DAMPs from cell death to new life

E Vénéreau, C Ceriotti, ME Bianchi - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Our body handles tissue damage by activating the immune system in response to
intracellular molecules released by injured tissues [damage-associated molecular patterns …

Secreted trophic factors of mesenchymal stem cells support neurovascular and musculoskeletal therapies

HR Hofer, RS Tuan - Stem cell research & therapy, 2016 - Springer
Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represent a subject of intense experimental and
biomedical interest. Recently, trophic activities of MSCs have become the topic of a number …

A randomized phase II preoperative study of autophagy inhibition with high-dose hydroxychloroquine and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel in pancreatic cancer patients

HJ Zeh, N Bahary, BA Boone, AD Singhi… - Clinical cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: We hypothesized that autophagy inhibition would increase response to
chemotherapy in the preoperative setting for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We …

Platelet-derived HMGB1 is a critical mediator of thrombosis

S Vogel, R Bodenstein, Q Chen, S Feil… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Thrombosis and inflammation are intricately linked in several major clinical disorders,
including disseminated intravascular coagulation and acute ischemic events. The damage …

Chloroquine ameliorates carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in mice via the concomitant inhibition of inflammation and induction of apoptosis

C Dai, X Xiao, D Li, S Tun, Y Wang, T Velkov… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
This is the first study to investigate the hepatoprotective effect of CQ on acute liver injury
caused by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in a murine model and the underlying molecular …

Priming anti-tumor immunity by radiotherapy: dying tumor cell-derived DAMPs trigger endothelial cell activation and recruitment of myeloid cells

J Krombach, R Hennel, N Brix, M Orth, U Schoetz… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The major goal of radiotherapy is the induction of tumor cell death. Additionally, radiotherapy
can function as in situ cancer vaccination by exposing tumor antigens and providing …

Critical role of RAGE and HMGB1 in inflammatory heart disease

A Bangert, M Andrassy, AM Müller… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Autoimmune response to cardiac troponin I (TnI) induces inflammation and fibrosis in the
myocardium. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a multifunctional protein that exerts …

Pathophysiology of sepsis and genesis of septic shock: the critical role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)

M Daniel, Y Bedoui, D Vagner, L Raffray… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The treatment of sepsis and septic shock remains a major public health issue due to the
associated morbidity and mortality. Despite an improvement in the understanding of the …

The platelet NLRP3 inflammasome is upregulated in sickle cell disease via HMGB1/TLR4 and Bruton tyrosine kinase

S Vogel, T Arora, X Wang, L Mendelsohn… - Blood …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
A key inflammatory mechanism recently identified in platelets involves the Nod-like receptor
nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing protein 3 (NLRP3) and Bruton …

The dual role of mesenchymal stem cells in apoptosis regulation

Z Chen, X Xia, M Yao, Y Yang, X Ao, Z Zhang… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely distributed pluripotent stem cells with powerful
immunomodulatory capacity. MSCs transplantation therapy (MSCT) is widely used in the …