Drugs targeting mitochondrial energy metabolism are emerging as promising antitumor therapeutics. Glioma treatment is extremely challenging due to the high complexity of the tumor and the high cellular heterogeneity. From a metabolic perspective, glioma cancer cells can be classified into the oxidative metabolic phenotype (mainly depending on mitochondrial respiration for energy production) and glycolytic phenotype or "Warburg effect" (mainly depending on glycolysis).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The lymphatic system is a multifaceted regulator of tissue homeostasis and an integral part of immune responses. Previous studies had shown that subsets of lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) express , an essential component of humoral innate immunity and tissue homeostasis.
Methods: In the present study using whole-mount imaging and image-based morphometric quantifications, -targeted mice and functional analysis, we investigated the involvement of PTX3 in shaping and function of the lymphatic vasculature.
: Glioblastoma -wildtype (GBM -wt) is the most aggressive brain tumor in adults and is characterized by an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Different factors shaping its tumor microenvironment (TME) regulate tumor progression and treatment response. The aim of this study was to characterize the main immunosuppressive elements of the GBM -wt TME.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman papilloma virus (HPV) infection is responsible for 4.5% of cancers worldwide, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConcurrent infections with two or more pathogens with analogous tropism, such as RSV and SARS-CoV-2, may antagonize or facilitate each other, modulating disease outcome. Clinically, discrepancies in the severity of symptoms have been reported in children with RSV/SARS-CoV-2 co-infection. Herein, we propose an co-infection model to assess how RSV/SARS-CoV-2 co-infection alters cellular homeostasis.
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