Immune responses of cattle vaccinated by various routes with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) by Mitchell V. Palmer, Soyoun Hwang, Carly Kanipe, Ellie J. Putz, Luis Guilherme Virgilio Fernandes, Anna Didkowska, Paola M. Boggiatto

“…Results No vaccinated cattle were positive by an interferon gamma release assay. All but 4 animals were negative by tuberculin skin testing prior to vaccination: the 4 non-negative animals being categorized as suspects. …”
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Ruxolitinib and oHSV combination therapy increases CD4 T cell activity and germinal center B cell populations in murine sarcoma by Ravi Dhital, Yeaseul Kim, Doyeon Kim, Ilse Hernandez-Aguirre, Jack Hedberg, Alexia Martin, Kevin A. Cassady

“…RUX+oHSV therapy also increased cytokine-expressing CD4(+) populations, predominantly granzyme B(+) cytotoxic-like, interferon (IFN)-γ(+) T helper type 1 (Th1)-like, and interleukin (IL)-21(+) T follicular helper (Tfh)-like phenotypes, within the tumor infiltrates, suggestive of potential tertiary lymphoid structure development in the treated tumors. …”
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Safety of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Combination Therapy in a Patient Who Developed Anemia due to Ribavirin by Hirokazu Suii, Itaru Ozeki, Ryoji Tatsumi, Masakatsu Yamaguchi, Mutsuumi Kimura, Tomohiro Arakawa, Tomoaki Nakajima, Yasuaki Kuwata, Takumi Ohmura, Shuhei Hige, Yoshiyasu Karino, Joji Toyota

“…Interferon (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) combination therapy was previously the standard of care for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 2 infection. …”
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Mannan-decorated STING-activating vaccine carrier for spatial coordinative stimulating antigen-specific immune responses by Liping Liu, Jiayu Zhao, Zichao Huang, Yudi Xu, Hongyu Chen, Ruirui Qiao, Wantong Song, Zhaohui Tang, Thomas P. Davis, Xuesi Chen

“…Herein, we designed a mannan-decorated stimulator of the interferon genes (STING)-activating vaccine carrier for spatial coordinative stimulation of antigen-specific immune responses and elicitation of robust antitumor immunity. …”
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Multicentre, 26-week, open-label phase 2 trial of the JAK inhibitor filgotinib in Behçet’s disease, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and IgG4-related disease: DRIMID study protoc... by Sander W Tas, Joost Raaphorst, Paco M J Welsing, Jacob M van Laar, Rogier M Thurlings, Robbert J Goekoop, César Magro Checa, Jan A M van Laar, Bettina C Geertsema-Hoeve, Nicolle H Rekers, Erik Present

“…Given the activation of the type 1 interferon pathway in BD, IIM and IgG4-RD, inhibition of the Janus kinase (JAK) STAT pathway emerges as a promising therapeutic strategy. …”
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TNF-α Enhances the Therapeutic Effects of MenSC-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles on Inflammatory Bowel Disease through Macrophage Polarization by miR-24-3p by Huikang Xu, Jiamin Fu, Lijun Chen, Sining Zhou, Yangxin Fang, Qi Zhang, Xin Chen, Li Yuan, Yifei Li, Zhenyu Xu, Charlie Xiang

“…MiR-24-3p was proved to target and downregulate interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) expression in the murine colon and then promoted the polarization of M2 macrophages. …”
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The Effect of Rosuvastatin on a murine model of deep vein thrombosis by Megan E. Barney, Shenghao Zhou, Anh Le-Cook, Naly Setthavongsack, Gabriel Nager, Jennifer M. Loftis, Randy L. Woltjer, Monica Hinds, Khanh P. Nguyen

“…On day 7, rosuvastatin treated mice demonstrated increased levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) (4.22 pg/mL ±5.02 vs 0.49 pg/mL ±0.01, p = 0.04) in comparison to the control mice. …”
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Serum Level Alteration of IL-6, IL-1β, and IFN-γ in Groups of Healthy Adults with Oxidative DNA Damage in Najaf Governorate by Dhuha S. Saleh, Hayder S. Hussain, Hasan N. Al-Haidari, Samia K. Abbas, Ayaid K. Zgair, Seenaa M. Ali

“…The present study aims to determine the effect of uranium pollution and DNA damage on the immune system function in terms of estimating the levels of serum interleukin (IL)-6, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), and IL-1 beta (β). Method. …”
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Milk fat globule membrane supplementation protects against β-lactoglobulin-induced food allergy in mice via upregulation of regulatory T cells and enhancement of intestinal barrier... by Han Gong, Tiange Li, Dong Liang, Jingxin Gao, Xiaohan Liu, Xueying Mao

“…Results demonstrated that MFGM alleviated food allergy symptoms, decreased serum levels of lipopolysaccharide, pro-inflammatory cytokines, immunoglobulin (Ig) E, IgG1, and Th2 cytokines including interleukin (IL)-4, while increased serum levels of Th1 cytokines including interferon-γ and regulatory T cells (Tregs) cytokines including IL-10 and transforming growth factor-β. …”
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Anti-IL-22 Antibody Attenuates Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease via Increasing Foxp3+ T Cell through Modulation of CD11b+ Cell Function by Jianbo Wu, Jian Gu, Shun Zhou, Hao Lu, Yunjie Lu, Ling Lu, Xuehao Wang

“…IL-22Ab treatment also decreased the percentage of interferon-γ+ and tumor necrosis factor-α+ T cells but increased the number of forkhead box p3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs). …”
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NKp46 enhances type 1 innate lymphoid cell proliferation and function and anti-acute myeloid leukemia activity by Rui Ma, Zhenlong Li, Hejun Tang, Xiaojin Wu, Lei Tian, Zahir Shah, Ningyuan Liu, Tasha Barr, Jianying Zhang, Sean Wang, Srividya Swaminathan, Guido Marcucci, Yong Peng, Michael A. Caligiuri, Jianhua Yu

“…The binding of anti-NKp46 antibody to NKp46 triggers the activation of NF-κB, the expression of IL-2Rα, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), proliferation, and cytotoxicity. …”
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A High-Salt Diet Disturbs the Development and Function of Natural Killer Cells in Mice by Xiaokang Zeng, Yan Li, Weibiao Lv, Xinhuai Dong, Chong Zeng, Liming Zeng, Zibo Wei, Xu Lin, Yanning Ma, Qiang Xiao

“…Natural killer (NK) cells are important innate immune cells that directly kill their targets via degranulation and secretion of interferon gamma (IFN-γ). NK cells play a vital role in resisting viruses and preventing the malignant transformation of cells; however, whether HSD affects the development and function of NK cells has not yet been elucidated. …”
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Bacteroides Fragilis Exacerbates T2D Vascular Calcification by Secreting Extracellular Vesicles to Induce M2 Macrophages by Cong Chen, Zhengfeng Liang, Yuqi He, Yan Gao, Shuhui Ouyang, Lili Wang, Jianghua Liu, Jingsong Cao

“…Mechanistically, EV‐rich double‐stranded DNA (dsDNA) activates stimulator of interferon response cGAMP interactor 1 (Sting), promotes myocyte enhancer factor 2D (Mef2d) phosphorylation, upregulates tribbles pseudokinase 1 (Trib1) expression, and induces macrophage M2 polarization. …”
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Mitochondria-targeted photothermal-chemodynamic therapy enhances checkpoint blockade immunotherapy on colon cancer by Benchao Zheng, Hongbo Wang, Shiyi Zhai, Jiangsheng Li, Kuangda Lu

“…We found a significant increase in serum levels of pro-inflammatory factors, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), following PTT/CDT/immunotherapy treatment, suggesting effective activation of the immune response. …”
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Interleukin-12 Inhibits Tumor Growth and Metastasis Promoted by Tumor-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Babak Jahangiri, Zahra-Soheila Soheili, Elahe Asadollahi, Mehdi Shamsara, Vahid Shariati, Alireza Zomorodipour

“…IL-12 therapyelevated serum IL-12 and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) expression, suppressed tumor volume and lung metastasis, andimproved overall survival in the TA-MSC group. …”
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Hydrogel loaded with cerium-manganese nanoparticles and nerve growth factor enhances spinal cord injury repair by modulating immune microenvironment and promoting neuronal regenera... by Zhaoyang Gong, Zhenhao Chen, Dachuan Li, Xiao Lu, Jianwei Wu, Hanqiu Sun, Ximeng Wang, Siyang Liu, Xinlei Xia, Feizhou Lu, Jianyuan Jiang, Chi Sun, Hongli Wang, Feng Zeng, Xiaosheng Ma

“…Notably, the composite significantly upregulated the expression of nerve growth-associated proteins, reduced inflammatory cytokines, scavenged reactive oxygen species (ROS), and promoted M2 macrophage polarization by inhibiting the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling pathway. In a rat SCI model, it facilitated functional recovery and attenuated inflammation. …”
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Remodeling of tumor microenvironments by EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer by Soomin Kim, Jaemoon Koh, Tae Min Kim, Songji Oh, Soyeon Kim, Jeonghwan Youk, Miso Kim, Bhumsuk Keam, Yoon Kyung Jeon, Dong-Wan Kim, Dae Seog Heo

“…The most predominant immune subtypes before and after treatment was the interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-dominant C2 subtype and the lymphocyte-depleted C4 subtype. …”
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TDP43 augments astrocyte inflammatory activity through mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis in NMOSD by Zhuhe Liu, Yunmeng Bai, Bingtian Xu, Haixia Wen, Kechun Chen, Jingfang Lin, Yuanyuan Wang, Jiangping Xu, Haitao Wang, Fudong Shi, Jigang Wang, Honghao Wang

“…NMOSD caused activation of mtDNA/cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) / stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway and A1-type inflammatory activation in astrocytes. …”
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Deficiency of ATF3 facilitates both angiotensin II‐induced and spontaneously formed aortic aneurysm and dissection development by activating cGAS–STING pathway by Yifan Du, Poyi Hu, Xiangchao Ding, Dashuai Wang, Jingjing Luo, Sheng Le, Lingyun Ren, Manhua Chen, Ping Ye, Jiahong Xia

“…Impaired DNA repair in VSMCs resulted in micronuclei formation in the cytoplasm, activating the  cyclicGMP‐AMP synthase‐ stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS–STING) pathway and inducing VSMC phenotypic switching and apoptosis. …”
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Systematic collection, annotation, and pattern analysis of viral vaccines in the VIOLIN vaccine knowledgebase by Anthony Huffman, Mehul Gautam, Arya Gandhi, Priscilla Du, Lauren Austin, Kallan Roan, Jie Zheng, Yongqun He, Yongqun He

“…Furthermore, our Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis using a customized Fisher’s exact test identified many enriched patterns such as viral entry into the host cell, DNA/RNA/ATP/ion binding, and suppression of host type 1 interferon-mediated signaling pathway. The viral vaccines and their associated entities and relations are ontologically modeled and represented in the Vaccine Ontology (VO). …”
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