Polyamines in cancer: integrating organismal metabolism and antitumour immunity

CE Holbert, MT Cullen, RA Casero Jr… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The natural mammalian polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine are essential for
both normal and neoplastic cell function and replication. Dysregulation of metabolism of …

[PDF][PDF] Metabolic adaptation of lymphocytes in immunity and disease

NM Chapman, H Chi - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Adaptive immune responses mediated by T cells and B cells are crucial for protective
immunity against pathogens and tumors. Differentiation and function of immune cells require …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping the single-cell transcriptomic response of murine diabetic kidney disease to therapies

H Wu, RG Villalobos, X Yao, D Reilly, T Chen… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) occurs in∼ 40% of patients with diabetes and causes kidney
failure, cardiovascular disease, and premature death. We analyzed the response of a …

[PDF][PDF] Proper acquisition of cell class identity in organoids allows definition of fate specification programs of the human cerebral cortex

A Uzquiano, AJ Kedaigle, M Pigoni, B Paulsen… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Realizing the full utility of brain organoids to study human development requires
understanding whether organoids precisely replicate endogenous cellular and molecular …

TH17 cell heterogeneity and its role in tissue inflammation

A Schnell, DR Littman, VK Kuchroo - Nature immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Since their discovery almost two decades ago, interleukin-17-producing CD4+ T cells (TH17
cells) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple autoimmune and inflammatory …

Ornithine aminotransferase supports polyamine synthesis in pancreatic cancer

MS Lee, C Dennis, I Naqvi, L Dailey, A Lorzadeh, G Ye… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
There is a need to develop effective therapies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA),
a highly lethal malignancy with increasing incidence and poor prognosis. Although targeting …

[HTML][HTML] Stem-like intestinal Th17 cells give rise to pathogenic effector T cells during autoimmunity

A Schnell, L Huang, M Singer, A Singaraju, RM Barilla… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
While intestinal Th17 cells are critical for maintaining tissue homeostasis, recent studies
have implicated their roles in the development of extra-intestinal autoimmune diseases …

RORγt protein modifications and IL-17-mediated inflammation

R Kumar, AL Theiss, K Venuprasad - Trends in immunology, 2021 - cell.com
RORγt, the master transcription factor for cytokine interleukin (IL)-17, is expressed explicitly
in Th17 cells, γδT cells, and type 3 innate lymphoid cells in mice and humans. Since …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of spermidine-induced autophagy and geroprotection

SJ Hofer, AK Simon, M Bergmann, T Eisenberg… - Nature Aging, 2022 - nature.com
Aging involves the systemic deterioration of all known cell types in most eukaryotes. Several
recently discovered compounds that extend the healthspan and lifespan of model organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Parvimonas micra promotes colorectal tumorigenesis and is associated with prognosis of colorectal cancer patients

L Zhao, X Zhang, Y Zhou, K Fu, HCH Lau, TWY Chun… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Large-scale fecal shotgun metagenomic sequencing revealed the high abundance of
Parvimonas micra in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. We investigated the role and clinical …