The cholesterol biosynthesis pathway regulates IL-10 expression in human Th1 cells

E Perucha, R Melchiotti, JA Bibby, W Wu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The mechanisms controlling CD4+ T cell switching from an effector to an anti-inflammatory
(IL-10+) phenotype play an important role in the persistence of chronic inflammatory …

The spatio-temporal control of effector T cell migration

DJ Fowell, M Kim - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Effector T cells leave the lymph nodes armed with specialized functional attributes. Their
antigenic targets may be located anywhere in the body, posing the ultimate challenge: how …

Gremlin 1+ fibroblastic niche maintains dendritic cell homeostasis in lymphoid tissues

VN Kapoor, S Müller, S Keerthivasan, M Brown… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) are specialized stromal cells that define tissue architecture
and regulate lymphocyte compartmentalization, homeostasis, and innate and adaptive …

Cellular cholesterol homeostasis and Alzheimer's disease: thematic review series: ApoE and lipid homeostasis in Alzheimer's disease

TY Chang, Y Yamauchi, MT Hasan, C Chang - Journal of Lipid Research, 2017 - ASBMB
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in older adults. Currently,
there is no cure for AD. The hallmark of AD is the accumulation of extracellular amyloid …

Outsmarting trogocytosis to boost CAR NK/T cell therapy

F Ramezani, AR Panahi Meymandi, B Akbari… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) NK and T cell therapy are promising immunotherapeutic
approaches for the treatment of cancer. However, the efficacy of CAR NK/T cell therapy is …

The challenges and promise of targeting the Liver X Receptors for treatment of inflammatory disease

MB Fessler - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Liver X Receptors (LXRs) are oxysterol-activated transcription factors that
upregulate a suite of genes that together promote coordinated mobilization of excess …

Marginal zone B cells control the response of follicular helper T cells to a high-cholesterol diet

M Nus, AP Sage, Y Lu, L Masters, BYH Lam… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Splenic marginal zone B (MZB) cells, positioned at the interface between circulating blood
and lymphoid tissue, detect and respond to blood-borne antigens. Here we show that MZB …

25-hydroxycholesterol contributes to cerebral inflammation of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy through activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome

J Jang, S Park, H Jin Hur, HJ Cho, I Hwang… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD), caused by an ABCD1 mutation, is a
progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with the accumulation of very long …

25-Hydroxycholesterol amplifies microglial IL-1β production in an apoE isoform-dependent manner

MY Wong, M Lewis, JJ Doherty, Y Shi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have implicated
pathways related to lipid homeostasis and innate immunity in AD pathophysiology …

Lipids, inflammasomes, metabolism, and disease

PK Anand - Immunological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes are multi‐protein complexes that regulate the cleavage of cysteine protease
caspase‐1, secretion of inflammatory cytokines, and induction of inflammatory cell death …