The role of monocytes and macrophages in autoimmune diseases: a comprehensive review

WT Ma, F Gao, K Gu, DK Chen - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Monocytes (Mo) and macrophages (Mϕ) are key components of the innate immune system
and are involved in regulation of the initiation, development, and resolution of many …

Current concepts on the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis

ME Truchetet, NC Brembilla, C Chizzolini - Clinical reviews in allergy & …, 2023 - Springer
From the clinical standpoint, systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by skin and internal
organ fibrosis, diffuse fibroproliferative vascular modifications, and autoimmunity. Clinical …

The immunopathogenesis of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis

M Brown, S O'Reilly - Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an idiopathic systemic autoimmune disease. It is characterized
by a triad of hallmarks: immune dysfunction, fibrosis and vasculopathy. Immune dysfunction …

Toll-like receptor pathways in autoimmune diseases

JQ Chen, P Szodoray, M Zeher - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2016 - Springer
Autoimmune diseases are a family of chronic systemic inflammatory disorders, characterized
by the dysregulation of the immune system which finally results in the break of tolerance to …

The potential role of trained immunity in autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders

RJW Arts, LAB Joosten, MG Netea - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
During induction of trained immunity, monocytes and macrophages undergo a functional
and transcriptional reprogramming toward increased activation. Important rewiring of cellular …

Nucleic acid sensors as therapeutic targets for human disease

SM McWhirter, CA Jefferies - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Innate immune sensors that detect nucleic acids are attractive targets for therapeutic
intervention because of their diverse roles in many disease processes. In detecting RNA and …

Toll-like receptors in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases: recent and emerging translational developments

L Duffy, SC O'Reilly - ImmunoTargets and therapy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Autoinflammatory diseases are defined as the loss of self-tolerance in which an
inflammatory response to self-antigens occurs, which are a significant global burden. Toll …

The emerging role of metabolism in fibrosis

J Henderson, S O'Reilly - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
The metabolic shift that cancer cells undergo towards aerobic glycolysis was identified as a
defining feature in tumours almost 100 years ago; however, it has only recently become …

Isoliquiritigenin Attenuates Adipose Tissue Inflammation in vitro and Adipose Tissue Fibrosis through Inhibition of Innate Immune Responses in Mice

Y Watanabe, Y Nagai, H Honda, N Okamoto… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Isoliquiritigenin (ILG) is a flavonoid derived from Glycyrrhiza uralensis and potently
suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome activation resulting in the improvement of diet-induced …

MiR-29a reduces TIMP-1 production by dermal fibroblasts via targeting TGF-β activated kinase 1 binding protein 1, implications for systemic sclerosis

M Ciechomska, S O'Reilly, M Suwara… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease
characterised by skin and internal organs fibrosis due to accumulation of extra cellular …