Phagocytosis checkpoints as new targets for cancer immunotherapy

M Feng, W Jiang, BYS Kim, CC Zhang, YX Fu… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapies targeting adaptive immune checkpoints have substantially
improved patient outcomes across multiple metastatic and treatment-refractory cancer types …

Inflammation and fibrosis in murine models of heart failure

L Bacmeister, M Schwarzl, S Warnke, B Stoffers… - Basic research in …, 2019 - Springer
Heart failure is a consequence of various cardiovascular diseases and associated with poor
prognosis. Despite progress in the treatment of heart failure in the past decades, prevalence …

Ginseng-derived nanoparticles alter macrophage polarization to inhibit melanoma growth

M Cao, H Yan, X Han, L Weng, Q Wei, X Sun… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background It is unclear whether plant-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) can mediate
interspecies communication with mammalian cells. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) …

Targeting cell signaling in allergic asthma

SS Athari - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2019 - nature.com
Asthma is chronic inflammation of the airways characterized by airway hyper-
responsiveness, wheezing, cough, and dyspnea. Asthma affects> 350 million people …

Recent clinical trends in Toll‐like receptor targeting therapeutics

MA Anwar, M Shah, J Kim, S Choi - Medicinal research reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are germline‐encoded receptors that are central to innate and
adaptive immune responses. Owing to their vital role in inflammation, TLRs are rational …

Transcriptome of extracellular vesicles: state-of-the-art

A Turchinovich, O Drapkina, A Tonevitsky - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Exosomes and microvesicles are two major categories of extracellular vesicles (EVs)
released by almost all cell types and are highly abundant in biological fluids. Both the …

Urinary tract infection: Pathogenicity, antibiotic resistance and development of effective vaccines against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

MRA Karam, M Habibi, S Bouzari - Molecular immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are recognized as one of the most common infectious
diseases in the world that can be divided to different types. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and therapeutic targets of ischemic acute kidney injury

SJ Han, HT Lee - Kidney research and clinical practice, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute kidney injury (AKI) due to renal ischemia reperfusion (IR) is a major clinical problem
without effective therapy and is a significant and frequent cause of morbidity and mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of berberine and metformin on intestinal inflammation and gut microbiome composition in db/db mice

W Zhang, JH Xu, T Yu, QK Chen - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Berberine and metformin, both established pharmaceutical agents with herbal origins, have
incidental beneficial effects on multiple diseases, including diabetes. These effects have …

Psoriasis: keratinocytes or immune cells–which is the trigger?

F Benhadou, D Mintoff, V Del Marmol - Dermatology, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Psoriasis is a common, chronic inflammatory skin disorder, which can
significantly impact quality of life. Despite major breakthroughs in our understanding of the …