[HTML][HTML] Extracellular microvesicles/exosomes: discovery, disbelief, acceptance, and the future?

MZ Ratajczak, J Ratajczak - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
There are concepts in science that need time to overcome initial disbelief before finally
arriving at the moment when they are embraced by the research community. One of these …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection and overactivation of Nlrp3 inflammasome as a trigger of cytokine “storm” and risk factor for damage of hematopoietic stem cells

MZ Ratajczak, M Kucia - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
The scientific community faces an unexpected and urgent challenge related to the SARS-
CoV-2 pandemic and is investigating the role of receptors involved in entry of this virus into …

Innate immune pathways and inflammation in hematopoietic aging, clonal hematopoiesis, and MDS

JJ Trowbridge, DT Starczynowski - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2021 - rupress.org
With a growing aged population, there is an imminent need to develop new therapeutic
strategies to ameliorate disorders of hematopoietic aging, including clonal hematopoiesis …

[HTML][HTML] NLRP3 inflammasome activation in cancer: a double-edged sword

S Hamarsheh, R Zeiser - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation is involved in tumor development and progression as well as antitumor
response to therapy. In the past decade, the crosstalk between inflammation, immunity, and …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Entry Receptor ACE2 Is Expressed on Very Small CD45 Precursors of Hematopoietic and Endothelial Cells and in Response to Virus Spike …

MZ Ratajczak, K Bujko, A Ciechanowicz… - Stem cell reviews and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) plays an important role as a member of
the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) in regulating the conversion of …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperactivation of P2X7 receptors as a culprit of COVID-19 neuropathology

DE Ribeiro, Á Oliveira-Giacomelli, T Glaser… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Scientists and health professionals are exhaustively trying to contain the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by elucidating viral invasion mechanisms, possible …

[HTML][HTML] NF-κB: A double-edged sword controlling inflammation

D Liu, Z Zhong, M Karin - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inflammation, when properly mounted and precisely calibrated, is a beneficial process that
enables the rapid removal of invading pathogens and/or cellular corpses and promotes …

[HTML][HTML] IRAK1 and IRAK4 as emerging therapeutic targets in hematologic malignancies

J Bennett, DT Starczynowski - Current Opinion in Hematology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
IRAK-targeted therapies that have matriculated to early phase trials are yielding promising
preliminary results. However, studies of IRAK kinase signaling continue to defy conventional …

[PDF][PDF] Differential regulation of transcription factor T-bet induction during NK cell development and T helper-1 cell differentiation

D Fang, K Cui, Y Cao, M Zheng, T Kawabe, G Hu… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Adaptive CD4+ T helper cells and their innate counterparts, innate lymphoid cells, utilize an
identical set of transcription factors (TFs) for their differentiation and functions. However …

Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell signaling in the niche

SN Hurwitz, SK Jung, P Kurre - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) are responsible for lifelong maintenance
of hematopoiesis through self-renewal and differentiation into mature blood cell lineages …