Glomerular common gamma chain confers B- and T-cell-independent protection against glomerulonephritis.
AuthorsLuque Y, Cathelin D, Vandermeersch S, Xu X, Sohier J, Placier S, Xu-Dubois YC, Louis K, Hertig A, Bories JC, Vasseur F, Campagne F, Di Santo JP, Vosshenrich C, Rondeau E, Mesnard L
JournalKidney Int
PubMed ID28111009
'Crescentic glomerulonephritis is a life-threatening renal disease that has been extensively studied by the experimental anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis (anti-GBM-GN) model. Although T cells have a significant role in this model, athymic/nude mice and rats still develop severe renal disease. Here we further explored the contribution of intrinsic renal cells ... More
Dual Inhibition of PI3K/Akt and mTOR by the Dietary Antioxidant, Delphinidin, Ameliorates Psoriatic Features In Vitro and in an Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis-Like Disease in Mice.
AuthorsChamcheu JC, Adhami VM, Esnault S, Sechi M, Siddiqui IA, Satyshur KA, Syed DN, Dodwad SM, Chaves-Rodriquez MI, Longley BJ, Wood GS, Mukhtar H
JournalAntioxid Redox Signal
PubMed ID27393705
'The treatment of psoriasis remains elusive, underscoring the need for identifying novel disease targets and mechanism-based therapeutic approaches. We recently reported that the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway that is frequently deregulated in many malignancies is also clinically relevant for psoriasis. We also provided rationale for developing delphinidin (Del), a dietary antioxidant for ... More
Intracellular accumulation and immunological responses of lipid modified magnetic iron nanoparticles in mouse antigen processing cells.
AuthorsQiao C, Yang J, Chen L, Weng J, Zhang X
JournalBiomater Sci
PubMed ID28516182
Understanding the effects of magnetic iron nanoparticles (MINPs) on the immune response is vitally important for biomedical applications such as cancer therapy, disease diagnosis and novel cancer imaging. In this study, lipid modified MINPs were designed and prepared by introducing the neutral lipid DSPE-PEG or the zwitterionic lipid DSPE-PCB into ... More
Expanding biological activities of Ts19 Frag-II toxin: Insights into IL-17 production.
Tityus serrulatus (Ts) venom is composed of a mixture of toxins presenting diverse biological functions. However, although this venom has been studied over the past three decades, omics analysis revealed that most of its toxins are not identified or their biological activities are unknown. Ts19 Frag-II is included in this ... More
Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide prevents graft-versus-host disease by inducing alloreactive T cell dysfunction and suppression.
Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) recently has had a marked impact on human allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Yet, our understanding of how PTCy prevents graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) largely has been extrapolated from major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-matched murine skin allografting models that were highly contextual in their efficacy. Herein, we developed a ... More
Global proteomic and functional analysis of Crotalus durissus collilineatus individual venom variation and its impact on envenoming.
Individual variations studies are important to understand the snakebite envenoming and to improve the antivenom production and its effectiveness. In this way, the objective of this study was a comparative analysis of intraspecific variation in the venom composition of 22 Crotalus durissus collilineatus specimens through proteomic techniques. Venoms were fractionated ... More