Production of novel theranostic nano-vector based on superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles/miR-497 targeting colorectal cancer by Asmaa M. Elfiky, May M. Eid, May El-Manawaty, Zeinab A. Elshahid, Elham Mohamed Youssef, Khaled Mahmoud

“…Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a serious public health concern worldwide. Immune checkpoint inhibition medication is likely to remain a crucial part of CRC clinical management. …”
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Nanomolar detection of essential amino acid in dairy products using a novel electrochemical sensor based on zinc cobaltite nanoflowers embedded porous 3D reduced graphene oxide by Neethu Sebastian, Wan-Chin Yu, Deepak Balram, Ashish Patel, Deepak Kumar, Virendra Kumar Yadav

“…L-tryptophan (L-Trp) is a vital amino acid that sways neuronal function, immunity, and gut homeostasis, and its accurate detection in food samples is crucial. …”
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Aluminum-Induced Alterations in Purinergic System Parameters of BV-2 Brain Microglial Cells by Charles Elias Assmann, Vitor Bastianello Mostardeiro, Grazielle Castagna Cezimbra Weis, Karine Paula Reichert, Audrei de Oliveira Alves, Vanessa Valéria Miron, Margarete Dulce Bagatini, Taís Vidal Palma, Cinthia Melazzo de Andrade, Micheli Mainardi Pillat, Fabiano Barbosa Carvalho, Cristina Ruedell Reschke, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger, Vera Maria Melchiors Morsch

“…Purinergic signaling has been shown to play a role in several neurological conditions as it can modulate the functioning of several cell types, such as microglial cells, the main resident immune cells of the CNS. However, Al effects on microglial cells and the role of the purinergic system remain elusive. …”
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Lactoferrin: a secret weapon in the war against pathogenic bacteria by Lucero Ruiz-Mazón, Gerardo Ramírez-Rico, Mireya de la Garza

“…A key in this race against the clock could be lactoferrin (Lf), a cationic glycoprotein of the mammalian innate immune system that is highly conserved among mammals. …”
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Lipids in parenteral nutrition – expert consensus statements: Translating guidelines into clinical practice by Robert G. Martindale, Philip C. Calder, Sarah V. Cogle, David C. Evans, Leah Gramlich, Stephen A. McClave, Manpreet S. Mundi, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Reid Nishikawa, Jayshil Patel, Lorenzo Pradelli, Martin Rosenthal, Christian Stoppe, Kelly A. Tappenden, Malissa Warren, Dan Waitzberg, Paul E. Wischmeyer, Stanislaw Klek

“…In addition, lipids modulate a variety of biological functions, including inflammatory and immune responses. Moreover, fish oil (FO), which contains omega-3 fatty acids, has become an important component of modern lipid emulsions. …”
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Downregulation of MerTK in circulating T cells of patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy by Shimiao Bu, Shimiao Bu, Jiang-Yue Ling, Jiang-Yue Ling, Xiaojun Wu, Xiaojun Wu, Liting Zhang, Liting Zhang, Xiangyu Shi, Lang Huang, Zheng Zhao, Ying Yang, Zongqin Xiang, Yong U. Liu, Yong U. Liu, Yufeng Liu, Yuehong Zhang, Yuehong Zhang

“…ObjectiveTo explore the differential gene expression in peripheral blood immune cells of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), comparing those with and without non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR).MethodsFrom a pool of 126 potential participants, 60 were selected for detailed analysis. …”
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Induction of Macrophage M2b/c Polarization by Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Meng Sun, Linxiao Sun, Chongchu Huang, Bi-cheng Chen, Zhenxu Zhou

“…Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) can promote healing and inhibit inflammation/immune response in local tissues, while the detailed mechanism remains unknown. …”
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Analysis of the Heterogeneity of CD4+CD25+ T Cell TCR β CDR3 Repertoires in Breast Tumor Tissues, Lung Metastatic Tissues, and Spleens from 4T1 Tumor-Bearing BALB/c Mice by Teng Zhang, Fangfang Duan, Danhua Su, Long Ma, Jiezuan Yang, Bin Shi, Xiaoyan He, Rui Ma, Suhong Sun, Xinsheng Yao

“…However, the number and characteristics of overlapping CDR3 sequences suggested that there were some different CD4+CD25+ T cells in tumors and in the circulatory immune system. The study may be used to further explore the characteristics of the CDR3 repertoires and determine the source of the CD4+CD25+ T cells in the breast cancer microenvironment.…”
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Multi-omics analysis in inclusion body myositis identifies mir-16 responsible for HLA overexpression by Daphne Wijnbergen, Mridul Johari, Ozan Ozisik, Peter A.C. ‘t Hoen, Friederike Ehrhart, Anaïs Baudot, Chris T. Evelo, Bjarne Udd, Marco Roos, Eleni Mina

“…These subnetworks are related to antigen processing and presentation, chemokine-mediated signaling, immune response-signal transduction, rRNA processing, and mRNA splicing. …”
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Tryptophan metabolism-related gene CYP1B1 serves as a shared biomarker for both Parkinson’s disease and insomnia by Xin-Yu Li, Wen-Kai Yu, Jing-Hao Wu, Wen-Jun He, Yu-Nan Cheng, Kai Gao, Yi-Han Wei, Yu-Sheng Li

“…Subsequently, we employed CIBERSORT and single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) to further investigate the association between hub genes and peripheral immune activation and inflammatory response. Additionally, gene interaction, Drug-mRNA, Transcription Factor (TF)-mRNA, and competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks centered on these hub genes were constructed to explore regulatory mechanisms and potential drug interactions. …”
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Impact of Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, Age, and Body Mass Index on the Occurrence of Skin Cancer and Islet Dysfunction After Transplantation by Christopher Orr, Jeannette Stratton, Mohamed El-Shahawy, Elena Forouhar, Alice Peng, Gagandeep Singh, Keiko Omori, Meirigeng Qi, Fouad Kandeel

“…Herein, we characterized the percentage of tacrolimus to the combined sirolimus and tacrolimus trough levels (tacrolimus %) observed during islet transplant-associated immune suppression therapy with post-transplant skin cancer. …”
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Platelet–Monocyte Aggregate Instigates Inflammation and Vasculopathy in Kawasaki Disease by Yuan Zhang, Cuiping Jia, Manli Guo, Qian Chen, Ying Wen, Ting Wang, Yinyin Xie, Xuejiao Fan, Jingwen Gao, Timur O. Yarovinsky, Renjing Liu, Zhiyong Jiang, Mengmeng Wang, Jin Zhou, Di Che, Lanyan Fu, Richard Edelson, Xiaoqiong Gu, John Hwa, Wai Ho Tang

“…Platelet hyperreactivity and an aberrant immune response are key indicators of KD; however, the mechanism by which hyperactive platelets contribute to inflammation and vasculopathy in KD remains unclear. …”
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Unlocking the Potential of RNA Sequencing in COVID-19: Toward Accurate Diagnosis and Personalized Medicine by Heba M. Saad Eldien, Abdulrahman H. Almaeen, Ahmed Abo El Fath, Ahmed E. Taha, Rehab Ahmed, Hassabelrasoul Elfadil, Helal F. Hetta

“…It allows for the differentiation between asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals and sheds light on the immune response mechanisms that contribute to disease progression. …”
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Role of hepatocyte RIPK1 in maintaining liver homeostasis during metabolic challenges by Weigao Zhang, Hu Liu, Danyang Zhang, Yuguo Yi, Liang Tao, Yunfeng Zhu, Shuxian Huang, Xunan Zhao, Qianchao Shao, Peiqi Li, Yiwen Weng, Wei Lu, Jianfa Zhang, Haibing Zhang, Yuxin Chen, Dan Weng

“…Transcriptomic analysis revealed that short-term fasting oriented the hepatic microenvironment into an inflammatory state in Ripk1-hepKO mice, with up-regulated expression of inflammation and immune cell recruitment-associated genes. Single-cell RNA sequencing further confirmed the altered cellular composition in the liver of Ripk1-hepKO mice during fasting, highlighting the increased recruitment of macrophages to the liver. …”
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Clinical Features and Dynamics of T Cells-Related Markers in Immunocompetent Patients with Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis by Takuya Komura, Takashi Kagaya, Hideo Takayama, Masahiro Yanagi, Takatoshi Yoshio, Saiho Sugimoto, Michiko Nishino, Noriaki Orita, Yoshiro Asahina, Masashi Nishikawa, Shuichi Kaneko, Masashi Unoura

“…We also assayed T-cell activation to evaluate the immune responses in these patients. Results. Fever (74.5%), hepatosplenomegaly (74.5%), sore throat (36.2%), headache (31.9%), abdominal pain (27.7%), lymphadenopathy (23.4%), and skin rash (6.4%) were present at admission. …”
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Ginsenoside Rg1: A bioactive therapeutic agent for diverse liver diseases by Mingyu Wu, Ke Li, Jiabin Wu, Xianyi Ding, Xiaotong Ma, Wenhong Wang, Weihua Xiao

“…., which mainly rely on the inhibition of apoptosis, strengthening endogenous anti-inflammatory and antioxidant mechanisms, activation of immune responses and regulation of efflux transport signals, to improve pathological changes in the liver caused by lipid deposition, inflammation, oxidative stress, accumulation of hepatotoxic product, etc. …”
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Protective role of 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (MPST) in the development of metabolic syndrome and vascular inflammation by Paraskevas Zampas, Zhen Li, Antonia Katsouda, Aimilia Varela, Stelios Psarras, Constantinos H. Davos, David J. Lefer, Andreas Papapetropoulos

“…Global deletion of Mpst (Mpst-/-) resulted in increased body weight and greater glucose intolerance in mice with MetS, without affecting their blood pressure, and caused an upregulation of genes involved in immune responses in the vasculature suggestive of T-cell infiltration and activation. …”
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Comprehensive Modular Synthesis of Ganglioside Glycans and Evaluation of their Binding Affinities to Siglec‐7 and Siglec‐9 by Avijit K. Adak, Hsin‐Kai Tseng, Shu‐Yen Chang, Yu‐Ching Chiang, Ke‐Hong Lyu, Yun‐Sheng Lee, Wen Lu, Wen‐Hua Kuo, Takashi Angata, Chun‐Cheng Lin

“…Moreover, a microarray is constructed with these synthesized ganglioside glycans to investigate their binding specificity with recombinant Fc‐fused Siglec‐7 and Siglec‐9, which are immune checkpoint‐like glycan recognition proteins on natural killer cells. …”
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Greater residential greenness is associated with reduced epigenetic aging in adults by Andrey I. Egorov, Shannon M. Griffin, Jo Klein, Wei Guo, Jennifer N. Styles, Jason Kobylanski, Mark S. Murphy, Elizabeth Sams, Edward E. Hudgens, Timothy J. Wade

“…Abstract Potential pathways linking urban green spaces to improved health include relaxation, stress alleviation, and improved immune system functioning. Epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) is a composite biomarker of biological aging based on DNA methylation measurements; it is predictive of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Postpartum Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge by Vijay Kodadhala, Alemeshet Gudeta, Aklilu Zerihun, Odene Lewis, Sohail Ahmed, Jhansi Gajjala, Alicia Thomas

“…Current guidelines recommend primary Isoniazid prophylaxis in TB exposed pregnant women who are immune-suppressed and have chronic medical conditions or obstetric risk factors and close and sustained contact with a patient with infectious TB. …”
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