Regulatory T cells: regulation of identity and function

P Grover, PN Goel, MI Greene - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
T regulatory cells suppress a variety of immune responses to self-antigens and play a role in
peripheral tolerance maintenance by limiting autoimmune disorders, and other pathological …

[HTML][HTML] PRMT5 function and targeting in cancer

H Kim, AR Ze'ev - Cell stress, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein methyl transferases play critical roles in numerous regulatory pathways that underlie
cancer development, progression and therapy-response. Here we discuss the function of …

Exhaustion-associated cholesterol deficiency dampens the cytotoxic arm of antitumor immunity

C Yan, L Zheng, S Jiang, H Yang, J Guo, L Jiang, T Li… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The concept of targeting cholesterol metabolism to treat cancer has been widely tested in
clinics, but the benefits are modest, calling for a complete understanding of cholesterol …

The cholesterol pathway: impact on immunity and cancer

RJ King, PK Singh, K Mehla - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Cholesterol is a multifaceted metabolite that is known to modulate processes in cancer,
atherosclerosis, and autoimmunity. A common denominator between these diseases …

Targeting protein modifications in metabolic diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies

X Wu, M Xu, M Geng, S Chen, PJ Little, S Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represents a major
public health burden worldwide. The most common form of NCD is metabolic diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Promising role of protein arginine methyltransferases in overcoming anti-cancer drug resistance

Y Zhu, T Xia, DQ Chen, X Xiong, L Shi, Y Zuo… - Drug Resistance …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drug resistance remains a major challenge in cancer treatment, necessitating the
development of novel strategies to overcome it. Protein arginine methyltransferases …

Arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 negatively regulates cGAS-mediated antiviral immune response

D Ma, M Yang, Q Wang, C Sun, H Shi, W Jing, Y Bi… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) functions as an essential DNA sensor, which senses the
cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA and activates the antiviral response. However, the …

Transcript splicing optimizes the thymic self-antigen repertoire to suppress autoimmunity

R Muro, T Nitta, S Nitta, M Tsukasaki, T Asano… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Immunological self-tolerance is established in the thymus by the expression of virtually all
self-antigens, including tissue-restricted antigens (TRAs) and cell-type–restricted antigens …

Impacts and mechanisms of alternative mRNA splicing in cancer metabolism, immune response, and therapeutics

Q Peng, Y Zhou, L Oyang, N Wu, Y Tang, M Su, X Luo… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Alternative pre-mRNA splicing (AS) provides the potential to produce diversity at RNA and
protein levels. Disruptions in the regulation of pre-mRNA splicing can lead to diseases. With …

PRMT5 inhibition promotes PD-L1 expression and immuno-resistance in lung cancer

R Hu, B Zhou, Z Chen, S Chen, N Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Protein arginine transferase 5 (PRMT5) has been implicated as an important modulator of
tumorigenesis as it promotes tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. Studies have …