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Open AccessIL-27 disturbs lipid metabolism and restrains mitochondrial activity to inhibit γδ T17 cell-mediated skin inflammation
IL-17+ γδ T cells (γδ T17) are kick-starters of inflammation due to their strict immunosurveillance of xenobiotics or cellular damages and rapid response to pro-inflammatory stimulators. IL-27 is a well-recogn...
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Lkb1 orchestrates γδ T-cell metabolic and functional fitness to control IL-17-mediated autoimmune hepatitis
γδ T cells play a crucial role in immune surveillance and serve as a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. However, the metabolic requirements and regulation of γδ T-cell development and function remain...
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Open AccessInterleukin-21 receptor signaling promotes metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis-driven hepatocellular carcinoma by inducing immunosuppressive IgA+ B cells
Dysregulation of immune surveillance is tightly linked to the development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)-driven hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, its underlying mechanisms re...
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Ferritin-mediated mitochondrial iron homeostasis is essential for the survival of hematopoietic stem cells and leukemic stem cells
Iron metabolism plays a crucial role in cell viability, but its relationship with adult stem cells and cancer stem cells is not fully understood. The ferritin complex, responsible for intracellular iron storag...
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Open AccessA commensal protozoan attenuates Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis in mice via arginine-ornithine metabolism and host intestinal immune response
Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis is a major risk factor for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is recommended for treating CDI. However, the underlying mechanisms rem...
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Open AccessAnti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies as a risk factor for the prevalence and severity of systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex systemic autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of numerous autoantibodies. The interaction of infectious agents (viruses, bacteria and parasites) and ...
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Open Accessγδ T cells: origin and fate, subsets, diseases and immunotherapy
The intricacy of diseases, shaped by intrinsic processes like immune system exhaustion and hyperactivation, highlights the potential of immune renormalization as a promising strategy in disease treatment. In r...
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B-cell-derived IL-10 promotes allergic sensitization in asthma regulated by Bcl-3
Aeroallergen sensitization, mainly mediated by lung epithelium and dendritic cells (DCs), is integral to allergic asthma pathogenesis and progression. IL-10 has a dual role in immune responses, as it inhibits ...
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Open AccessImmune-Ageing Evaluation of Peripheral T and NK Lymphocyte Subsets in Chinese Healthy Adults
Ageing is often accompanied with a decline in immune system function, resulting in immune ageing. Numerous studies have focussed on the changes in different lymphocyte subsets in diseases and immunosenescence....
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Open AccessMETTL3-dependent m6A methylation facilitates uterine receptivity and female fertility via balancing estrogen and progesterone signaling
Infertility is a worldwide reproductive health problem and there are still many unknown etiologies of infertility. In recent years, increasing evidence emerged and confirmed that epigenetic regulation played a...
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Open AccessCell type specific IL-27p28 (IL-30) deletion in mice uncovers an unexpected regulatory function of IL-30 in autoimmune inflammation
IL-27 is an IL-12 family cytokine with immune regulatory properties, capable of modulating inflammatory responses, including autoimmunity. While extensive studies investigated the major target cells of IL-27 m...
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Open AccessmTORC1 signaling pathway integrates estrogen and growth factor to coordinate vaginal epithelial cells proliferation and differentiation
The mouse vaginal epithelium cyclically exhibits cell proliferation and differentiation in response to estrogen. Estrogen acts as an activator of mTOR signaling but its role in vaginal epithelial homeostasis i...
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Transient 40 °C-shock potentiates cytotoxic responses of Vδ2+ γδ T cell via HSP70 upregulation
Vδ2+ γδ T cell, one of promising strategies for tumor immunotherapy, recognizes and kills cancer cells in a non-MHC dependent manner. Previously, we pioneeringly proved the clinical safety and efficacy of allogen...
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Open AccessDendritic cell-derived IL-27 p28 regulates T cell program in pathogenicity and alleviates acute graft-versus-host disease
Interleukin 27 (IL-27), a heterodimeric cytokine composed of Epstein-Barr virus-induced 3 and p28, is a pleiotropic cytokine with both pro-and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the precise role of IL-27 i...
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Glucose metabolism controls human γδ T-cell-mediated tumor immunosurveillance in diabetes
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have an increased risk of cancer. The effect of glucose metabolism on γδ T cells and their impact on tumor surveillance remain unknown. Here, we showed that high g...
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Open AccessIL-1β-activated mTORC2 promotes accumulation of IFN-γ+ γδ T cells by upregulating CXCR3 to restrict hepatic fibrosis
Liver fibrosis represents a severe stage of liver damage, with hallmarks of inflammation, hepatic stellate cell activation, and extracellular matrix accumulation. Although previous studies demonstrated γδ T ce...
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Open AccessHistone H3K4me3 modification is a transgenerational epigenetic signal for lipid metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans
As a major risk factor to human health, obesity presents a massive burden to people and society. Interestingly, the obese status of parents can cause progeny’s lipid accumulation through epigenetic inheritance...
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The kinase complex mTORC2 promotes the longevity of virus-specific memory CD4+ T cells by preventing ferroptosis
Antigen-specific memory CD4+ T cells can persist and confer rapid and efficient protection from microbial reinfection. However, the mechanisms underlying the long-term maintenance of the memory CD4+ T cell pool r...
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IL-27 signalling promotes adipocyte thermogenesis and energy expenditure
Thermogenesis in brown and beige adipose tissue has important roles in maintaining body temperature and countering the development of metabolic disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes1,2. Although much is k...
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Open AccessCytosolic and nuclear recognition of virus and viral evasion
The innate immune system is the first line of host defense, which responds rapidly to viral infection. Innate recognition of viruses is mediated by a set of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that sense vira...