Prophylactic Subacute Administration of Zinc Increases CCL2, CCR2, FGF2, and IGF-1 Expression and Prevents the Long-Term Memory Loss in a Rat Model of Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia by Victor Manuel Blanco-Alvarez, Guadalupe Soto-Rodriguez, Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Barrios, Daniel Martinez-Fong, Eduardo Brambila, Maricela Torres-Soto, Ana Karina Aguilar-Peralta, Alejandro Gonzalez-Vazquez, Constantino Tomás-Sanchez, I. Daniel Limón, Jose R. Eguibar, Araceli Ugarte, Jeanett Hernandez-Castillo, Bertha Alicia Leon-Chavez

“…Prophylactic subacute administration of zinc decreases lipoperoxidation and cell death following a transient cerebral hypoxia-ischemia, thus suggesting neuroprotective and preconditioning effects. …”
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Novel Role of Pin1-Cis P-Tau-ApoE Axis in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia and Its Connection with Dementia by Emmanuel Amabebe, Zheping Huang, Sukanta Jash, Balaji Krishnan, Shibin Cheng, Akitoshi Nakashima, Yitong Li, Zhixong Li, Ruizhi Wang, Ramkumar Menon, Xiao Zhen Zhou, Kun Ping Lu, Surendra Sharma

“…In the case of preE, proteinopathy/tauopathy may interrupt trophoblast differentiation and induce cell death, similar to the events occurring in neurons. …”
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Probiotics Can Boost the Antitumor Immunity of CD8+T Cells in BALB/c Mice and Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma by Jie Mao, Shu-Ze Zhang, Peng Du, Zhi-Bin Cheng, Huan Hu, Shi-Yao Wang

“…It was also found that probiotic feeding could upregulate the expression of T-cell immunoglobulin mucin receptor 1(TIM-1) in CD8+T cells of mice and also found that probiotic feeding could downregulate the expression of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) in CD8+T cells of mice, compared with the nonfeeding group; the difference was statistically significant (P=0.045 for TIM-1 and P=0.02 for PD-1, respectively). …”
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Characterisation of clinical response and transcriptional profiling of proliferating CD8 T cells in the blood of cancer patients after PD-1 monotherapy or combination therapy by Peng Li, Haydn Kissick, Rebecca C Obeng, Tahseen H Nasti, Christiane S Eberhardt, Rafi Ahmed, Zhengjia Chen, Warren J Leonard, Suresh S Ramalingam, Andreas Wieland, Annapaola Mariniello, Jeffrey M Switchenko, Kylee Martens, Daniel Y Chang, Donald McGuire, Candace Daugherty, Yuzi Zhang, Rathi Pillai, Alice O Kamphorst

“…Objective Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) that block the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) pathway have shown promise with limited benefit. …”
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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. Injection of BO-112 into the tumor lesion receiving radiation achieved excellent control of the treated tumor and modest delays in contralateral tumor progression. …”
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Single-chain variable fragment affinity tuning can optimize anti-AML CAR-NK cell functionality by Marianna Zahurak, Ravi Varadhan, Ilias Christodoulou, Ruyan Rahnama, Jun Choe, Huilin Yang, Monika Kizerwetter, Christian Guaraca, Natalie Jordan Holl, Stamatia C Vorri, Megan Zinsky, Danielle G Jones, Nikol Garcia Espinoza, Yun-Huai Kuo, Jamie B. Spangler, Challice L. Bonifant

“…High-resolution imaging demonstrated greater clustering of high-affinity 7G3 CAR-NK cells and consequent AML target cell death in a short-term time lapse. Low-affinity 7G3 CAR-NK cells exhibited enhanced antigen density discrimination with greater membrane-proximal signaling, cytokine production, and cytotoxicity. …”
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Extracellular matrix re-normalization to improve cold tumor penetration by oncolytic viruses by Geofrey F. Soko, Geofrey F. Soko, Benson K. Kosgei, Stephene S. Meena, Stephene S. Meena, Ying Jing Ng, Huihui Liang, Bing Zhang, Qingjun Liu, Tielong Xu, Xinju Hou, Xinju Hou, Ray P. S. Han

“…The use of oncolytic viruses (OVs) to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) in tumor cells is a well-established strategy for initiating the cancer immunity cycle (CIC). …”
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Reinforcing cancer immunotherapy with engineered porous hollow mycobacterium tuberculosis loaded with tumor neoantigens by Jie Jiang, Feng-Ying Huang, Shu-Zhen Dai, Guang-Hong Tan, Ming-Hui Chen, Hengyu Chen, Wu-Ping Zheng, Ri-Hong Wu, Weijing Xie

“…The efficacy of phMTb vaccine formulations in combination with anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) antibody therapy was assessed using the MC38 mouse tumor models. …”
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A novel nanocarrier based on natural polyphenols enhancing gemcitabine sensitization ability for improved pancreatic cancer therapy efficiency by Yuman Dong, Jieru Li, Yiwei Dai, Xinyu Zhang, Xiangyan Jiang, Tao Wang, Bin Zhao, Wenbo Liu, Haonan Sun, Pengcheng Du, Long Qin, Zuoyi Jiao

“…Our results showed that FP induced DNA damage and immunogenic cell death (ICD) in both in vitro cell experiments and patient-derived organoid models, exhibiting potent anti-tumor effects. …”
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Characterizing tumor biology and immune microenvironment in high-grade serous ovarian cancer via single-cell RNA sequencing: insights for targeted and personalized immunotherapy st... by Fu Zhao, Fu Zhao, Xiaojing Jiang, Yumeng Li, Tianjiao Huang, Zhikai Xiahou, Wenyang Nie, Qian Li

“…The C2 subtype was also associated with various metabolic pathways, such as glycolysis and riboflavin metabolism, as well as programmed cell death processes. The study highlighted the complex interactions between the C2 subtype and fibroblasts through the MK signaling pathway, which may be closely related to tumor-associated fibroblasts and tumor progression. …”
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Selection of potential probiotic candidate bacteria from seawater and shrimp pond sediments for controlling the pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Anisa Zulfani, Munti Yuhana, Sukenda Sukenda, Usamah Afif

“…V. parahaemolyticus strain that expresses the PirA and PirB toxins is the main causative agent of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease which causes necrosis (cell death) suddenly in the hepatopancreatic organs of shrimp. …”
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Anti-PD-1 amplifies costimulation in melanoma-infiltrating Th1-like Foxp3+ regulatory T cells to alleviate local immunosuppression by Fernando Alvarez, Fan Huang, Sonia V Del Rincon, Mikhaël Attias, Tho-Alfakar Al-Aubodah, Roman Istomine, Paige McCallum, Abrahim Sleiman, Tamiko Nishimura, Yasser Riazalhosseini, Ciriaco A Piccirillo

“…Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) are the first line of treatment for many solid tumors including melanoma. …”
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Clinical significance of plasma-free amino acids and tryptophan metabolites in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving PD-1 inhibitor: a pilot cohort study for developin... by Akihiko Kawahara, Tetsuro Sasada, Koichi Azuma, Hidenobu Ishii, Norikazu Matsuo, Takaaki Tokito, Tomoaki Hoshino, Yohei Miyagi, Huihui Xiang, Tomoyuki Tagami, Rika Kasajima, Yumiko Kato, Sachise Karakawa, Shinya Kikuchi, Akira Imaizumi, Kenta Murotani

“…Peripheral blood samples were collected from 53 patients with NSCLC before treatment with PD-1 (Programmed cell death-1) inhibitors. The plasma concentrations of 21 PFAAs, 14 metabolites, and neopterin were measured by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. …”
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Modulation of DAPK1 expression by its alternative splice variant DAPK1-215 in cancer by QingShui Wang, ShuYun Weng, WenTing Zhong, YouYu Lin, Yan Yu, YiMin Huang, LiLin Ge, XiuLi Zhang, FangQin Xue, Yehuda G. Assaraf, Yao Lin

“…Abstract Background Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1 (DAPK1) family members are calcium/calmodulin-regulated serine/threonine kinases implicated in cell death, normal development, and human diseases. …”
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Arsenic inducible islet β-cell dysfunction and ferroptosis through m6A-YTHDF2-dependent CHAC1 enhancement by Tianming Qiu, Jingyuan Zhang, Jinwei Song, Chenbing Wu, Xiaofeng Yao, Ningning Wang, Guang Yang, Jie Bai, Li Lv, Xiance Sun

“…Ferroptosis, a regulated cell death pathway dependent on GPX4, has been implicated in arsenic-induced β-cell dysfunction. …”
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Ruthenium(II) Lipid‐Mimics Drive Lipid Phase Separation to Arouse Autophagy‐Ferroptosis Cascade for Photoimmunotherapy by Yue Zheng, Wen‐Jin Wang, Jing‐Xin Chen, Kun Peng, Xiao‐Xiao Chen, Qing‐Hua Shen, Bing‐Bing Liang, Zong‐Wan Mao, Cai‐Ping Tan

“…Abstract Lipid‐mediated phase separation is crucial for the formation of lipophilic spontaneous domain to regulate lipid metabolism and homeostasis, furtherly contributing to multiple cell death pathways. Herein, a series of Ru(II) lipid‐mimics based on short chains or midchain lipids are developed. …”
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Corneal Mucin‐Targeting Liposome Nanoplatforms Enable Effective Treatment of Dry Eye Diseases by Integrated Regulation of Ferroptosis and Inflammation by Yin Zhang, Tinglian Zhou, Kai Wang, Chenqi Luo, Dan Chen, Zeen Lv, Haijie Han, Ke Yao

“…Ferroptosis, a new form of programmed cell death characterized by lipid peroxidation, has become a pivotal contributor to dry eye oxidative stress‐driven pathology. …”
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Efficacy and safety of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ji Ren, Jinghe Wang, Yanan Wang, Dongying Yang, Jianming Sheng, Shili Zhu, Yunli Liu, Xiaoqi Li, Wei Liu, Binbin Zhang

“…BackgroundThe combination of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors with chemotherapy (CT) is currently under evaluation as a first-line treatment for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (EC). …”
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Effectiveness and safety of PD-1/L1 inhibitors as first-line therapy for patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are ineligible for platinum-based chemotherap... by Weiming Liang, Weiming Liang, Zhijing Wang, Zhilong Huang, Yanping Huang, Chunyan Li, Yiwen Liang, Miaoyan Huang, Duo Zhang, Chenchen Li

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of programmed cell death protein 1 or its ligand (PD-1/L1) inhibitors as first-line therapy in advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) who are ineligible for platinum-based chemotherapy.MethodA systematic search was conducted in four databases (Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library) to find articles that evaluate the effectiveness of first-line PD-1/L1 inhibitors for mUC, from the establishment of the databases to 22 November 2023. …”
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Changes in TgAb and TPOAb titers are greater in thyrotoxicosis than isolated hypothyroidism induced by PD-1 blockade by Ayana Yamagami, Shintaro Iwama, Tomoko Kobayashi, Xin Zhou, Yoshinori Yasuda, Takayuki Okuji, Masaaki Ito, Tetsushi Izuchi, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Onoue, Takashi Miyata, Mariko Sugiyama, Daisuke Hagiwara, Hidetaka Suga, Ryoichi Banno, Hiroshi Arima

“…Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) and/or anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) positivity at baseline is a risk marker for thyroid immune-related adverse events (thyroid-irAEs) in anti-programmed cell death-1 antibody (PD-1-Ab) treatment; however, it is unknown if TgAb and TPOAb titers are associated with clinical characteristics of thyroid-irAEs. …”
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