Revealing macropinocytosis using nanoparticles

N Means, CK Elechalawar, WR Chen… - Molecular aspects of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endocytosis mechanisms are one of the methods that cells use to interact with their
environments. Endocytosis mechanisms vary from the clathrin-mediated endocytosis to the …

Immunological aspects of nanocellulose

M Čolić, S Tomić, M Bekić - Immunology letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer in the world. Nanoscale forms of cellulose,
including cellulose nanofibers (CNF), cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and bacterial …

Studying the fate of tumor extracellular vesicles at high spatiotemporal resolution using the zebrafish embryo

V Hyenne, S Ghoroghi, M Collot, J Bons, G Follain… - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Tumor extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate the communication between tumor and stromal
cells mostly to the benefit of tumor progression. Notably, tumor EVs travel in the …

Graphene quantum dots suppress proinflammatory T cell responses via autophagy-dependent induction of tolerogenic dendritic cells

S Tomić, K Janjetović, D Mihajlović, M Milenković… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Graphene quantum dots (GQD) are atom-thick nanodimensional carbon sheets with
excellent physico-chemical and biological properties, making them attractive for application …

To be or not to be... secreted as exosomes, a balance finely tuned by the mechanisms of biogenesis

R Palmulli, G van Niel - Essays in biochemistry, 2018 - portlandpress.com
The release of extracellular vesicles such as exosomes provides an attractive intercellular
communication pathway. Exosomes are 30-to 150-nm membrane vesicles that are …

HuR enhances early restitution of the intestinal epithelium by increasing Cdc42 translation

L Liu, R Zhuang, L Xiao, HK Chung, J Luo… - … and Cellular Biology, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mammalian intestinal mucosa exhibits a spectrum of responses after acute injury and
repairs itself rapidly to restore the epithelial integrity. The RNA-binding protein HuR …

Transcriptomic Evidence Reveals the Molecular Basis for Functional Differentiation of Hemocytes in a Marine Invertebrate, Crassostrea gigas

F Mao, NK Wong, Y Lin, X Zhang, K Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Hemocytes play unequivocally central roles in host immune defense of bivalve mollusks,
though the exact mechanisms underlying their functional differentiation are only partially …

A cycle involving HMGB1, IFN-γ and dendritic cells plays a putative role in anti-tumor immunity

Q Gao, F Li, S Wang, Z Shen, S Cheng, Y Ping, G Qin… - Cellular …, 2019 - Elsevier
An important subset in regulating antitumor immunity is the maturation and accumulation of
intratumor dendritic cells (DCs), inducing potent T cell cytotoxicity. In this study, we explored …

Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus Infection of Macrophages by CD44, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Acid Sphingomyelinase

C Li, Y Wu, A Riehle, V Orian-Rousseau… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Aims: Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role in sepsis, pneumonia, and wound
infections. Acid sphingomyelinase (Asm)-deficient mice are highly susceptible to pulmonary …

Tropomodulin1 expression increases upon maturation in dendritic cells and promotes their maturation and immune functions

X Liu, X Xia, X Wang, J Zhou, LA Sung, J Long… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells. Upon maturation, DCs
express costimulatory molecules and migrate to the lymph nodes to present antigens to T …