Polymeric immunogel prevents tumor recurrence and metastasis by dual activation of innate and adaptive immunity by Guanyu Jin, Hao Liu, Zi Mei, Qionghua Jin, Sheng Ma, Lanqing Wang, Yuanzhen Su, Letian Lv, Zijuan Wang, Huicong Zhou, Mingqiang Li, Zehuan Huang, Xuesi Chen, Shixian Lv

“…The immunosuppressed tumor microenvironment after surgery reduces the ability of the immune system to clear residual tumor cells, thus increasing the risk of recurrence and metastasis. …”
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Investigating the dual causative pathways linking immune cells and venous thromboembolism via Mendelian randomization analysis by Ning Qi, Zhuochen Lyu, Lu Huang, Yun Zhao, Wan Zhang, Xinfeng Zhou, Yang Zhang, Jiasen Cui

“…However, our analysis using MR method suggests a potential link between VTE and immune cell traits, suggesting the complex interplay between the immune system and thrombotic events. While this study is exploratory and needs validation, the findings of this study are hypothesis-generating with resect to the mechanisms underlying VTE and encourage further investigation into the role of immune activity in VTE pathology. …”
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Ten-Year Persistence of Biologic Drugs in Psoriasis and Its Relationship with Pharmacogenetic Biomarkers by Andrea Rodríguez-Lopez, María Martínez-Sendino, Rocío Prieto-Pérez, Paula Soria-Chacartegui, Eva González-Iglesias, Mario Aparicio-Domínguez, Sonsoles Berenguer-Ruiz, Esteban Daudén, Francisco Abad-Santos

“…In addition, 115 of them were genotyped in a previous study for 173 immune system genetic polymorphisms. <b>Results</b>: The persistence of biologic drugs at 10 years was 25.9% (95% CI: 17.2–34.5%). …”
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Convergent origin and accelerated evolution of vesicle-associated RhoGAP proteins in two unrelated parasitoid wasps by Colinet, Dominique, Cavigliasso, Fanny, Leobold, Matthieu, Pichon, Apolline, Urbach, Serge, Cazes, Dominique, Poullet, Marine, Belghazi, Maya, Volkoff, Anne-Nathalie, Drezen, Jean-Michel, Gatti, Jean-Luc, Poirié, Marylène

“…This evolutionary model has been less described in parasitoid wasps, which use maternal fluids, including venom, to protect their eggs from encapsulation by the host immune system. Here, we evidence the convergent recruitment and accelerated evolution of two multigene families of RhoGAPs presumably involved in virulence in two unrelated parasitoid wasp species, Leptopilina boulardi (Figitidae) and Venturia canescens (Icheumonidae). …”
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Sorafenib Prevents Escape from Host Immunity in Liver Cirrhosis Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Hidenari Nagai, Takanori Mukozu, Daigo Matsui, Takenori Kanekawa, Masahiro Kanayama, Noritaka Wakui, Kouichi Momiyama, Mie Shinohara, Kazunari Iida, Koji Ishii, Yoshinori Igarashi, Yasukiyo Sumino

“…These results indicate that treatment with sorafenib might induce Th1 dominance and prevent the escape of tumor cells from the host immune system in LC patients with aHCC.…”
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Electrochemotherapy with bleomycin, oxaliplatin, or cisplatin in mouse tumor models, from tumor ablation to in situ vaccination by Katja Uršič Valentinuzzi, Katja Uršič Valentinuzzi, Urška Kamenšek, Urška Kamenšek, Simona Kranjc Brezar, Chloe Heranney, Chloe Heranney, Tilen Komel, Tilen Komel, Simon Buček, Simon Buček, Maja Čemažar, Maja Čemažar, Gregor Serša, Gregor Serša

“…IntroductionIn addition to its direct cytotoxic effects, ablative therapies as electrochemotherapy (ECT) can elicit indirect antitumor effects by triggering immune system responses. Here, we comprehensively analyzed this dual effectiveness of intratumoral ECT with chemotherapeutic drugs bleomycin (BLM), oxaliplatin (OXA), and cisplatin (CDDP). …”
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Enhancement of CD8+T cell cytotoxicity activity by IFN-α implies alternative pathologic role in systemic lupus erythematosus by Chen-xing Zhang, You-ying Mao, Yu-pin Tan, Mei-yu Zhang, Kang Shao, Shu-jun Wang, Ping Ji, Jia-yuan Wang, Lei Yin, Ying Wang

“…Objective: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease which is affected by the environmental, genetic factors as well as the immune system. Previous reports have implicated IFN-α in the pathogenesis of SLE. …”
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Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using post-transplant cyclophosphamide in patients with inborn errors of immunity: Experience in a reference center in Colomb... by Diego Medina, Jhonier Orlando Castro, David Esteban Castro, Estefanía Beltrán, Eliana Manzi, Alexis Antonio Franco, Manuela Olaya

“…Inborn errors of immunity is a diverse group of rare diseases caused by over 400 genetic mutations affecting the immune system and increasing infection susceptibility, autoimmunity, and malignancy. …”
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Understanding secondary hypogammaglobulinemia and its implications for cancer prognosis in children: A retrospective cohort study by Ana Lucía Guzmán, Isabella Villamil, Sofía Martínez-Betancur, Oriana Arias-Valderrama, Jacobo Triviño-Arias, Jessica Largo, Viviana Lotero, Alexis Franco, Ximena Castro, Pamela Rodríguez, Luz Angela Urcuqui, Diego Medina, Manuela Olaya

“…Immunodeficiencies are disturbances in the immune system that can affect cell function, quantity, or both. …”
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Peripheral blood cell counts as predictors of immune-related adverse events in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinyu Zhang, Bei Zhang, Danfei Li, Yunchao Yang, Sen Lin, Ruiqi Zhao, Yijia Li, Lisheng Peng

“…However, while ICIs activate the immune system, they can also induce immune-related adverse events (irAEs). …”
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Distinguishable Immunologic Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients with Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes Compared with Nondiabetic Individuals by Ruxing Zhao, Yujing Sun, Yongyuan Zhang, Weili Wang, Shouyu Wang, Chuang Wang, Jinbo Liu, Ling Gao, Zhao Hu, Jianchun Fei, Xinguo Hou, Huizhen Zheng, Li Chen

“…COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has threatened every civilian as a global pandemic. The immune system poses the critical interactive chain between the human body and the virus. …”
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The Genetic Landscape of Human Glioblastoma and Matched Primary Cancer Stem Cells Reveals Intratumour Similarity and Intertumour Heterogeneity by Chiara Pesenti, Stefania Elena Navone, Laura Guarnaccia, Andrea Terrasi, Jole Costanza, Rosamaria Silipigni, Silvana Guarneri, Nicola Fusco, Laura Fontana, Marco Locatelli, Paolo Rampini, Rolando Campanella, Silvia Tabano, Monica Miozzo, Giovanni Marfia

“…Furthermore, K-means algorithm identified an impairment of pathways related to the development and progression of cancer, such as angiogenesis, as well as pathways related to the immune system regulation, such as T cell activation. …”
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High-fat diet-induced liver injury in Channa argus through lipid metabolism, anti-oxidative status, apoptosis, and inflammation by Jiaxin Tian, Ying Li, Jiwu Wan, Zhinan Yang, Guiqin Wang

“…In summary, a 22 % dietary fat level can promote lipid deposition by altering lipid metabolism, leading to liver injury, compromised antioxidant defenses, increased expression of inflammatory genes in the liver, immune system damage, and decreased disease resistance.…”
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Intratumoral BO-112 in combination with radiotherapy synergizes to achieve CD8 T-cell-mediated local tumor control by Helena Escuin-Ordinas, Ignacio Melero, Marisol Quintero, Jose Luis Perez-Gracia, Maite Alvarez, Maria E Rodriguez-Ruiz, Miguel F Sanmamed, Paloma Sanchez-Mateos, Inmaculada Rodríguez López, Irantzu Serrano-Mendioroz, Celia Barrio-Alonso, Eneko Garate-Soraluze, Victor Diaz Pascual, Leire Arbea Moreno

“…Depletions of immune cell populations and knockout mice for the IFNAR and BATF-3 genes were used to delineate the immune system requirements for efficacy.Results In cultures of TS/A breast cancer cells, the combination of irradiation and BO-112 showed more prominent features of immunogenic tumor cell death in terms of calreticulin exposure. …”
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Group a Streptococcus remains viable inside fibrin clots and gains access to human plasminogen for subsequent fibrinolysis and dissemination by Henry M. Vu, Thomas E. Moran, Zhong Liang, Yun-Juan Bao, Paulina G. Carles, Jessica C. Keane, Madelyn G. Cerney, Caitlyn N. Dahnke, Ana L. Flores-Mireles, Victoria A. Ploplis, Francis J. Castellino, Shaun W. Lee

“…To protect the host, the innate immune system creates fibrin clots to trap bacteria and prevent deeper spread. …”
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Exercise-induced anxiety impairs local and systemic inflammatory response and glucose metabolism in C57BL/6J mice by I. Gálvez, M.C. Navarro, S. Torres-Piles, L. Martín-Cordero, M.D. Hinchado, E. Ortega

“…Exercise strongly modulates the immune system, inducing a plethora of dynamic responses involving the innate immune cell function and inflammatory processes that contribute to both potential health benefits and harmful side effects. …”
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MyD88 inhibitor TJ-M2010-5 alleviates spleen impairment and inflammation by inhibiting the PI3K/miR-136-5p/AKT3 pathway in the early infection of Trichinella spiralis by Huifang Bai, Qianqian Dang, Guoliang Chen, Lingfeng Xie, Saining Wang, Ning Jiang, Xiaoxia Wu, Shuyan Zhang, Xuelin Wang

“…Abstract Trichinella spiralis (T. spiralis) has been reported to induce inflammation, which can cause immune system dysregulation. Myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) is implicated in inflammation signalling pathways. …”
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PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN MICE TREATED WITH CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND EXOGENOUS DNA by E. V. Dolgova, V. P. Nikolin, N. A. Popova, A. S. Proskurina, K. E. Orishchenko, E. A. Alyamkina, Ya. R. Efremov, S. I. Baiborodin, E. R. Chernykh, A. A. Ostanin, S. S. Bogachev, T. S. Gvozdeva, E. M. Malkova, O. S. Taranov, V. A. Rogachev, A. S. Panov, S. N. Zagrebelnyi, M. A. Shurdov

“…Pathological and morphological analyses show that starting from posttreatment day 9, mice that received CP+DNA preparations displayed pronounced morphological changes in their lungs, liver, pancreas, central and peripheral immune system organs, and brain. Most of the pathological changes observed are consistent with severe inflammatory response. …”
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Characterization of the colostrum proteome of primiparous Holstein cows and its association with colostrum immunoglobulin G concentrations by Ezequias Castillo-Lopez, Patrick Biber, Arife Sener-Aydemir, Karin Hummel, Ebrahim Razzazi-Fazeli, Nicole Reisinger, Qendrim Zebeli, Susanne Kreuzer-Redmer, Thomas Hartinger

“…Results On average, 428 proteins were identified per sample, which belonged mainly to cellular process, biological regulation, response to stimulus, metabolic process, and immune system process. Most abundant proteins were complement C3 (Q2UVX4), alpha-S1-casein (P02662), Ig-like domain-containing protein (A0A3Q1M032), albumin (A0A140T897), polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (P81265), lactotransferrrin (P24627), and IGHG1*01 (X16701_4). …”
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From structure prediction to function: defining the domain on the African swine fever virus CD2v protein required for binding to erythrocytes by Ana Luisa Reis, Anusyah Rathakrishnan, Vlad Petrovan, Muneeb Islam, Lynnette Goatley, Katy Moffat, Mai Tuyet Vuong, Yuan Lui, Simon J. Davis, Shinji Ikemizu, Linda K. Dixon

“…The interaction plays a key role in viral persistence in blood since it can allow the virus to “hide” from the host immune system. We identified the amino acids in the viral protein that mediate the interaction with erythrocytes and used this information to construct a mutant virus that is no longer able to bind these cells. …”
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