first-line
defense against pathogens [1, 2]. TLRs recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy: Applications and challenges in treatment of allergy and asthma

A Esmaeilzadeh, S Tahmasebi, SS Athari - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the current advancements, cancer treatment approaches have limitations restricting
their cure rate. Immunotherapy techniques are among novel and promising cancer …

Physiology and pathology of innate immune response against pathogens

JL Muñoz Carrillo, FP Castro García… - 2017 - ricaxcan.uaz.edu.mx
Pathogen infections are recognized by the immune system, which consists of two types of
responses: an innate immune response and an antigen-specific adaptive immune response …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of microbial–neuronal interactions in pain and nociception

VN Lagomarsino, AD Kostic, IM Chiu - Neurobiology of Pain, 2021 - Elsevier
Nociceptor sensory neurons innervate barrier tissues that are constantly exposed to
microbial stimuli. During infection, pathogenic microorganisms can breach barrier surfaces …

Innate immune responses in fish: antigen presenting cells and professional phagocytes

AO Kordon, A Karsi, L Pinchuk - Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic …, 2018 - trjfas.org
Similar to higher vertebrates, the immune system of fish is composed of two major
components, innate (non-specific) and adaptive (specific) immune responses. However, the …