Immunomodulatory effects of thymol and cinnamaldehyde in chicken cell lines by C. Shen, L.G. Christensen, S.Y. Bak, N. Christensen, K. Kragh

“…These results indicated how supplementing TCB in poultry diets can increase bird performance, by increasing in vivo cell membrane integrity (especially important in the gut) and assisting in immune responses, which can liberate energy for growth.…”
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A1, an innovative fluorinated CXCR4 inhibitor, redefines the therapeutic landscape in colorectal cancer by Hossein Khorramdelazad, Kowsar Bagherzadeh, Ali Rahimi, Ali Darehkordi, Alireza Najafi, Milad Karimi, Majid Khoshmirsafa, Gholamhossein Hassanshahi, Elaheh Safari, Reza Falak

“…A1 effectively inhibited the proliferation of CT-26 cells, significantly reduced tumor cell migration, attenuated Treg infiltration, and suppressed IL-10 and TGF-β expression at both mRNA and protein levels in vivo. …”
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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

“…Deletion of NKp46 reduces IL-2Rα on ILC1s by downregulating NF-κB signaling, thus impairing ILC1 proliferation and cytotoxicity in vitro and in vivo. …”
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B-CD8+ T Cell Interactions in the Anti-Idiotypic Response against a Self-Antibody by Darel Martínez, Amaury Pupo, Lianet Cabrera, Judith Raymond, Nichol E. Holodick, Ana María Hernández

“…In fact, P3 mAb activated B-2 cells, in vitro, inducing secretion of IFN-γ and IL-4, although this activation was not detected ex vivo. …”
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Noninvasive Tracking of Encapsulated Insulin Producing Cells Labelled with Magnetic Microspheres by Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Vijayaganapathy Vaithilingam, Mandy M. W. Yim, Jayne L. Foster, Timothy Stait-Gardner, Jose Oberholzer, Bernard E. Tuch

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Leptin Induces an Inflammatory Phenotype in Lean Wistar Rats by Monique Allman, Mathew Wallace, Latausha Gaskin, Chantal A. Rivera

“…Consistent with observations in vivo, production of ICAM-1, MCP-1, and IL-6 by hepatocytes was increased significantly. …”
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Shionone Relieves Urinary Tract Infections by Removing Bacteria from Bladder Epithelial Cells by Hao Yin, Jiaoli Zhu, Yi Jiang, Yijing Mao, Chenquan Tang, Hui Cao, Yufang Huang, Huijun Zhu, Jianping Luo, Qingjiang Jin, Qinglei Jin, Yi Xue, Xin Wang

“…After treatment of Shionone, the UTI rat model showed a decrease in wet weight/body weight of bladder, as well as a reduction in cellular inflammatory infiltration of bladder tissue and a decrease in urinary levels of IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α. In addition, the levels of proinflammatory factors were significantly reduced in a dose-dependent manner in UTI cell model treated with different doses of Shionone (5, 10, and 20 μg/kg). …”
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Annona muricata Linn and Khaya grandifoliola C.DC. Reduce Oxidative Stress In Vitro and Ameliorate Plasmodium berghei-Induced Parasitemia and Cytokines in BALB/c Mice by Hope, Onohuean, Abdullateef I, Alagbonsi, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…The tested doses (100-, 200-, and 400 mg/kg) of A. muricata and K. grandifoliola attenuated the P. berghei-induced elevation of parasitemia and cytokines (TNF-a, IL-5, and IL-6) in vivo during the experimental period, though not as much as chloroquine. …”
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Modulation of adiposity and adipocyte inflammation by methanol extracts of Alpinia calcarata leaf in high-fat-diet induced-obese mice: Involvement of COX-2 and PPAR-γ by Imtiaz Ahmad, Maruful Hasan, Dipty Rani Bhowmik, Rahima Begum, Sourav Roy, Md Monirul Islam, Md Abdur Rahman Ripon, Mohammad Salim Hossain

“…Moreover, methanol extract of Alpinia calcarata leaves were utilized to confirm the in-silico data in-vivo. High-fat diet induced-obese mice were treated with the extract at 200mg/kg-body weight dose. …”
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Successful Regulatory T Cell-Based Therapy Relies on Inhibition of T Cell Effector Function and Enrichment of FOXP3+ Cells in a Humanized Mouse Model of Skin Inflammation by S. Landman, V. L. de Oliveira, M. Peppelman, E. Fasse, E. van Rijssen, S. C. Bauland, P. van Erp, I. Joosten, H. J. P. M. Koenen

“…Despite these clinical successes, the effect of Treg on inflamed tissues, as well as their impact on immune effector function in vivo, is poorly understood. Therefore, we here evaluated the effect of human Treg injection on cutaneous inflammatory processes in vivo using a humanized mouse model of human skin inflammation (huPBL-SCID-huSkin). …”
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Gedunin Mitigates <i>Cutibacterium acnes</i>-Induced Skin Inflammation by Inhibiting the NF-κB Pathway by Ju Kyoung Sim, Ye Ji Heo, Jin Hak Shin, Seon Sook Kim, Su Ryeon Seo

“…<b>Results</b>: Gedunin significantly reduced the expression of IL-1β, TNF-α, iNOS, COX-2, and IL-6 in RAW 264.7 cells. …”
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Advanced Glycation End Products Enhance Murine Monocyte Proliferation in Bone Marrow and Prime Them into an Inflammatory Phenotype through MAPK Signaling by Xian Jin, Liang Liu, Yaping Zhang, Yin Xiang, Guizhi Yin, Yi Lu, Ludong Shi, Jian Dong, Chengxing Shen

“…In vivo, AGEs (25 mg/kg i.p. for 7 days) increased proportions of CD115+ monocytes and the inflammatory subset, the CD115+Ly6Chigh cells, in murine bone marrow (flow cytometry analysis (FCM)), and enhanced gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and TNF-α) but only slightly upregulated mRNA expression of anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-10) (real-time PCR) in monocytes. …”
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Lung-Derived Mediators Induce Cytokine Production in Downstream Organs via an NF-κB-Dependent Mechanism by E. K. Patterson, L. J. Yao, N. Ramic, J. F. Lewis, G. Cepinskas, L. McCaig, R. A. W. Veldhuizen, C. M. Yamashita

“…Changes in gene transcription were confirmed using qPCR for IL-6, CXCL-1, and CXCL-2. Additionally, liver tissue obtained from mice subjected to 2 hours of in vivo MV demonstrated significant increases in hepatic gene transcription of IL-6, CXCL-1, and CXCL-2 compared to nonventilated controls. …”
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Anti-HMGB1 Neutralizing Antibody Ameliorates Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation by Suppressing Dendritic Cell-Mediated Th17 Polarization by Fang Zhang, Gang Huang, Bo Hu, Li-Ping Fang, E-Hong Cao, Xiao-Feng Xin, Yong Song, Yi Shi

“…First, our in vitro studies reveal that recombinant HMGB1 (rHMGB1) activates myeloid DCs to produce IL-23 in vitro, and rHMGB1-activated DCs prime naïve lymphocytes to produce the Th17 cytokine IL-17A. …”
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Identification and Validation of the Pyroptosis-Related Hub Gene Signature and the Associated Regulation Axis in Diabetic Keratopathy by Yi Cui, Li Wang, Wentao Liang, Li Huang, Shuting Zhuang, Hong Shi, Nuo Xu, Jianzhang Hu

“…A competing endogenous RNA network comprising 16 DEPRGs, 22 lncRNAs, 13 miRNAs, and 3 circRNAs was constructed. After PPI network, five hub genes (Nfkb1, Casp8, Traf6, Ptgs2, and Il18) were identified as upregulated in the diabetic group, and their expression was validated by RT-qPCR in streptozocin-induced rats. …”
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The Anti-Inflammatory Activity of a Novel Fused-Cyclopentenone Phosphonate and Its Potential in the Local Treatment of Experimental Colitis by Dorit Moradov, Helena Shifrin, Efrat Harel, Mirela Nadler-Milbauer, Marta Weinstock, Morris Srebnik, Abraham Rubinstein

“…Experimental colitis was quantified in the rat model, macroscopically and by measuring the activity of tissue MPO and iNOS and levels of TNFα and IL-1β. It was found that P-5 decreased the levels of TNFα and the tested proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in LPS-activated macrophages. …”
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Matrine Attenuates COX-2 and ICAM-1 Expressions in Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Prevents Acute Lung Injury in LPS-Induced Mice by Chian-Jiun Liou, You-Rong Lai, Ya-Ling Chen, Yi-Hsien Chang, Zih-Ying Li, Wen-Chung Huang

“…In vitro results demonstrated that matrine significantly inhibited mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation and decreased nuclear transcription factor kappa-B subunit p65 protein translocation into the nucleus. In vivo data indicated that matrine significantly inhibited neutrophil infiltration and suppressed productions of tumor necrosis factor-α and IL-6 in mouse bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and serum. …”
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Oridonin Relieves Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiac Remodeling via Inhibiting GSDMD-Mediated Inflammation by Shuang Lin, Shanshan Dai, Jiahui Lin, Xiaohe Liang, Weiqi Wang, Weijian Huang, Bozhi Ye, Xia Hong

“…The anti-inflammatory drug oridonin could effectively attenuate the degree of cardiac remodeling both in vivo and vitro by inhibiting GSDMD, a key protein of intracellular inflammation which can further activate kinds of inflammation factors such as IL-1β and IL-18. …”
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The Immunotherapeutic Effect of SIRPα-Silenced DCs against Cervical Cancer by Xiaojie Li, Wenying Zhou, Yanlan Liang, Changzhi Xu, Zhizhi Xie, Jiayin Liang, Bo Hu

“…The SIRPα knockdown in DCs that were pulsed with a modified HPV16E7 (HPV16mE7) protein with enhanced antigenicity and reduced transformation activity results in increased cytokine (TNF-α/IL-12/IL-6) secretion, IFN-γ secretion by T lymphocytes, and in vitro/in vivo tumoricidal activity against cervical cancer cells. …”
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Biological Impact of Exposure to Extremely Fine-Grained Volcanic Ash by Cristina Aguilera, Marco Viteri, Rachid Seqqat, Ligia Ayala Navarrette, Theofilos Toulkeridis, Ana Ruano, Marbel Torres Arias

“…The expression of inflammation markers NRLP 3, caspase-1, pro-IL-1, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and h-HPRT was analyzed. …”
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