The role of complement in tumor immune tolerance and drug resistance: a double-edged sword by Ronghui Yang, Di Fu, Di Fu, Aijun Liao

“…The complement system, which serves as the foundation of the innate immune system, exhibits intricate and nuanced dual characteristics in the evolution of tumors. …”
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Current Concepts of Hyperinflammation in Chronic Granulomatous Disease by Nikolaus Rieber, Andreas Hector, Taco Kuijpers, Dirk Roos, Dominik Hartl

“…The underlying pathomechanisms driving hyperinflammatory reactions in CGD are poorly understood, but recent studies implicate reduced neutrophil apoptosis and efferocytosis, dysbalanced innate immune receptors, altered T-cell surface redox levels, induction of Th17 cells, the enzyme indolamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), impaired Nrf2 activity, and inflammasome activation. …”
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Manipulation of Type I Interferon Signaling by HIV and AIDS-Associated Viruses by Buyuan He, James T. Tran, David Jesse Sanchez

“…Overall, a better understanding of these mechanisms creates avenues to better understand the innate immune response to these viruses as well as plan the development of antivirals that would allow the natural antiviral effect of Type I Interferons to manifest during these infections.…”
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Borrelia burgdorferi Tolerance-Associated Changes in Gene Expression of Murine Macrophages by Sophia Chen, Ricki Deng, Anis Hadi, Sara Nandwana, William Ryan, John B. Presloid, R. Mark Wooten

“…Macrophages, key cellular players in the innate immune response, exhibit diminished functionality over time during Bb infection, potentially leading to chronic infection. …”
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Resistify: A Novel NLR Classifier That Reveals Helitron-Associated NLR Expansion in Solanaceae by Moray Smith, John T Jones, Ingo Hein

“…Nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins are a key component of the plant innate immune system. In plant genomes, NLRs exhibit considerable presence/absence variation and sequence diversity. …”
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Role of C5 Activation Products in Sepsis by Peter A. Ward

“…A number of other complications arising from the interaction of C5a with its receptors include apoptosis of lymphoid cells, loss of innate immune functions of neutrophils (PMNs, polymorphonuclear leukocytes), cardiomyopathy, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and complications associated with MOF. …”
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The role of high-density lipoproteins in sepsis by Liam R. Brunham

“…Collectively, these data raise the intriguing possibility that a clinically important biological function of HDL is as a component of the innate immune system and suggest that pharmacological manipulation of HDL may be a strategy to reduce the organ dysfunction and death that results from uncontrolled inflammation during sepsis. …”
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Diverse Roles of Inhibitor of Differentiation 2 in Adaptive Immunity by Lucille Rankin, Gabrielle T. Belz

“…While its role in early lymphopoiesis has been well characterized, new roles in adaptive immune responses have recently been uncovered opening exciting new directions for investigation. In the innate immune system, Id2 is required for the development of mature natural killer (NK) cells, lymphoid tissue-inducer (LTi) cells, and the recently identified interleukin (IL)-22 secreting nonconventional innate lymphocytes found in the gut. …”
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The Role of Immune Defects and Colonization of Staphylococcus aureus in the Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis by Danuta Nowicka, Ewelina Grywalska

“…Apart from increased adhesion of S. aureus in atopic skin, defects of the innate immune response resulting in the lack of restriction of the growth of microorganisms also contribute to susceptibility to colonization by and infection with S. aureus. …”
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Inflammation and Immune Response in COPD: Where Do We Stand? by Nikoletta Rovina, Antonia Koutsoukou, Nikolaos G. Koulouris

“…Cigarette smoke activates innate immune cells by triggering pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) to release “danger signal”. …”
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The Role and the Regulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Narrative Review by Arezina Kasti, Konstantinos Katsas, Maroulla D. Nikolaki, Konstantinos Triantafyllou

“…NLRP3 inflammasome is part of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) family, a crucial component of the innate immune system. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that inhibiting NLRP3 reduces visceral sensitivity and IBS symptoms, like abdominal pain, and diarrhea, suggesting that targeting the NLRP3 might represent a novel therapeutic approach for IBS. …”
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NLRP3 Inflammasome: Activation and Regulation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Jiangyuan Gao, Ruozhou Tom Liu, Sijia Cao, Jing Z. Cui, Aikun Wang, Eleanor To, Joanne A. Matsubara

“…Little is known about the interactions among these mechanisms that drive the transition from early to late stages of AMD, such as geographic atrophy (GA) or choroidal neovascularization (CNV). As part of the innate immune system, inflammasome activation has been identified in RPE cells and proposed to be a causal factor for RPE dysfunction and degeneration. …”
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Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities by Huan Zhang, Huan Zhang, Qilin Yang, Qilin Yang, Leyi Wang, Leyi Wang, Huawei Liu, Huawei Liu, Daoyuan Zhang, Daoyuan Zhang, Cheng-Guo Duan, Xiaoshuang Li, Xiaoshuang Li

“…While sharing the fundamental innate immune systems common to all land plants, mosses have evolved distinct chemical and physical defense mechanisms. …”
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The Role of TOX in the Development of Innate Lymphoid Cells by Corey R. Seehus, Jonathan Kaye

“…Recently, we have identified a broader role for TOX in the innate immune system, demonstrating that this nuclear protein is required for generation of bone marrow progenitors that have potential to give rise to all innate lymphoid cells. …”
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Interferon-gamma rescues dendritic cell calcineurin-dependent responses to Aspergillus fumigatus via Stat3 to Stat1 switching by Amit Adlakha, Thomas J. Williams, Xinxin Shou, Anna K. Reed, Boris Lenhard, Darius Armstrong-James

“…We previously identified a role for the calcineurin pathway in innate immune responses to A. fumigatus and have used exogenous interferon-gamma successfully to treat aspergillosis in this setting. …”
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BCG-Induced Trained Immunity in Healthy Individuals: The Effect of Plasma Muramyl Dipeptide Concentrations by Vera P. Mourits, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Simone J. C. F. M. Moorlag, Wern Cui Chu, Xiaoli Xu, Helga Dijkstra, Heidi Lemmers, Leo A. B. Joosten, Yue Wang, Reinout van Crevel, Mihai G. Netea

“…BCG-induced nonspecific protection is, at least partially, mediated by innate immune reprogramming (trained immunity), which can be induced by the muramyl dipeptide (MDP) component of peptidoglycans. …”
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What’s in a name? Memory NK cells for cancer immunotherapy by William J Murphy, Robert J Canter, Sean J Judge, Megan C Purl

“…The discovery that natural killer (NK) cells can retain features of “memory” from previous stimulation and pathogen exposure was a landmark advance highlighting one of many ways in which NK cells of the innate immune system resemble T cells of the adaptive immune system. …”
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Dysregulated Functions of Lung Macrophage Populations in COPD by Theodore S. Kapellos, Kevin Bassler, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Wataru Fujii, Joachim L. Schultze

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a diverse respiratory disease characterised by bronchiolitis, small airway obstruction, and emphysema. Innate immune cells play a pivotal role in the disease’s progression, and in particular, lung macrophages exploit their prevalence and strategic localisation to orchestrate immune responses. …”
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Within-host evolution of a transcriptional regulator contributes to the establishment of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection by Ning Zhou, Jingchen Yu, Xujiao Liu, Chengxi Li, Huang Tang, Lin Lyu, Chengwei Wu, Yana Chen, Jian Zhang, Jinjing Ni, Danni Wang, Jing Tao, Wenjuan Wu, Yu Zhang, Yun Feng, Yanjie Chao, Jie Lu, Ping He, Yu-Feng Yao

“…Overall, the mutation in gavR attenuates P. aeruginosa virulence and enhances innate immune evasion by reprogramming pyruvate metabolism and the glyoxylate cycle. …”
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Serum Calprotectin: An Antimicrobial Peptide as a New Marker For the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Newborns by Gianluca Terrin, Annalisa Passariello, Francesco Manguso, Gennaro Salvia, Luciano Rapacciuolo, Francesco Messina, Francesco Raimondi, Roberto Berni Canani

“…To determine the diagnostic utility of serum calprotectin, a mediator of innate immune response against infections, we performed a multicenter study involving newborns with a birth weight <1500 g and a postnatal age >72 hours of life. …”
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