Role of inflammatory chemokines in hypertension

TP Mikolajczyk, P Szczepaniak, F Vidler… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypertension is associated with immune cells activation and their migration into the kidney,
vasculature, heart and brain. These inflammatory mechanisms are critical for blood pressure …

The tuberculous granuloma: an unsuccessful host defence mechanism providing a safety shelter for the bacteria?

M Silva Miranda, A Breiman, S Allain… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
One of the main features of the immune response to M. Tuberculosis is the formation of an
organized structure called granuloma. It consists mainly in the recruitment at the infectious …

Spectinamides: a new class of semisynthetic antituberculosis agents that overcome native drug efflux

RE Lee, JG Hurdle, J Liu, DF Bruhn, T Matt… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Although the classical antibiotic spectinomycin is a potent bacterial protein synthesis
inhibitor, poor antimycobacterial activity limits its clinical application for treating tuberculosis …

[HTML][HTML] XCL1 and XCR1 in the immune system

Y Lei, Y Takahama - Microbes and infection, 2012 - Elsevier
XCL1, a C class chemokine also known as lymphotactin, is produced by T, NK, and NKT
cells during infectious and inflammatory responses, whereas XCR1, the receptor of XCL1, is …

Targeting TNF-α to neoangiogenic vessels enhances lymphocyte infiltration in tumors and increases the therapeutic potential of immunotherapy

A Calcinotto, M Grioni, E Jachetti, F Curnis… - The Journal of …, 2012 - journals.aai.org
Abnormal tumor vasculature impairs T lymphocyte adhesion to endothelial cells and
lymphocyte extravasation into neoplastic tissues, limiting the therapeutic potential of both …

T cell receptor convergence is an indicator of antigen-specific T cell response in cancer immunotherapies

M Pan, B Li - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
T cells are potent at eliminating pathogens and playing a crucial role in the adaptive immune
response. T cell receptor (TCR) convergence describes T cells that share identical TCRs …

Single cell and spatial transcriptomics analysis of kidney double negative T lymphocytes in normal and ischemic mouse kidneys

S Gharaie, K Lee, K Noller, EK Lo, B Miller, HJ Jung… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
T cells are important in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI), and TCR+ CD4-CD8-
(double negative-DN) are T cells that have regulatory properties. However, there is limited …

Anti-TNF immunotherapy and tuberculosis reactivation: another mechanism revealed

EA Miller, JD Ernst - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2009 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Anti-TNF immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of some inflammatory diseases,
such as RA. However, a major concern is that patients receiving this therapy have an …

Delivery of RNAi therapeutics to the airways—from bench to bedside

Y Qiu, JKW Lam, SWS Leung, W Liang - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is a potent and specific post-transcriptional gene silencing process.
Since its discovery, tremendous efforts have been made to translate RNAi technology into …

The immune cell landscape and response of Marek's disease resistant and susceptible chickens infected with Marek's disease virus

WC Warren, ES Rice, A Meyer, CJ Hearn, A Steep… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Genetically resistant or susceptible chickens to Marek's disease (MD) have been widely
used models to identify the molecular determinants of these phenotypes. However, these …