Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists as a driving force behind next-generation vaccine adjuvants and cancer therapeutics

A Kaur, J Baldwin, D Brar, DB Salunke… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Until recently, the development of new human adjuvants was held back by a poor
understanding of their mechanisms of action. The field was revolutionized by the discovery …

Innate immunity in tuberculosis: host defense vs pathogen evasion

CH Liu, H Liu, B Ge - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The major innate immune cell types involved in tuberculosis (TB) infection are
macrophages, dendritic cells (DCs), neutrophils and natural killer (NK) cells. These immune …

GSK3: a kinase balancing promotion and resolution of inflammation

L Hoffmeister, M Diekmann, K Brand, R Huber - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
GSK3 has been implicated for years in the regulation of inflammation and addressed in a
plethora of scientific reports using a variety of experimental (disease) models and …

Bacterial inhibition of Fas-mediated killing promotes neuroinvasion and persistence

C Maudet, M Kheloufi, S Levallois, J Gaillard, L Huang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Infections of the central nervous system are among the most serious infections,, but the
mechanisms by which pathogens access the brain remain poorly understood. The model …

The role of TLR2 in infectious diseases caused by mycobacteria: from cell biology to therapeutic target

W Hu, HP Spaink - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to the broad functions of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in innate
immunity, the drive for the development of TLR2-targeted therapeutic treatments has …

Inflammatory periodontal ligament stem cells drive M1 macrophage polarization via exosomal miR-143-3p-mediated regulation of PI3K/AKT/NF-κB signaling

Y Wang, X Zhang, J Wang, Y Zhang, Q Ye, Y Wang… - Stem Cells, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Macrophage polarization plays an important role in the progression of inflammation.
Exosomes derived from stem cells are promising candidates for macrophage …

New findings of Toll-like receptors involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

M Faridgohar, H Nikoueinejad - Pathogens and global health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB), an important issue in the present age, affects millions of people each
year. The infectious agent of TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), interacts with the …

Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Coinfection

T Shah, Z Shah, N Yasmeen, Z Baloch… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, is an infectious disease
that poses severe threats to global public health and significant economic losses. The …

Glycogen synthase kinase 3β modulates the inflammatory response activated by bacteria, viruses, and parasites

R Cortés-Vieyra, O Silva-García… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) activity and the molecules identified
that regulate its function in infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms is crucial to …

Comprehensive lipid and lipid-related gene investigations of host immune responses to characterize metabolism-centric biomarkers for pulmonary tuberculosis

NP Long, NK Anh, NTH Yen, NK Phat, S Park… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Despite remarkable success in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), it remains
one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. Management of TB requires an …