Publications by authors named "Dulce Soler-Ferran"

Progress in developing improvements in the treatment of autoimmune disease has been gradual, due to challenges presented by the nature of these conditions. Namely, the need to suppress a patient's immune response while maintaining the essential activity of the immune system in controlling disease. Targeted treatments to eliminate the autoreactive immune cells driving disease symptoms present a promising new option for major improvements in treatment efficacy and side effect management.

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  • - Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease in the mouth linked to T cell activity, but the specific stages of T cell differentiation in this condition were unknown until this study.
  • - An analysis of gene expression data and immunohistochemical studies from biopsies of OLP patients revealed significant infiltration of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, with a notable presence of KLRG1+ T cells that are highly differentiated.
  • - The findings indicate that the presence of these cytotoxic T cells, particularly those marked by KLRG1, points to ongoing antigen exposure and their potential role in damaging the oral mucosa in OLP.
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Cancer therapy is a double-edged sword, as surgery and chemotherapy can induce an inflammatory/immunosuppressive injury response that promotes dormancy escape and tumor recurrence. We hypothesized that these events could be altered by early blockade of the inflammatory cascade and/or by accelerating the resolution of inflammation. Preoperative, but not postoperative, administration of the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug ketorolac and/or resolvins, a family of specialized proresolving autacoid mediators, eliminated micrometastases in multiple tumor-resection models, resulting in long-term survival.

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