Publications by authors named "John Patrick Murphy"

The recruitment of monocytes and their differentiation into immunosuppressive cells is associated with the low efficacy of preclinical nonconformal radiotherapy (RT) for tumors. However, nonconformal RT (non-CRT) does not mimic clinical practice, and little is known about the role of monocytes after RT modes used in patients, such as conformal RT (CRT). Here, we investigated the acute immune response induced by after CRT.

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Altered thermal solubility measurement techniques are emerging as powerful tools to assess ligand binding, post-translational modification, protein-protein interactions, and many other cellular processes that affect protein state under various cellular conditions. Thermal solubility or stability profiling techniques are enabled on a global proteomic scale by employing isobaric tagging reagents that facilitate multiplexing capacity required to measure changes in the proteome across thermal gradients. Key among these is thermal proteomic profiling (TPP), which requires 8-10 isobaric tags per gradient and generation of multiple proteomic datasets to measure different replicates and conditions.

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  • * The study revealed that cancer cells' response to reovirus infection is linked to changes in their metabolism, particularly involving pyruvate and oxidative stress, which influences their overall susceptibility to the virus.
  • * Therapeutically, enhancing the activity of an enzyme called pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in cancer cells can make them more vulnerable to reovirus treatment, suggesting that modifying cancer cell metabolism could be an effective strategy to improve oncolytic virus therapies.
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  • Myeloid cells are crucial for fighting viral infections, but their differentiation during acute infections is not well understood.
  • The study introduced a new method called quantitative temporal in vivo proteomics (QTiPs) to analyze the changes in these cells during viral infections, focusing on their interactions with the host.
  • Findings revealed that inflammatory CD11b, Ly6G, and Ly6C cells transition into M2-like macrophages later in the infection, enhancing their ability to present antigens and respond metabolically.
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