RNA modification in the immune system

D Han, MM Xu - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Characterization of RNA modifications has identified their distribution features and
molecular functions. Dynamic changes in RNA modification on various forms of RNA are …

Dynamic regulation of NF-κB response in innate immunity: The case of the IMD pathway in Drosophila

A Cammarata-Mouchtouris, A Acker, A Goto, D Chen… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metazoans have developed strategies to protect themselves from pathogenic attack. These
preserved mechanisms constitute the immune system, composed of innate and adaptive …

Immune-responsive gene 1 protects against liver injury caused by concanavalin A via the activation Nrf2/HO-1 pathway and inhibition of ROS activation pathways

W Yang, Y Wang, P Zhang, X Sun, X Chen, J Yu… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Itaconate is produced by an enzyme encoded by the immune-responsive gene 1 (IRG1) and
exerts antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects via multiple mechanisms …

Kir2. 1-mediated membrane potential promotes nutrient acquisition and inflammation through regulation of nutrient transporters

W Yu, Z Wang, X Yu, Y Zhao, Z Xie, K Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Immunometabolism contributes to inflammation, but how activated macrophages acquire
extracellular nutrients to fuel inflammation is largely unknown. Here, we show that the …

Quantifying stimulus-response specificity to probe the functional state of macrophages

KM Sheu, AA Guru, A Hoffmann - Cell systems, 2023 - cell.com
Immune sentinel macrophages initiate responses to pathogens via hundreds of immune
response genes. Each immune threat demands a tailored response, suggesting that the …

Linking signal input, cell state, and spatial context to inflammatory responses

RA Gottschalk, RN Germain - Current Opinion in Immunology, 2024 - Elsevier
Signal integration is central to a causal understanding of appropriately scaled inflammatory
responses. Here, we discuss recent progress in our understanding of the stimulus–response …

The role of REC8 in the innate immune response to viral infection

S Chen, Q Liu, L Zhang, J Ma, B Xue, H Li… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT REC8 meiotic recombination protein (REC8) is a member of structural
maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein partners, which play an important role in …

Antigen perception in T cells by long-term Erk and NFAT signaling dynamics

MJ Wither, WL White, S Pendyala… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Immune system threat detection hinges on T cells' ability to perceive varying peptide–major
histocompatibility complex (pMHC) antigens. As the Erk and NFAT pathways link T cell …

Dectin-1 ligands produce distinct training phenotypes in human monocytes through differential activation of signaling networks

QJ Cheng, K Farrell, J Fenn, Z Ma, SK Makanani… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Cells of the innate immune system retain memory of prior exposures through a process
known as innate immune training. β-glucan, a Dectin-1 ligand purified from the Candida …

IRF1 cooperates with ISGF3 or GAF to form innate immune de novo enhancers in macrophages

C Chavez, K Lin, A Malveaux, A Gorin, S Brizuela… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Macrophages exposed to immune stimuli reprogram their epigenomes to alter their
subsequent functions. Exposure to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) causes widespread …