Targeting ROS in cancer: rationale and strategies

C Glorieux, S Liu, D Trachootham… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) in biological systems are transient but essential molecules
that are generated and eliminated by a complex set of delicately balanced molecular …

Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation of FSP1 promotes ferroptosis

T Nakamura, C Hipp, A Santos Dias Mourão… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is evolving as a highly promising approach to combat difficult-to-treat tumour
entities including therapy-refractory and dedifferentiating cancers,–. Recently, ferroptosis …

A brief guideline for studies of phase-separated biomolecular condensates

Y Gao, X Li, P Li, Y Lin - Nature Chemical Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Cells are exquisitely compartmentalized to achieve precise spatiotemporal regulation of
myriad processes and pathways. Phase separation offers one way to achieve territorial …

4-octyl itaconate as a metabolite derivative inhibits inflammation via alkylation of STING

W Li, Y Li, J Kang, H Jiang, W Gong, L Chen, C Wu… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The Krebs cycle-derived metabolite itaconate, whose production is catalyzed by immune
response gene 1 (IRG1), has potential to link immunity and metabolism in activated …

Phase separation in viral infections

H Li, C Ernst, M Kolonko-Adamska… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Viruses rely on the reprogramming of cellular processes to enable efficient viral replication;
this often requires subcompartmentalization within the host cell. Liquid–liquid phase …

Post-translational modifications in liquid-liquid phase separation: a comprehensive review

J Li, M Zhang, W Ma, B Yang, H Lu, F Zhou… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) has received significant attention in recent biological
studies. It refers to a phenomenon that biomolecule exceeds the solubility, condensates and …

TIGIT can inhibit T cell activation via ligation-induced nanoclusters, independent of CD226 co-stimulation

JD Worboys, KN Vowell, RK Hare, AR Ambrose… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
TIGIT is an inhibitory receptor expressed on lymphocytes and can inhibit T cells by
preventing CD226 co-stimulation through interactions in cis or through competition of shared …

pH sensing at the intersection of tissue homeostasis and inflammation

S Hajjar, X Zhou - Trends in Immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract pH is tightly maintained at cellular, tissue, and systemic levels, and altered pH–
particularly in the acidic range–is associated with infection, injury, solid tumors, and …

Phase separation as a new form of regulation in innate immunity

L Wang, W Zhou - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Innate immunity is essential for the host against pathogens, cancer, and autoimmunity. The
innate immune system encodes many sensor, adaptor, and effector proteins and relies on …