DAMP-sensing receptors in sterile inflammation and inflammatory diseases

T Gong, L Liu, W Jiang, R Zhou - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
The innate immune system has the capacity to detect 'non-self'molecules derived from
pathogens, known as pathogen-associated molecular patterns, via pattern recognition …

GBA Variants and Parkinson Disease: Mechanisms and Treatments

L Smith, AHV Schapira - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The GBA gene encodes for the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase), which
maintains glycosphingolipid homeostasis. Approximately 5–15% of PD patients have …

C-type lectins in immunity and homeostasis

GD Brown, JA Willment, L Whitehead - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
The C-type lectins are a superfamily of proteins that recognize a broad repertoire of ligands
and that regulate a diverse range of physiological functions. Most research attention has …

Chemical strategies to boost cancer vaccines

WH Li, YM Li - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Personalized cancer vaccines (PCVs) are reinvigorating vaccine strategies in cancer
immunotherapy. In contrast to adoptive T-cell therapy and checkpoint blockade, the PCV …

Pyroptosis: a pro-inflammatory type of cell death in cardiovascular disease

Q Wang, J Wu, Y Zeng, K Chen, C Wang, S Yang… - Clinica chimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyroptosis is a pro-inflammatory type of regulated cell death (RCD) characterized by
gasdermin D (GSDMD)-mediated membrane pore formation, cell swelling and rapid lysis …

Osteocyte necrosis triggers osteoclast-mediated bone loss through macrophage-inducible C-type lectin

D Andreev, M Liu, D Weidner, K Kachler… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although the control of bone-resorbing osteoclasts through osteocyte-derived RANKL is well
defined, little is known about the regulation of osteoclasts by osteocyte death. Indeed …

Innate immune sensing of cell death in disease and therapeutics

SM Man, TD Kanneganti - Nature Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Innate immunity, cell death and inflammation underpin many aspects of health and disease.
Upon sensing pathogens, pathogen-associated molecular patterns or damage-associated …

C-type lectin-like receptors as emerging orchestrators of sterile inflammation represent potential therapeutic targets

E Chiffoleau - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the last decade, C-type lectin-like receptors (CTLRs), expressed mostly by myeloid
cells, have gained increasing attention for their role in the fine tuning of both innate and …

C-type lectin-like receptors: head or tail in cell death immunity

M Drouin, J Saenz, E Chiffoleau - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
C-type lectin-like receptors (CLRs) represent a family of transmembrane pattern recognition
receptors, expressed primarily by myeloid cells. They recognize not only pathogen moieties …

[HTML][HTML] Direct activation of microglia by β-glucosylceramide causes phagocytosis of neurons that exacerbates Gaucher disease

T Shimizu, CR Schutt, Y Izumi, N Tomiyasu, Z Omahdi… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Gaucher disease (GD) is the most common lysosomal storage disease caused by recessive
mutations in the degrading enzyme of β-glucosylceramide (β-GlcCer). However, it remains …