Microbial dysbiosis in the gut drives systemic autoimmune diseases

WK Mousa, F Chehadeh, S Husband - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Trillions of microbes survive and thrive inside the human body. These tiny creatures are
crucial to the development and maturation of our immune system and to maintain gut …

Aging, melatonin, and the pro-and anti-inflammatory networks

R Hardeland - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aging and various age-related diseases are associated with reductions in melatonin
secretion, proinflammatory changes in the immune system, a deteriorating circadian system …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes from TNF-α-treated human gingiva-derived MSCs enhance M2 macrophage polarization and inhibit periodontal bone loss

Y Nakao, T Fukuda, Q Zhang, T Sanui, T Shinjo, X Kou… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)–derived exosome plays a central role in the cell-free
therapeutics involving MSCs and the contents can be customized under disease-associated …

MicroRNA let-7 and viral infections: focus on mechanisms of action

A Letafati, S Najafi, M Mottahedi, M Karimzadeh… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are fundamental post-transcriptional modulators of several critical
cellular processes, a number of which are involved in host defense mechanisms. In …

[HTML][HTML] CircRNAs in lung cancer-Biogenesis, function and clinical implication

C Wang, S Tan, J Li, WR Liu, Y Peng, W Li - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is the leading cause of malignancy-related incidence and mortality worldwide.
Molecular mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis and development of lung cancer are still …

MicroRNAs as molecular switches in macrophage activation

G Curtale, M Rubino, M Locati - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The efficacy of macrophage-mediated inflammatory response relies on the coordinated
expression of key factors, which expression is finely regulated at both transcriptional and …

Crosstalk between the microbiome and epigenome: messages from bugs

Y Qin, PA Wade - The journal of biochemistry, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Mammals exist in a complicated symbiotic relationship with their gut microbiome, which is
postulated to have broad impacts on host health and disease. As omics-based technologies …

Molecular mechanisms modulating the phenotype of macrophages and microglia

SA Amici, J Dong, M Guerau-de-Arellano - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages and microglia play crucial roles during central nervous system development,
homeostasis and acute events such as infection or injury. The diverse functions of tissue …

Neural stem cell derived extracellular vesicles: attributes and prospects for treating neurodegenerative disorders

AD Vogel, R Upadhya, AK Shetty - EBioMedicine, 2018 - thelancet.com
Neural stem cell (NSC) grafting in conditions such as aging, brain injury, and
neurodegenerative diseases promotes regeneration, plasticity and functional recovery …

SALL4-mediated upregulation of exosomal miR-146a-5p drives T-cell exhaustion by M2 tumor-associated macrophages in HCC

C Yin, Q Han, D Xu, B Zheng, X Zhao, J Zhang - Oncoimmunology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Emerging evidence indicates that cancer cell-derived exosomes contribute to cancer
progression through the modulation of tumor microenvironment, but the underlying …