The effect of GM-CSF and predictors of treatment outcome in pediatric septic shock patients by Zhen-Hao Yu, Gui-Xiang Tian, Yao-Dong Wang, Ting-Yan Liu, Peng Shi, Jia-Yun Ying, Wei-Ming Chen, Yu-Feng Zhou, Guo-Ping Lu, Cai-Yan Zhang

“…Abstract Background Pediatric septic shock is a critical condition associated with high mortality rates, largely due to sepsis-induced immunosuppression. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has been explored as a therapeutic intervention to counteract this immunosuppression. …”
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Surgical Injury and Ischemia Prime the Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction and Increase Angiogenic Capacity in a Mouse Limb Ischemia Model by Satoko Kishimoto, Ken-ichi Inoue, Ryoichi Sohma, Shigeru Toyoda, Masashi Sakuma, Teruo Inoue, Ken-ichiro Yoshida

“…The F4/80-positive macrophage fraction was increased on days 1 and 7 after priming. …”
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A concept of natural genome reconstruction. Part 2. Effect of extracellular double-stranded DNA fragments on hematopoietic stem cells by V. S. Ruzanova, S. G. Oshikhmina, A. S. Proskurina, G. S. Ritter, S. S. Kirikovich, E. V. Levites, Y. R. Efremov, T. V. Karamysheva, M. I. Meschaninova, A. L. Mamaev, O. S. Taranov, A. S. Bogachev, S. V. Sidorov, S. D. Nikonov, O. Y. Leplina, A. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, N. A. Kolchanov, E. V. Dolgova, S. S. Bogachev

“…Most often, the granulocyte-macrophage lineage of hematopoiesis is activated as a result of processing extracellular double-stranded DNA. …”
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Hyperbaric oxygen potentiates platelet-rich plasma composition and accelerates bone healing by Wen-Shuo Chang, Chien-Cheng Huang, Tzu-Hao Chen, Ssu-Han Chao, Cheng-Hsien Lin, Ching-Ping Chang, Chi-Sheng Chien

“…Results: hPRP showed significantly higher concentrations of growth factors such as activin-A, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, nerve growth factor, Flt-3 Ligand, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, hepatocyte growth factor, and platelet-derived growth factor, compared to nPRP. …”
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High tumor mutational burden predicts favorable response to anti-PD-(L)1 therapy in patients with solid tumor: a real-world pan-tumor analysis by Sehhoon Park, Jaeyun Jung, You Jeong Heo

“…In contrast, exhausted T-cell and M2 macrophage counts were increased in the non-responder group.Conclusions The overall incidence of TMB status was analyzed by the TSO500 assay, and TMB-H was observed in 14.7% of the pan-cancer population. …”
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Exposure to Subclinical Doses of Fumonisins, Deoxynivalenol, and Zearalenone Affects Immune Response, Amino Acid Digestibility, and Intestinal Morphology in Broiler Chickens by Revathi Shanmugasundaram, Laharika Kappari, Mohammad Pilewar, Matthew K. Jones, Oluyinka A. Olukosi, Anthony Pokoo-Aikins, Todd J. Applegate, Anthony E. Glenn

“…Higher mycotoxin groups T2 to T6 had a reduction in the digestibility of amino acids methionine (<i>p</i> < 0.05), aspartate (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and serine (<i>p</i> < 0.05); a reduction in CD4+, CD8+ T-cell populations (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and an increase in T regulatory cell percentages in the spleen (<i>p</i> < 0.05); a decrease in splenic macrophage nitric oxide production and total IgA production (<i>p</i> < 0.05); and upregulated cytochrome P450-1A1 and 1A4 gene expression (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Identification of Inflammatory Biomarkers for Predicting Peripheral Arterial Disease Prognosis in Patients with Diabetes by Kian Draper, Ben Li, Muzammil Syed, Farah Shaikh, Abdelrahman Zamzam, Batool Jamal Abuhalimeh, Kharram Rasheed, Houssam K. Younes, Rawand Abdin, Mohammad Qadura

“…Five proteins were identified (TNFa: tumor necrosis factor alpha, BMP-10: bone morphogenic protein 10, CCL15/MIP1 delta: chemokine (c-c motif) ligand 15/macrophage inflammatory protein 1 delta, MMP-10: matrix metalloprotease 10, and HTRA2/Omi: HTRA2, also known as Omi) as having a significantly higher level of expression in the DM PAD group. …”
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Deciphering the therapeutic effects of Xiyanping injection: insights into pulmonary and gut microbiome modulation, SerpinB2/PAI-2 targeting, and alleviation of influenza a virus-in... by Tengwen Liu, Shuping Li, Xuerui Wang, Mingjiang Liu, Yuchen Wang, Jie Ying, Shuwen Zhang, Yan Lin, Ning Wang, Yungjing Bai, Lan Xie, Tengfei Chen, Quansheng Feng, Xiaolong Xu

“…The linear discriminant analysis of the gut microbes revealed a higher proportion of potentially beneficial bacteria, including Akkermansia, Parabacteroides goldsteinii, Defluviitaleaceae, Oscillospirales, and Eubacterium_coprostanoligenes_group characterized the XYP group. Peritoneal macrophage RNA sequencing highlighted Serpinb2 as the most significantly regulated gene by XYP injection, along with consistent changes in multiple downstream Th2 structure genes. …”
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A murine model of acute and prolonged abdominal sepsis, supported by intensive care, reveals time-dependent metabolic alterations in the heart by Bart Jacobs, Inge Derese, Sarah Derde, Sarah Vander Perre, Lies Pauwels, Greet Van den Berghe, Jan Gunst, Lies Langouche

“…Results In prolonged sepsis, cardiac expression of IL-1β and IL-6 and macrophage infiltration remained upregulated (p ≤ 0.05). …”
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Generation of novel oncolytic vaccinia virus with improved intravenous efficacy through protection against complement-mediated lysis and evasion of neutralization by vaccinia virus... by Dong-Sup Lee, Mi-Ju Park, Namhee Lee, Yun-Hui Jeon, Jiyoon Yoo, Suk-kyung Shin, Songyi Lee, Byung-Jin Jung, Yun-Kyoung Hong, Keunhee Oh

“…The SJ-600 series viruses also expressed human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to activate dendritic cells. …”
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Progressive systemic inflammation precedes decompensation in compensated cirrhosis by Rubén Sánchez-Aldehuelo, Càndid Villanueva, Joan Genescà, Juan Carlos García-Pagán, Elisa Castillo, José Luis Calleja, Carles Aracil, Rafael Bañares, Luis Téllez, Lorena Paule, Rosa María Morillas, María Poca, Beatriz Peñas, Salvador Augustin, Juan G. Abraldes, Edilmar Alvarado-Tapias, Jaume Bosch, Agustín Albillos

“…We assessed markers of inflammation (interleukin-6 [IL-6], tumor necrosis factor-alpha, von Willebrand factor [vWF], C-reactive protein), macrophage activation (CD14, CD163), intestinal barrier integrity (fatty acid-binding protein [FABP], haptoglobin), and bacterial translocation (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]). …”
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D-mannose alleviates chronic periodontitis in rats by regulating the functions of neutrophils by Xue Li, Xueting Chen, Qingyu Zhu, Pengye Zhang, Shunxue Nan, Lei Lv, Shengcai Qi

“…Then, immunofluorescence (IF), Western Blot, and RT-PCR were applied to assess the expression levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-17), anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-10), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2), and key glycolytic enzymes (HK1, HK2, PFKFB3), and to examine D-mannose’s impact on the recruitment and activation of neutrophils in the gingiva. …”
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Pengaruh Papain Getah Pepaya Terhadap Pembentukan Jaringan Granulasi pada Penyembuhan Luka Bakar Tikus Percobaan by Meishinta Fitria, Deddy Saputra, Gusti Revilla

“…In group P, the research found the vascular 29,26 ± 12,24, fibroblast 26,40 ± 21,94, neutrophil 1,4 ± 0,44, lymphocyte 1,06 ± 0,13, and macrophag 1,00 ± 0,00. The conclusion of this research is that papain of papaya sap didn’t have the significant effect to granulation tissue formation in burn wound healing of rat models.…”
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Pro-inflammatory effects of inhaled Great Salt Lake dust particles by Jacob M. Cowley, Cassandra E. Deering-Rice, John G. Lamb, Erin G. Romero, Marysol Almestica-Roberts, Samantha N. Serna, Lili Sun, Kerry E. Kelly, Ross T. Whitaker, Jenna Cheminant, Alessandro Venosa, Christopher A. Reilly

“…Pro-inflammatory biomarker mRNA induction was replicated in vitro using HBEC3-KT and differentiated monocyte-derived (macrophage-like) THP-1 cells. In HBEC3-KT cells, IL6 and IL8 (the human analogue of Cxcl1 and Cxcl2) mRNA induction was attenuated by ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N, N,N′,N’-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) and ruthenium red (RR) co-treatment, and by TRPV1 and TRPV3 antagonists, but less by the Toll-like Receptor-4 (TLR4) inhibitor TAK-242 and deferoxamine. …”
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Novel predictive biomarkers for atonic postpartum hemorrhage as explored by proteomics and metabolomics by Jiangxue Qu, Hai Jiang, Huifeng Shi, Nana Huang, Jiawen Su, Yan Zhang, Lian Chen, Yangyu Zhao

“…Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Gene Ontology (GO) functional enrichment analysis of significantly differentially expressed proteins revealed that atonic PPH was associated with T cell- and macrophage-related immune inflammatory responses. Furthermore, we verified that concentrations of histidine (350.85 ± 207.87 vs. 648.33 ± 400.87) and DPYD (4.01 ± 2.56 vs. 10.96 ± 10.71), and immune cell-related proteins such as CD163 (0.29 ± 0.19 vs. 1.51 ± 0.83) and FGL2 (5.98 ± 4.23 vs. 11.37 ± 9.42) were significantly lower in the PPH group. …”
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Vectorized Treg-depleting αCTLA-4 elicits antigen cross-presentation and CD8+ T cell immunity to reject ‘cold’ tumors by Laetitia Fend, Eric Quemeneur, Monika Semmrich, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Matilda Rehn, Nathalie Silvestre, Linda Mårtensson, Johann Foloppe, Ingrid Teige, Björn Frendeus, Petra Holmkvist, Carolin Svensson, Christelle Remy, Patricia Kleinpeter, Jules Deforges, Fred Junghus, Kirstie L Cleary, Mimoza Bodén

“…A tumor-selective oncolytic vaccinia vector was then engineered to encode this novel, strongly Treg-depleting, checkpoint-blocking, αCTLA-4 antibody or a matching surrogate antibody, and Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) (VVGM-αCTLA-4).Results The identified 4-E03 antibody showed significantly stronger Treg depletion, but equipotent checkpoint blockade, compared with clinically validated αCTLA-4 ipilimumab against CTLA-4-expressing Treg cells in a humanized mouse model in vivo. …”
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Network and systems biology approaches help investigate gene regulatory interactions between Salmonella disease and host in chickens: Model‐based in silico evidence combined with g... by Reza Tohidi, Hoda Javaheri Bargourooshi, Arash Javanmard

“…Natural resistance‐associated macrophage protein 1 (NRAMP1), Toll‐like receptor 4 (TLR4), interferon‐γ (IFNγ), immunoglobulin Y (IgY) and interleukin 8 (IL8) were among the five genes whose expression levels in liver, spleen, and cecum were evaluated at 1107 SE after 48 h of inoculation. …”
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Warm and humid environment induces gut microbiota dysbiosis and bacterial translocation leading to inflammatory state and promotes proliferation and biofilm formation of certain ba... by Yinrui Guo, Jianlang He, Shaojie Li, Shiqi Zou, Haiting Zhang, Xin Yang, Jian Wang

“…On the one hand saliva and tongue coating samples were also taken from human subjects with “Dampness Syndrome” for microorganism culturing and to assess biofilm formation, on the other hand the co-culture products of a macrophage cell line RAW264.7 and Candida albicans and the effect of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were evaluated for their impact on the proliferation and biofilm-forming abilities of different bacterial strains. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of <i>Cajanus cajan</i> (L.) <i>Millsp</i>. Leaf Extract in Modulating Gut Microbiota and Immune Response for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Mingzhang Lin, Linghua Piao, Zhendong Zhao, Li Liao, Dayong Wang, Haiwen Zhang, Xiande Liu

“…This modulation is associated with a functional correction in M1/M2 macrophage polarization and the Th17/Treg cell balance in splenic immune cells, as well as shifts in the populations of harmful bacteria (<i>Erysipelatoclostridium</i> and <i>Staphylococcus</i>) and beneficial bacteria (<i>Odoribacter</i>, unidentified <i>Oscillospiraceae</i>, <i>Lachnoclostridium</i>, and <i>Oscillibacter</i>) in the gut. …”
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Annexin A8 deficiency delays atherosclerosis progression by Carmen Gutiérrez‐Muñoz, Rafael Blázquez‐Serra, Irene San Sebastian‐Jaraba, Sandra Sanz‐Andrea, Maria J. Fernández‐Gómez, Gonzalo Nuñez‐Moreno, Pablo Mínguez, Joan Carles Escolá‐Gil, Paula Nogales, Veronique Ollivier, Jose L. Martín‐Ventura, Benoit Ho‐Tin Noe, Ursula Rescher, Nerea Méndez‐Barbero, Luis M. Blanco‐Colio

“…Germline AnxA8 deficiency reduces platelet and leukocyte recruitment to activated endothelium as well as atherosclerotic burden, plaque size, and macrophage accumulation in mice. AnxA8 regulates oxLDL‐induced adhesion molecules expression in aortic endothelial cells. …”
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