Structures and biological functions of zinc finger proteins and their roles in hepatocellular carcinoma

X Li, M Han, H Zhang, F Liu, Y Pan, J Zhu, Z Liao… - Biomarker …, 2022 - Springer
Zinc finger proteins are transcription factors with the finger domain, which plays a significant
role in gene regulation. As the largest family of transcription factors in the human genome …

Integrating spatial and single-nucleus transcriptomic data elucidates microglial-specific responses in female cynomolgus macaques with depressive-like behaviors

J Wu, Y Li, Y Huang, L Liu, H Zhang, C Nagy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder represents a serious public health challenge worldwide;
however, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms are mostly unknown. Here, we …

Heterogeneity and function of kupffer cells in liver injury

W Li, N Chang, L Li - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Kupffer cells (KCs) are key regulators of liver immunity composing the principal part of
hepatic macrophages even body tissue macrophages. They reside in liver sinusoids …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo macrophage engineering reshapes the tumor microenvironment leading to eradication of liver metastases

T Kerzel, G Giacca, S Beretta, C Bresesti, M Notaro… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Liver metastases are associated with poor response to current pharmacological treatments,
including immunotherapy. We describe a lentiviral vector (LV) platform to selectively …

[HTML][HTML] Chitinase-3 like-protein-1 promotes glioma progression via the NF-κB signaling pathway and tumor microenvironment reprogramming

T Zhao, J Zeng, Y Xu, Z Su, Y Chong, T Ling, H Xu… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1) is overexpressed in various types of
tumors, especially in glioma, and contributes to tumor progression. However, the definite …

A TNFα/Miz1-positive feedback loop inhibits mitophagy in hepatocytes and propagates non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

K Jin, Y Shi, H Zhang, G Zhangyuan, F Wang, S Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic inflammatory disease
that can further progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the key …

Aspirin modulates succinylation of PGAM1K99 to restrict the glycolysis through NF-κB/HAT1/PGAM1 signaling in liver cancer

Y Wang, L Zhao, Y Geng, H Yuan, C Hou… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2023 - nature.com
Aspirin as a chemopreventive agent is able to restrict the tumor growth. Phosphoglycerate
mutase 1 (PGAM1) is a key enzyme of glycolysis, playing an important role in the …

[HTML][HTML] The palmitoylation of AEG-1 dynamically modulates the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

B Zhou, Y Wang, L Zhang, X Shi, H Kong, M Zhang… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Protein palmitoylation is tightly related to tumorigenesis or tumor progression as
many oncogenes or tumor suppressors are palmitoylated. AEG-1, an oncogene, is …

NR4A1 mediates NK‐cell dysfunction in hepatocellular carcinoma via the IFN‐γ/p‐STAT1/IRF1 pathway

W Yu, J He, F Wang, Q He, Y Shi, X Tao, B Sun - Immunology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most fatal tumours worldwide and has a high
recurrence rate. Nevertheless, the mechanism of HCC genesis remains partly unexplored …

Resident immune cells of the liver in the tumor microenvironment

Y Lu, S Ma, W Ding, P Sun, Q Zhou, Y Duan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The liver is a central immunomodulator that ensures a homeostatic balance between
protection and immunotolerance. A hallmark of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the …