An overview of Nrf2 signaling pathway and its role in inflammation

S Saha, B Buttari, E Panieri, E Profumo, L Saso - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inflammation is a key driver in many pathological conditions such as allergy, cancer,
Alzheimer's disease, and many others, and the current state of available drugs prompted …

Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

MG Netea, J Domínguez-Andrés, LB Barreiro… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Immune memory is a defining feature of the acquired immune system, but activation of the
innate immune system can also result in enhanced responsiveness to subsequent triggers …

Characterization of the inflammatory response to severe COVID-19 illness

OJ McElvaney, NL McEvoy, OF McElvaney… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global threat to health. Its inflammatory
characteristics are incompletely understood. Objectives: To define the cytokine profile of …

Myopia

PN Baird, SM Saw, C Lanca, JA Guggenheim… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness, is a very common condition
that typically starts in childhood. Severe forms of myopia (pathologic myopia) are associated …

Mitochondrial TCA cycle metabolites control physiology and disease

I Martínez-Reyes, NS Chandel - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Mitochondria are signaling organelles that regulate a wide variety of cellular functions and
can dictate cell fate. Multiple mechanisms contribute to communicate mitochondrial fitness to …

The role of astrocytes in CNS inflammation

F Giovannoni, FJ Quintana - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
Astrocytes are the most abundant cell type in the central nervous system (CNS), performing
complex functions in health and disease. It is now clear that multiple astrocyte subsets or …

Pathway paradigms revealed from the genetics of inflammatory bowel disease

DB Graham, RJ Xavier - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex genetic disease that is instigated and
amplified by the confluence of multiple genetic and environmental variables that perturb the …

Amino assets: how amino acids support immunity

B Kelly, EL Pearce - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Amino acids are fundamental building blocks supporting life. Their role in protein synthesis
is well defined, but they contribute to a host of other intracellular metabolic pathways …

SARS-CoV2-mediated suppression of NRF2-signaling reveals potent antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity of 4-octyl-itaconate and dimethyl fumarate

D Olagnier, E Farahani, J Thyrsted… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Antiviral strategies to inhibit Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV2) and the pathogenic consequences of COVID-19 are urgently required. Here, we …

Environmental pollutants and the immune response

T Suzuki, T Hidaka, Y Kumagai, M Yamamoto - Nature Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious challenges to health in the modern world.
Pollutants alter immune responses and can provoke immunotoxicity. In this Review, we …