Targeting metabolic dysregulation for fibrosis therapy

X Zhao, JYY Kwan, K Yip, PP Liu, FF Liu - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Fibrosis is the abnormal deposition of extracellular matrix, which can lead to organ
dysfunction, morbidity, and death. The disease burden caused by fibrosis is substantial, and …

How macrophages deal with death

G Lemke - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Tissue macrophages rapidly recognize and engulf apoptotic cells. These events require the
display of so-called eat-me signals on the apoptotic cell surface, the most fundamental of …

Cell death and immunity in cancer: from danger signals to mimicry of pathogen defense responses

AD Garg, P Agostinis - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The immunogenicity of cancer cells is an emerging determinant of anti‐cancer
immunotherapy. Beyond developing immunostimulatory regimens like dendritic cell‐based …

More than suppression: glucocorticoid action on monocytes and macrophages

JM Ehrchen, J Roth, K Barczyk-Kahlert - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Uncontrolled inflammation is a leading cause of many clinically relevant diseases. Current
therapeutic strategies focus mainly on immunosuppression rather than on the mechanisms …

Clearance deficiency and cell death pathways: a model for the pathogenesis of SLE

A Mahajan, M Herrmann, LE Muñoz - Frontiers in immunology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Alterations of cell death pathways, including apoptosis and the neutrophil specific kind of
death called NETosis, can represent a potential source of autoantigens. Defects in the …

Apoptotic cell recognition receptors and scavenger receptors

KK Penberthy, KS Ravichandran - Immunological reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphatidylserine recognition receptors are a highly diverse set of receptors grouped by
their ability to recognize the 'eat‐me'signal phosphatidylserine on apoptotic cells. Most of the …

Priming anti-tumor immunity by radiotherapy: dying tumor cell-derived DAMPs trigger endothelial cell activation and recruitment of myeloid cells

J Krombach, R Hennel, N Brix, M Orth, U Schoetz… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The major goal of radiotherapy is the induction of tumor cell death. Additionally, radiotherapy
can function as in situ cancer vaccination by exposing tumor antigens and providing …

Novel mechanisms of exosome-mediated phagocytosis of dead cells in injured heart

M Patil, S Saheera, PK Dubey, A Kahn-Krell… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: After myocardial ischemic injury, improper phagocytic clearance of dying cardiac
cells and the ensuing lack of inflammation resolution results in adverse cardiac remodeling …

Small extracellular vesicles derived from interferon-γ pre-conditioned mesenchymal stromal cells effectively treat liver fibrosis

S Takeuchi, A Tsuchiya, T Iwasawa, S Nojiri… - NPJ Regenerative …, 2021 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are used for ameliorating liver fibrosis and aiding liver
regeneration after cirrhosis; Here, we analyzed the therapeutic potential of small …

Fighting the fire: mechanisms of inflammatory gene regulation by the glucocorticoid receptor

L Escoter-Torres, G Caratti, A Mechtidou… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
For many decades, glucocorticoids have been widely used as the gold standard treatment
for inflammatory conditions. Unfortunately, their clinical use is limited by severe adverse …