Changes in and Potential Mechanisms of Circulating IgA+CD27-Class-Switched Memory B Cells in Patients With Allergic Rhinitis by Zheng H, Xu S, Yang R, Jiao WE, Qiao YL, Liu JY, Fan HM, Zhou YT, Ni HF, Chen J, Deng YQ, Chen SM

“…Visual analog scale (VAS) scores were used for symptom assessment, and the serum concentrations of immunoglobulins and cytokines were quantified. This study evaluated alterations in the proportions of peripheral blood memory B cells and their subpopulations, plasma cells, and various T-cell subsets across the three participant groups.Results: The proportion of IgA+CD27- class-switched memory B cells in the AR group significantly decreased compared to the control group, but significantly increased following AIT (P < 0.05). …”
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Pharmacological Preconditioning Improves the Viability and Proangiogenic Paracrine Function of Hydrogel-Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Francesco K. Touani, Melanie Borie, Feryel Azzi, Dominique Trudel, Nicolas Noiseux, Shant Der Sarkissian, Sophie Lerouge

“…Celastrol-treated cells increased quantities of proangiogenic cytokines compared to vehicle-pretreated cells, with a significant 3.0-fold and 1.8-fold increase of VEGFa and SDF-1α, respectively (p<0.05). …”
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Development of a Human Intestinal Organoid Model for In Vitro Studies on Gut Inflammation and Fibrosis by Leonidas Kandilogiannakis, Eirini Filidou, Ioannis Drygiannakis, Gesthimani Tarapatzi, Stylianos Didaskalou, Maria Koffa, Konstantinos Arvanitidis, Giorgos Bamias, Vassilis Valatas, Vasilis Paspaliaris, George Kolios

“…The proinflammatory cytokines IL-1α and TNF-α induced the mRNA expression of fibronectin, collagen types I and III, tissue factor (TF), and alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) primarily in early passages. …”
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Viral and immune dynamics of genital human papillomavirus infections in young women with high temporal resolution. by Nicolas Tessandier, Baptiste Elie, Vanina Boué, Christian Selinger, Massilva Rahmoun, Claire Bernat, Sophie Grasset, Soraya Groc, Anne-Sophie Bedin, Thomas Beneteau, Marine Bonneau, Christelle Graf, Nathalie Jacobs, Tsukushi Kamiya, Marion Kerioui, Julie Lajoie, Imène Melki, Jean-Luc Prétet, Bastien Reyné, Géraldine Schlecht-Louf, Mircea T Sofonea, Olivier Supplisson, Chris Wymant, Vincent Foulongne, Jérémie Guedj, Christophe Hirtz, Marie-Christine Picot, Jacques Reynes, Vincent Tribout, Édouard Tuaillon, Tim Waterboer, Michel Segondy, Ignacio G Bravo, Nathalie Boulle, Carmen Lía Murall, Samuel Alizon

“…We collected data on virus load, local immune cell populations, local concentrations of cytokines, and circulating antibody titres. Using hierarchical Bayesian statistical modelling to simultaneously analyse the data from 164 HPV infections from 76 participants, we show that in two months after infection, HPV viral load in non-persisting infections reaches a plateau that lasts on average for 13 to 20 months (95% credibility interval) and is then followed by a rapid clearance phase. …”
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Changes in Intestinal Microbiota Are Associated with Islet Function in a Mouse Model of Dietary Vitamin A Deficiency by Yunting Zhou, Junming Zhou, Yumin Zhang, Jun Tang, Bo Sun, Wei Xu, Xiaohang Wang, Yang Chen, Zilin Sun

“…VAD diet-driven changes in intestinal microbiota followed the inflammatory response with increased intestinal permeability and higher mRNA expression of intestinal inflammatory cytokines through nuclear factor-κB signaling pathway activation. …”
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Adipose-derived stem cells promote the recovery of intestinal barrier function by inhibiting the p38 MAPK signaling pathway by Mei Yang, Wangbin Xu, Chaofu Yue, Rong Li, Xian Huang, Yongjun Yan, Qinyong Yan, Shisheng Liu, Yuan Liu, Qiaolin Li

“…The expression of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, HMGB1, IL-1β and IL-6), antioxidant enzymes (iNOS, SOD and CAT), and oxidative products (MDA and 8-iso-PGF2α) was detected using ELISA kits and related reagent kits. …”
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Study on the effects of Mogroside V in inhibiting NLRP3-mediated granulosa cell pyroptosis and insulin resistance to improve PCOS by Wenqin Yang, Yujie Ma, Yafei Wu, Xiaocan Lei, Jing Zhang, Meixiang Li

“…MV treatment normalized the expression of ovarian pyroptosis factors (NLRP3, Caspase-1, GSDMD) and inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-18). In cellular models, MV increased E2 levels, reduced LDH release, and decreased the expression of insulin resistance and pyroptosis markers. …”
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Evaluation of the Expression of Infection-Related Long Noncoding RNAs among COVID-19 Patients: A Case-Control Study by Zahra Firoozi, Elham Mohammadisoleimani, Farzaneh Bagheri, Atefeh Taheri, Babak Pezeshki, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Abdolreza Daraei, Jalal Karimi, Yousef Gholampour, Yaser Mansoori, Zahra Montaseri

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a worldwide pandemic, activates signaling cascades and leads to innate immune responses and secretion of multiple chemokines and cytokines. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have a crucial role in inflammatory pathways. …”
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Lipoprotein (a) levels in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia by Liliya F. Galimova, Dinara I. Sadykova, Evgeniia S. Slastnikova, Chulpan D. Khaliullina, Karina R. Salakhova

“…Lp(a) promotes atherogenesis by increasing production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and depositing on the arterial wall. There are limited studies of Lp(a) in children with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), and the results are not specified by age. …”
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Intranigral Administration of β-Sitosterol-β-D-Glucoside Elicits Neurotoxic A1 Astrocyte Reactivity and Chronic Neuroinflammation in the Rat Substantia Nigra by Claudia Luna-Herrera, Irma A. Martínez-Dávila, Luis O. Soto-Rojas, Yazmin M. Flores-Martinez, Manuel A. Fernandez-Parrilla, Jose Ayala-Davila, Bertha A. León-Chavez, Guadalupe Soto-Rodriguez, Victor M. Blanco-Alvarez, Francisco E. Lopez-Salas, Maria E. Gutierrez-Castillo, Bismark Gatica-Garcia, America Padilla-Viveros, Cecilia Bañuelos, David Reyes-Corona, Armando J. Espadas-Alvarez, Linda Garcés-Ramírez, Oriana Hidalgo-Alegria, Fidel De La Cruz-lópez, Daniel Martinez-Fong

“…We also measured nitric oxide (NO), lipid peroxidation (LPX), and proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6). The Evans blue assay was used to explore the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. …”
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NLRX1 limits inflammatory neurodegeneration in the anterior visual pathway by Alexander J. Gill, Matthew D. Smith, Danny Galleguillos, Thomas Garton, Jackson W. Mace, Sachin P. Gadani, Swati Kumar, Aayush Pokharel, Krista Solem, Saahith Potluri, Omar Hussein, Giuliana Sardi Rogines, Arihant Singh, Annatje Clark, Peter A. Calabresi, Marjan Gharagozloo

“…The novel pharmacologic NLRX1 activators NX-13 and LABP-66 decreased LPS-mediated gene expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in mixed glial cultures. Moreover, treating EAE mice with oral LABP-66, compared to vehicle, after the onset of paralysis resulted in less anterior visual pathway neurodegeneration. …”
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Herbal HuoXueTongFu Formula with anti-inflammatory and fibrinolytic activity regulation for the prevention of postoperative peritoneal adhesions by Lili Yang, Lili Yang, Yali Wang, Yali Wang, Zhengjun Li, Zhengjun Li, Wen Li, Yanqi Chen, Ziyang Kong, Huixiang Zhang, Jiafei Wu, Mingqi Shang, Ming Li, Yaoyao Bian, Yaoyao Bian, Yaoyao Bian, Li Zeng, Li Zeng

“…Validation experiments revealed that HXTF could induce macrophage polarization-mediated anti-inflammatory reactions by increasing the phagocytic capacity of PMs and promoting the release of anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-4 and IL-10). In addition, HXTF promoted fibrinogenolysis and improved fibrinolytic activity, thereby inhibiting collagen deposition and reducing adhesion development.ConclusionThe ameliorative effects of herbal HXTF on PPA formation are attributable to the induction of macrophage polarization-mediated anti-inflammatory reactions in the early stage of PPA formation and the promotion of fibrinogenolysis and fibrinolytic activity in the middle stage of PPA formation. …”
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Development an Inflammation-Related Factor-Based Model for Predicting Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Yunpeng Peng, Xiaole Zhu, Chaoqun Hou, Chenyuan Shi, Dongya Huang, Zipeng Lu, Yi Miao, Qiang Li

“…Methods. 100 patients with their clinical information and IRF data (levels of 10 cytokines, percentages of different immune cells, and data obtained from white blood cell count) were retrospectively enrolled in this study, and 94 patients were finally selected for further analysis. …”
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Spatial and single-cell transcriptomics reveal cellular heterogeneity and a novel cancer-promoting Treg cell subset in human clear-cell renal cell carcinoma by Lijuan Wang, Qian He, Weijun Qin, Xiyu Song, Yumeng Zhu, Wenwen Geng, Jianhua Jiao, Hongjiao Liu, Ruo Chen, Xiuxuan Sun, Jiejie Geng, Zhinan Chen

“…Importantly, we identified a special regulatory T (Treg) cell subpopulation that has the molecular characteristics of terminal effector Treg cells but expresses multiple cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18. This group of Treg cells has stronger immunosuppressive function and was associated with a worse prognosis in ccRCC cohorts. …”
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Metabolic Profiling by UPLC–Orbitrap–MS/MS of Liver from C57BL/6 Mice with DSS-Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Zhongquan Xin, Zhenya Zhai, Hongrong Long, Fan Zhang, Xiaojun Ni, Jinping Deng, Lunzhao Yi, Baichuan Deng

“…Spearman correlation analysis showed that the majority of the biomarkers have a significant correlation with cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10), indicating that those biomarkers may act as potential targets to interact directly or indirectly with cecropin A and antibiotics to affect liver inflammation. …”
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Alarmins HMGB1, IL-33, S100A7, and S100A12 in Psoriasis Vulgaris by Pavel Borsky, Zdenek Fiala, Ctirad Andrys, Martin Beranek, Kvetoslava Hamakova, Andrea Malkova, Tereza Svadlakova, Jan Krejsek, Vladimir Palicka, Lenka Borska, Vit Rehacek

“…Increased levels of numerous cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, and other molecules were found in the skin and in the circulation of psoriatic patients. …”
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Genome-wide transcriptome analysis and drug target discovery reveal key genes and pathways in thyroid cancer metastasis by Minjing Zou, Amal Qattan, Monther Al-Alwan, Hazem Ghebeh, Naif Binjumah, Latifa Al-Haj, Khalid S. A. Khabar, Abdulmohsen Altaweel, Falah Almohanna, Abdullah M. Assiri, Abdelilah Aboussekhra, Ali S. Alzahrani, Ali S. Alzahrani, Yufei Shi

“…Notably, IL-6-mediated inflammatory and PD-L1 pathways were highly active in Met cells with increased secretion of pro-inflammatory and pro-metastatic cytokines such as CCL2, CCL11, IL5, IL6, and CXCL5. …”
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Aloe Emodin Reduces Cardiac Inflammation Induced by a High-Fat Diet through the TLR4 Signaling Pathway by Yingfu Chen, Burong Feng, Ye Yuan, Juan Hu, Wei Zhao, Huiwei Jiang, Wen Li, Ziyi Fan, Zhimin Du

“…We demonstrated that the expression levels of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α were increased in the HFD group compared to the normal diet (ND) group, whereas AE treatment significantly reduced their levels in the myocardium. …”
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Association between Irisin, hs-CRP, and Metabolic Status in Children and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Leticia Elizondo-Montemayor, Adrian M. Gonzalez-Gil, Oscar Tamez-Rivera, Carla Toledo-Salinas, Mariana Peschard-Franco, Nora A. Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Christian Silva-Platas, Gerardo Garcia-Rivas

“…Proinflammatory cytokines and the novel myokine irisin, a cleavage product of FNDC5, have been found to play a role in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Recombinant Lactococcus lactis Carrying IL-4 and IL-10 Coding Vectors Protects against Type 1 Diabetes in NOD Mice and Attenuates Insulitis in the STZ-Induced Model by Tatiane M. Preisser, Vanessa P. da Cunha, Mariana P. Santana, Vanessa B. Pereira, Denise C. Cara, Bianca M. Souza, Anderson Miyoshi

“…Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that culminates in beta cell destruction in the pancreas and, subsequently, deficiency in insulin production. Cytokines play a crucial role in the development of diabetes, orchestrating the recruitment and action of immune cells, to not only destroy insulin-producing cells but also preserve them. …”
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