The importance of vitamin d metabolism as a potential prophylactic, immunoregulatory and neuroprotective treatment for COVID-19

Y Xu, DJ Baylink, CS Chen, ME Reeves, J Xiao… - Journal of translational …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a declaration of a
Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. As of …

Regulatory T-cell therapy in Crohn's disease: challenges and advances

JN Clough, OS Omer, S Tasker, GM Lord, PM Irving - Gut, 2020 - gut.bmj.com
The prevalence of IBD is rising in the Western world. Despite an increasing repertoire of
therapeutic targets, a significant proportion of patients suffer chronic morbidity. Studies in …

Interaction between food antigens and the immune system: Association with autoimmune disorders

A Vojdani, LR Gushgari, E Vojdani - Autoimmunity reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been shown that environmental factors such as infections, chemicals, and diet play a
major role in autoimmune diseases; however, relatively little attention has been given to …

Intestinal microbiota in common chronic inflammatory disorders affecting children

A Torun, A Hupalowska, P Trzonkowski… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The incidence and prevalence rate of chronic inflammatory disorders is on the rise in the
pediatric population. Recent research indicates the crucial role of interactions between the …

The pathogenic role of retinoid nuclear receptor signaling in cancer and metabolic syndromes

M Esposito, JK Amory, Y Kang - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2024 - rupress.org
The retinoid nuclear receptor pathway, activated by the vitamin A metabolite retinoic acid,
has been extensively investigated for over a century. This study has resulted in conflicting …

[HTML][HTML] Chemokine receptor CCR9 suppresses the differentiation of CD4+ CD8αα+ intraepithelial T cells in the gut

C Li, HK Kim, P Prakhar, S Luo, A Crossman… - Mucosal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The chemokine receptor CCR9 equips T cells with the ability to respond to CCL25, a
chemokine that is highly expressed in the thymus and the small intestine (SI). Notably …

[HTML][HTML] 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Enhances the Regenerative Function of Lgr5+ Intestinal Stem Cells In Vitro and In Vivo

NA Shaikh, C Liu, Y Yin, DJ Baylink, X Tang - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder in the intestines without
a cure. Current therapies suppress inflammation to prevent further intestinal damage …

Targeted cellular micropharmacies: cells engineered for localized drug delivery

TJ Gardner, CM Bourne, MM Dacek, K Kurtz, M Malviya… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The recent emergence of engineered cellular therapies, such as Chimeric antigen receptor
(CAR) CAR T and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered T cells, has shown great promise in the …

[HTML][HTML] BCAT1 knockdown-mediated suppression of melanoma cell proliferation and migration is associated with reduced oxidative phosphorylation

B Zhang, F Xu, K Wang, M Liu, J Li, Q Zhao… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malignant melanoma has a high mutational rate. As a result, resistance to current therapies
is common. Consequently, there is an unmet medical need to develop novel therapies …

Single-Cell Sequencing Reveals the Transcriptome and TCR Characteristics of pTregs and in vitro Expanded iTregs

Z Hui, J Zhang, Y Zheng, L Yang, W Yu, Y An… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in the maintenance of immune tolerance and
tumor evasion. However, the relative low proportion of these cells in peripheral blood and …