Myeloid-derived suppressor cells coming of age

F Veglia, M Perego, D Gabrilovich - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogeneous population of cells
generated during a large array of pathologic conditions ranging from cancer to obesity …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophages and lipid metabolism

A Remmerie, CL Scott - Cellular immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Distinct macrophage populations throughout the body display highly heterogeneous
transcriptional and epigenetic programs. Recent research has highlighted that these profiles …

Transcriptional regulation of macrophages polarization by MicroRNAs

H Li, T Jiang, MQ Li, XL Zheng, GJ Zhao - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Diversity and plasticity are the hallmarks of cells from the monocyte–macrophage lineage.
Macrophages undergo classical M1 or alternative M2 activation in response to the …

Gene expression profiling of the early pathogenesis of wooden breast disease in commercial broiler chickens using RNA-sequencing

MB Papah, EM Brannick, CJ Schmidt, B Abasht - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Wooden Breast Disease (WBD), a myopathy in commercial broiler chickens characterized
by abnormally firm consistency of the pectoral muscle, impacts the poultry industry …

Substrate binding allosterically relieves autoinhibition of the pseudokinase TRIB1

SA Jamieson, Z Ruan, AE Burgess, JR Curry… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
The Tribbles family of pseudokinases recruits substrates to the ubiquitin ligase COP1 to
facilitate ubiquitylation. CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) family transcription factors …

Xrp1 is a transcription factor required for cell competition-driven elimination of loser cells

L Baillon, F Germani, C Rockel, J Hilchenbach… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The elimination of unfit cells from a tissue is a process known in Drosophila and mammals
as cell competition. In a well-studied paradigm “loser” cells that are heterozygous mutant for …

The C/EBPβ-LINC01133 axis promotes cell proliferation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma through upregulation of CCNG1

CS Huang, J Chu, XX Zhu, JH Li, XT Huang, JP Cai… - Cancer letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as important regulators and prognostic
markers of multiple cancers. Our aim was to determine functional involvement of lncRNAs in …

Regulation of Expression of CEBP Genes by Variably Expressed Vitamin D Receptor and Retinoic Acid Receptor α in Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cell Lines

A Marchwicka, E Marcinkowska - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1, 25D) are potent inducers of
differentiation of myeloid leukemia cells. During myeloid differentiation specific transcription …

An insight into the difficulties in the discovery of specific biomarkers of limbal stem cells

ZH Guo, W Zhang, YYS Jia, QX Liu, ZF Li… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Keeping the integrity and transparency of the cornea is the most important issue to ensure
normal vision. There are more than 10 million patients going blind due to the cornea …

Development of MTL-CEBPA: small activating RNA drug for hepatocellular carcinoma

RL Setten, HL Lightfoot, NA Habib… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Oligonucleotide drug development has revolutionised the drug discovery field.
Within this field,'small'or 'short'activating RNAs (saRNA) are a more recently discovered …