The organoid modeling approach to understanding the mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration: A comprehensive review

H Jalali, S Rahimian, N Shahsavarian, R Norouzi… - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are severe disorders of the nervous system, and their
causes are still not completely understood. Modeling the complex pathological mechanisms …

Advances in immune checkpoint-based immunotherapies for multiple sclerosis: rationale and practice

A Daei Sorkhabi, E Komijani, A Sarkesh… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Beyond the encouraging results and broad clinical applicability of immune checkpoint (ICP)
inhibitors in cancer therapy, ICP-based immunotherapies in the context of autoimmune …

Inflammatory blood biomarkers are associated with long-term clinical disease severity in Parkinson's disease

DH Hepp, TA van Wageningen, KL Kuiper… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
An altered immune response has been identified as a pathophysiological factor in
Parkinson's disease (PD). We aimed to identify blood immunity-associated proteins that …

Neuroinflammation-targeted magnetic resonance imaging nanoprobes for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Y Jiang, W Li, Y Ma, Y Hou - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) that is an important contributor to dementia, is a chronic and
irreversible neurodegenerative disease, with high rates of disability and mortality. Recently …

The levels of soluble CD137 are increased in tuberculosis patients and associated with disease severity and prognosis

L Yi, J Yan, P Wei, S Long, X Wang… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent before the
coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, it is important to search for severity biomarkers and devise …

Soluble CD137 is a novel serum marker of liver cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis C and alcohol‐associated disease etiology

K Weigand, G Peschel, J Grimm, K Luu… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Defective T‐cell functions play a role in the persistence of HCV infection. Activated T cells
express CD137, which costimulates antivirus T‐cell responses, and this activity is …

Emerging role of adaptive immunity in diabetes-induced cognitive impairment: from the periphery to the brain

G Yang, R Su, J Bu, Y Li, X Lin, J Jin, Y Zhang… - Metabolic Brain …, 2025 - Springer
Diabetic cognitive impairment (DCI) is a central nervous system complication induced by
peripheral metabolic dysfunction of diabetes mellitus. Cumulative studies have shown that …

Intruders or protectors–the multifaceted role of B cells in CNS disorders

JW Aspden, MA Murphy, RD Kashlan… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
B lymphocytes are immune cells studied predominantly in the context of peripheral humoral
immune responses against pathogens. Evidence has been accumulating in recent years on …

CD137L and CD4 T cells limit BCL6‐expressing pre‐germinal center B cell expansion and BCL6‐driven B cell malignancy

Z Ding, I Quast, F Yan, Y Liao, C Pitt… - Immunology and cell …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aberrant expression of the proto‐oncogene BCL6 is a driver of tumorigenesis in diffuse
large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Mice overexpressing BCL6 from the B cell‐specific …

Soluble CD137: A Potential Prognostic Biomarker in Critically Ill Patients

U Räth, P Mester, H Schwarz, S Schmid… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
T cell depletion and functional impairment are characteristics of sepsis. CD137 is a
costimulatory receptor on activated T cells, while soluble CD137 (sCD137) inhibits CD137 …