SARS-CoV-2 infects red blood cell progenitors and dysregulates hemoglobin and iron metabolism

R Kronstein-Wiedemann, M Stadtmüller… - Stem cell reviews and …, 2022 - Springer
Background SARS-CoV-2 infection causes acute respiratory distress, which may progress to
multiorgan failure and death. Severe COVID-19 disease is accompanied by reduced …

Look Who's Talking: Host and Pathogen Drivers of Staphylococcus epidermidis Virulence in Neonatal Sepsis

IA Joubert, M Otto, T Strunk, AJ Currie - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Preterm infants are at increased risk for invasive neonatal bacterial infections. S.
epidermidis, a ubiquitous skin commensal, is a major cause of late-onset neonatal sepsis …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis identifies an immune-prone population in erythroid precursors during human ontogenesis

C Xu, J He, H Wang, Y Zhang, J Wu, L Zhao, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nonimmune cells can have immunomodulatory roles that contribute to healthy development.
However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the immunomodulatory …

High–temporal resolution profiling reveals distinct immune trajectories following the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

D Rinchai, S Deola, G Zoppoli, BSA Kabeer… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Knowledge of the mechanisms underpinning the development of protective immunity
conferred by mRNA vaccines is fragmentary. Here, we investigated responses to …

[HTML][HTML] CD71+ erythroid cells suppress T-cell effector functions and predict immunotherapy outcomes in patients with virus-associated solid tumors

N Bozorgmehr, I Okoye, S Mashhouri, J Lu… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of cancer.
However, only a portion of patients respond to such treatments. Therefore, it remains a …

Red blood cell endothelial nitric oxide synthase: A major player in regulating cardiovascular health

A LoBue, SK Heuser, M Lindemann, J Li… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Red blood cells (RBCs) have traditionally been seen as simple carriers of gases and
nutrients in the body. One important non‐canonical function of RBCs in the cardiovascular …

The Immunology of Psoriasis—Current Concepts in Pathogenesis

I Sieminska, M Pieniawska, TM Grzywa - Clinical Reviews in Allergy & …, 2024 - Springer
Psoriasis is one of the most common inflammatory skin diseases with a chronic, relapsing-
remitting course. The last decades of intense research uncovered a pathological network of …

B lymphocytes transdifferentiate into immunosuppressive erythroblast-like cells

Z Yang, Z Wang, L Wu, Y Wang, Z Xu, Y Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies have demonstrated that a particular group of nucleated cells that exhibit
erythroid markers (TER119 in mice and CD235a in humans) possess the ability to suppress …

Erythrocytes: Member of the immune system that should not be ignored

Y Ren, C Yan, H Yang - Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 2023 - Elsevier
Erythrocytes are the most abundant type of cells in the blood and have a relatively simple
structure when mature; they have a long life-span in the circulatory system. The primary …

Potent but transient immunosuppression of T-cells is a general feature of CD71+ erythroid cells

TM Grzywa, A Sosnowska, Z Rydzynska… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract CD71+ erythroid cells (CECs) have been recently recognized in both neonates and
cancer patients as potent immunoregulatory cells. Here, we show that in mice early-stage …