The immunopathology of sepsis and potential therapeutic targets

T van der Poll, FL van de Veerdonk… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction that is caused by a dysregulated
host response to infection. In sepsis, the immune response that is initiated by an invading …

Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

α-ketoglutarate orchestrates macrophage activation through metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming

PS Liu, H Wang, X Li, T Chao, T Teav, S Christen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Glutamine metabolism provides synergistic support for macrophage activation and elicitation
of desirable immune responses; however, the underlying mechanisms regulated by …

Epigenetic regulation of macrophages: from homeostasis maintenance to host defense

S Chen, J Yang, Y Wei, X Wei - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Macrophages are crucial members of the innate immune response and important regulators.
The differentiation and activation of macrophages require the timely regulation of gene …

Immunometabolism: cellular metabolism turns immune regulator

RM Loftus, DK Finlay - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
Immune cells are highly dynamic in terms of their growth, proliferation, and effector functions
as they respond to immunological challenges. Different immune cells can adopt distinct …

Anti-inflammatory therapy in chronic disease: challenges and opportunities

I Tabas, CK Glass - Science, 2013 - science.org
A number of widespread and devastating chronic diseases, including atherosclerosis, type 2
diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease, have a pathophysiologically important inflammatory …

Transcriptional regulation of macrophage polarization: enabling diversity with identity

T Lawrence, G Natoli - Nature reviews immunology, 2011 - nature.com
In terms of both phenotype and function, macrophages have remarkable heterogeneity,
which reflects the specialization of tissue-resident macrophages in microenvironments as …

Vitamin C and immune cell function in inflammation and cancer

A Ang, JM Pullar, MJ Currie… - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Vitamin C (ascorbate) is maintained at high levels in most immune cells and can affect many
aspects of the immune response. Intracellular levels generally respond to variations in …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-derived exosomal miR-138-5p modulates polarization of tumor-associated macrophages through inhibition of KDM6B

J Xun, L Du, R Gao, L Shen, D Wang, L Kang… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Differential activation of macrophages correlates closely with tumor progression,
and the epigenetic factor lysine demethylase 6B (KDM6B, previously named JMJD3) …

Epigenetic protein families: a new frontier for drug discovery

CH Arrowsmith, C Bountra, PV Fish, K Lee… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2012 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is a dynamic and reversible process that
establishes normal cellular phenotypes but also contributes to human diseases. At the …