Immunomodulatory biomaterials against bacterial infections: Progress, challenges, and future perspectives

S Zhang, H Yang, M Wang, D Mantovani, K Yang… - The Innovation, 2023 - cell.com
Bacterial infectious diseases are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Even with
the use of multiple antibiotic treatment strategies, 4.95 million people died from drug …

Same yet different—how lymph node heterogeneity affects immune responses

P Cruz de Casas, K Knöpper, R Dey Sarkar… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Lymph nodes are secondary lymphoid organs in which immune responses of the adaptive
immune system are initiated and regulated. Distributed throughout the body and embedded …

Oleic acid availability impacts thymocyte preprogramming and subsequent peripheral Treg cell differentiation

L Lin, M Hu, Q Li, L Du, L Lin, Y Xue, F Zheng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The nature of activation signals is essential in determining T cell subset differentiation;
however, the features that determine T cell subset preference acquired during intrathymic …

Antibody-based cancer immunotherapy by targeting regulatory T cells

Q Li, J Lu, J Li, B Zhang, Y Wu, T Ying - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are among the most abundant suppressive cells, which infiltrate
and accumulate in the tumor microenvironment, leading to tumor escape by inducing anergy …

Eras of designer Tregs: Harnessing synthetic biology for immune suppression

K Tuomela, K Salim, MK Levings - Immunological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since their discovery, CD4+ CD25hiFOXP3hi regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been firmly
established as a critical cell type for regulating immune homeostasis through a plethora of …

Revealing the role of regulatory T cells in the tumor microenvironment of lung adenocarcinoma: a novel prognostic and immunotherapeutic signature

P Zhang, X Zhang, Y Cui, Z Gong, W Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Regulatory T cells (Tregs), are a key class of cell types in the immune system. In
the tumor microenvironment (TME), the presence of Tregs has important implications for …

Fibroblast-derived CXCL14 aggravates crystalline silica–induced pulmonary fibrosis by mediating polarization and recruitment of interstitial macrophages

Y You, H Yuan, H Min, C Li, J Chen - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Exposure to crystalline silica (CS) particles in worksites and dwellings can lead to silicosis
due to excessive fibroblast activation. Considering their immuno-regulatory activities, the …

Spatiotemporal regulation of peripheral T cell tolerance

CC Brown, AY Rudensky - Science, 2023 - science.org
The incomplete removal of T cells that are reactive against self-proteins during their
differentiation in the thymus requires mechanisms of tolerance that prevent their effector …

Systems immunology of regulatory T cells: can one circuit explain it all?

S Tripathi, JS Tsang, K Park - Trends in Immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells play vital roles in immune homeostasis and response, including
discrimination between self-and non-self-antigens, containment of immunopathology, and …

A humanized IL-2 mutein expands Tregs and prolongs transplant survival in preclinical models

O Efe, RB Gassen, L Morena… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Long-term organ transplant survival remains suboptimal, and life-long immunosuppression
predisposes transplant recipients to an increased risk of infection, malignancy, and kidney …