Immunomodulation by radiotherapy in tumour control and normal tissue toxicity

UM Cytlak, DP Dyer, J Honeychurch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is a highly effective anticancer treatment that is delivered to more than
half of all patients with cancer. In addition to the well-documented direct cytotoxic effects, RT …

The extracellular matrix in skin inflammation and infection

K Pfisterer, LE Shaw, D Symmank… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an integral component of all organs and plays a pivotal
role in tissue homeostasis and repair. While the ECM was long thought to mostly have …

Effector and stem-like memory cell fates are imprinted in distinct lymph node niches directed by CXCR3 ligands

BC Duckworth, F Lafouresse, VC Wimmer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
T cells dynamically interact with multiple, distinct cellular subsets to determine effector and
memory differentiation. Here, we developed a platform to quantify cell location in three …

Chemokine CXCL4 interactions with extracellular matrix proteoglycans mediate widespread immune cell recruitment independent of chemokine receptors

AL Gray, R Karlsson, ARE Roberts, AJL Ridley, N Pun… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Leukocyte recruitment from the vasculature into tissues is a crucial component of the
immune system but is also key to inflammatory disease. Chemokines are central to this …

Where the action is—leukocyte recruitment in atherosclerosis

C Mauersberger, J Hinterdobler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide and leukocyte recruitment is a key
element of this phenomenon, thus allowing immune cells to enter the arterial wall. There, in …

Immune phenotypes that are associated with subsequent COVID-19 severity inferred from post-recovery samples

T Liechti, Y Iftikhar, M Mangino, M Beddall… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe COVID-19 causes profound immune perturbations, but pre-infection immune
signatures contributing to severe COVID-19 remain unknown. Genome-wide association …

Glioma-derived CCL2 and CCL7 mediate migration of immune suppressive CCR2+/CX3CR1+ M-MDSCs into the tumor microenvironment in a redundant manner

GP Takacs, CJ Kreiger, D Luo, G Tian… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant primary brain tumor, resulting in
poor survival despite aggressive therapies. GBM is characterized in part by a highly …

New genetic and epigenetic insights into the chemokine system: the latest discoveries aiding progression toward precision medicine

H Xu, S Lin, Z Zhou, D Li, X Zhang, M Yu… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past thirty years, the importance of chemokines and their seven-transmembrane G
protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) has been increasingly recognized. Chemokine …

Therapeutic targets in allergic conjunctivitis

BA Labib, DGI Chigbu - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) is a common condition resulting from exposure to allergens such
as pollen, animal dander, or mold. It is typically mediated by allergen-induced crosslinking of …

Discovery of small-molecules targeting the CCL20/CCR6 axis as first-in-class inhibitors for inflammatory bowel diseases

MG Martina, C Giorgio, M Allodi, S Palese… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The CCL20/CCR6 axis is implicated in the migration of CCR6+ immune cells towards
CCL20, its sole ligand, whose expression is increased during inflammatory processes and is …