22.09.2023

Zoledronate/Anti-VEGF Neutralizing Antibody Combination Administration...

Abstract The pathophysiology, pathogenesis, histopathology, and immunopathology of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) Stage 0 remain unclear, although 50% of MRONJ Stage 0 cases could progress to higher stages. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of zoledronate (Zol) and anti-vascular endothelial cell growth factor A (VEGFA) neutralizing antibody (Vab) administration on polarization shifting of macrophage subsets in tooth extraction sockets by creating a murine model of MRONJ Stage 0-like lesions. Eight-we...

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28.07.2023

Human brain sialoglycan ligand for CD33, a microglial inhibitory Sigle... Human brain sialoglycan ligand for CD33, a microglial inhibitory Sigle...

Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by accumulation of misfolded proteins. Genetic studies implicate microglia, brain-resident phagocytic immune cells, in AD pathogenesis. As positive effectors, microglia clear toxic proteins, whereas as negative effectors, they release proinflammatory mediators. An imbalance of these functions contributes to AD progression. Polymorphisms of human CD33, an inhibitory microglial receptor, are linked to AD susceptibility; higher CD33 expression correlates with increased AD risk. CD33, also...

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21.07.2023

Nanovaccine Displaying Immunodominant T Cell Epitopes of Fibroblast Ac... Nanovaccine Displaying Immunodominant T Cell Epitopes of Fibroblast Ac...

Abstract Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which are dominant cell types in the tumor microenvironment (TME), support tumor growth by secreting cytokines and forming an extracellular matrix (ECM) that hampers the penetration of chemical and biological therapeutics within the tumor and thereby limits their therapeutic efficacy. Here, we report a cancer nanovaccine targeting fibroblast activation protein α (FAP)-expressing CAFs as a potential pan-tumor vaccine. We predicted immunodominant FAP-specific epitope peptides in silico and...

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31.03.2023

Targeting Mucin Protein Enables Rapid and Efficient Ovarian Cancer Cel... Small, 2023

Abstract The development of specific and sensitive immunomagnetic cell separation nanotechnologies is central to enhancing the diagnostic relevance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and improving cancer patient outcomes. The limited number of specific biomarkers used to enrich a phenotypically diverse set of CTCs from liquid biopsies has limited CTC yields and purity. The ultra-high molecular weight mucin, mucin16 (MUC16) is shown to physically shield key membrane proteins responsible for activating immune responses a...

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24.03.2023

In vitro combinatory effects of the Alternaria mycotoxins alternariol... Toxicology Letters, 2017

Abstract Alternariol (AOH) and altertoxin II (ATX II) are mycotoxins formed by Alternaria spp. Since they are expected to co-occur in Alternaria-infested food and feed, we addressed the question of combinatory effects. In addition, potentially involved regulatory microRNAs were surveyed in an exploratory approach. Cytotoxicity measurements in constant ratio combinations of 1:10 or 1:1 (ATX II: AOH) mainly revealed additive effects in HepG2, HT29 and HCEC-1CT cells. Yet, in specific high doses antagonism was found. Microar...

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17.03.2023

Peptides-Coated Oncolytic Vaccines for Cancer Personalized Medicine Frontiers in Immunology, 2022

Abstract Oncolytic Viruses (OVs) work through two main mechanisms of action: the direct lysis of the virus-infected cancer cells and the release of tumor antigens as a result of the viral burst. In this scenario, the OVs act as cancer vaccines, since the immunogenicity of the virus is combined with tumor antigens, that direct the specificity of the anti-tumor adaptive immune response. However, this mechanism in some cases fails in eliciting a strong specific T cell response. One way to overcome this problem and enhance the priming efficiency...

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03.03.2023

Resident memory CD8+ T cells in regional lymphnodes mediate immunity t...

Abstract The nature of the anti-tumor immune response changes as primary tumors progress and metastasize. We investigated the role of resident memory (Trm) and circulating memory (Tcirm) cells in anti-tumor responses at metastatic locations using a mouse model of melanoma-associated vitiligo. We found that the transcrip- tional characteristics of tumor-specific CD8 +

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24.02.2023

Opposing USP19 splice variants in TGF-β signaling and TGF-β-induced ep... Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023

Abstract Ubiquitin-specific protease (USP)19 is a deubiquitinating enzyme that regulates the stability and function of multiple proteins, thereby controlling various biological responses. The alternative splicing of USP19 results in the expression of two major encoded variants that are localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (USP19-ER) and cytoplasm (USP19-CY). The importance of alternative splicing for the function of USP19 remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that USP19-CY promotes TGF-β signaling by directly interacting with...

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17.02.2023

Acidification of blood plasma facilitates the separation and analysis... ScienceDirect, 2023

Abstract Background Blood plasma is available with minimal invasive sampling, it has significant diagnostic utility, and it is a valuable source of extracellular vesicles (EVs). Nevertheless, rich protein content, the presence of lipoproteins (LPs) that share similar biophysical properties, and relatively low abundance of EVs, especially those of rare subpopulations, make any downstream application a very challenging task. The growing evidence of the intricate surface interactome of EVs, and the association of EVs with LPs, impos...

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10.02.2023

FOXL1+ Telocytes in mouse colon orchestrate extracellular matrix biody...

Abstract Recent studies have identified FoxL1+-telocytes (TCFoxL1+) as key players in gut epithelial-mesenchymal interactions which can determine the colonic microenvironment. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling disruption in TCFoxL1+ alters the physical and cellular microenvironment and leads to colon pathophysiology. This suggests a role for TCFoxL1+ in stromagenesis, but it is hard to identify the specific contribution of TCFoxL1+ when analyzing whole tissue profiling studies. We performed ex vivo deconstruction of control and BmpR1a△F...

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