Control of lymphocyte functions by gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids

CH Kim - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
A mounting body of evidence indicates that dietary fiber (DF) metabolites produced by
commensal bacteria play essential roles in balancing the immune system. DF, considered …

Understanding the tumor microenvironment for effective immunotherapy

H Sadeghi Rad, J Monkman… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in immunotherapy have led to durable and long‐term benefits in a subset of
patients across a number of solid tumor types. Understanding of the subsets of patients that …

Liver metastasis restrains immunotherapy efficacy via macrophage-mediated T cell elimination

J Yu, MD Green, S Li, Y Sun, SN Journey, JE Choi… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer mortality, and cancer frequently metastasizes to
the liver. It is not clear whether liver immune tolerance mechanisms contribute to cancer …

Landscape of mast cell populations across organs in mice and humans

M Tauber, L Basso, J Martin, L Bostan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Mast cells (MCs) are tissue-resident immune cells that exhibit homeostatic and neuron-
associated functions. Here, we combined whole-tissue imaging and single-cell RNA …

Microanatomy of the human atherosclerotic plaque by single-cell transcriptomics

MAC Depuydt, KHM Prange, L Slenders, T Örd… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Atherosclerotic lesions are known for their cellular heterogeneity, yet the
molecular complexity within the cells of human plaques has not been fully assessed …

Mast cells link immune sensing to antigen-avoidance behaviour

T Plum, R Binzberger, R Thiele, F Shang, D Postrach… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The physiological functions of mast cells remain largely an enigma. In the context of barrier
damage, mast cells are integrated in type 2 immunity and, together with immunoglobulin E …

Allergic inflammatory memory in human respiratory epithelial progenitor cells

J Ordovas-Montanes, DF Dwyer, SK Nyquist… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Barrier tissue dysfunction is a fundamental feature of chronic human inflammatory diseases
1. Specialized subsets of epithelial cells—including secretory and ciliated cells …

New perspectives on the origins and heterogeneity of mast cells

AL St. John, APS Rathore, F Ginhoux - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Mast cells are immune cells of the haematopoietic lineage that are now thought to have
multifaceted functions during homeostasis and in various disease states. Furthermore, while …

Mast cells in inflammation and disease: recent progress and ongoing concerns

SJ Galli, N Gaudenzio, M Tsai - Annual review of immunology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Mast cells have existed long before the development of adaptive immunity, although they
have been given different names. Thus, in the marine urochordate Styela plicata, they have …

Food allergy

H Renz, KJ Allen, SH Sicherer, HA Sampson… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Food allergies manifest in a variety of clinical conditions within the gastrointestinal tract, skin
and lungs, with the most dramatic and sometimes fatal manifestation being anaphylactic …