Vitamin C and immune cell function in inflammation and cancer

A Ang, JM Pullar, MJ Currie… - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Vitamin C (ascorbate) is maintained at high levels in most immune cells and can affect many
aspects of the immune response. Intracellular levels generally respond to variations in …

Epigenetic control of myeloid cell differentiation, identity and function

D Álvarez-Errico, R Vento-Tormo, M Sieweke… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Myeloid cells are crucial effectors of the innate immune response and important regulators of
adaptive immunity. The differentiation and activation of myeloid cells requires the timely …

Transcriptional networks driving dendritic cell differentiation and function

SL Nutt, M Chopin - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) are the sentinels of the immune system, sensing a diverse array of
pathogens to stimulate a robust and appropriate immune response. To initiate responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic strategies synergize with PD-L1/PD-1 targeted cancer immunotherapies to enhance antitumor responses

X Chen, X Pan, W Zhang, H Guo, S Cheng, Q He… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy strategies targeting the programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-
L1)/programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) pathway in clinical treatments have achieved …

Role of methylation in pro-and anti-cancer immunity

A Mehdi, SA Rabbani - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Epigenetic mechanisms including methylation play an essential role in
regulating gene expression not only in cancer cells but also in immune cells. Although role …

Gene activation precedes DNA demethylation in response to infection in human dendritic cells

A Pacis, F Mailhot-Léonard, L Tailleux… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
DNA methylation is considered to be a relatively stable epigenetic mark. However, a
growing body of evidence indicates that DNA methylation levels can change rapidly; for …

DNA methylation–based immune response signature improves patient diagnosis in multiple cancers

J Jeschke, M Bizet, C Desmedt… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND. The tumor immune response is increasingly associated with better clinical
outcomes in breast and other cancers. However, the evaluation of tumor-infiltrating …

Prostaglandin E2 leads to the acquisition of DNMT3A-dependent tolerogenic functions in human myeloid-derived suppressor cells

J Rodríguez-Ubreva, F Català-Moll, N Obermajer… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) and dendritic cells (DCs) arise from common
progenitors. Tumor-derived factors redirect differentiation from immune-promoting DCs to …

Reshaping the tumour immune microenvironment in solid tumours via tumour cell and immune cell DNA methylation: from mechanisms to therapeutics

F Zhong, Y Lin, L Zhao, C Yang, Y Ye… - British Journal of Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, the tumour microenvironment (TME) of solid tumours has attracted more and
more attention from researchers, especially those non-tumour components such as immune …

Understanding the relevance of DNA methylation changes in immune differentiation and disease

C Calle-Fabregat, O Morante-Palacios, E Ballestar - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Immune cells are one of the most complex and diverse systems in the human organism.
Such diversity implies an intricate network of different cell types and interactions that are …