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EMBO Mol Med
December 2024
Department of Microbiome Dynamics, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI), Jena, Germany.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Although the risk of developing CRC increases with age, approximately 10% of newly diagnosed cases occur in individuals under the age of 50. Significant changes in dietary habits in young adults since industrialization create a favorable microenvironment for colorectal carcinogenesis.
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December 2024
Janssen Interventional Oncology, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium.
The NLRP3 inflammasome plays a pivotal role in host defense and drives inflammation against microbial threats, crystals, and danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Dysregulation of NLRP3 activity is associated with various human diseases, making it an attractive therapeutic target. Patients with NLRP3 mutations suffer from Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome (CAPS) emphasizing the clinical significance of modulating NLRP3.
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December 2024
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
EMBO Mol Med
December 2024
Molecular Inflammation Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB), Murcia, Spain.
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December 2024
Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
EMBO Mol Med
December 2024
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
EMBO Mol Med
November 2024
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, IGBMC, Illkirch, F-67404, France.
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November 2024
National Taiwan University YongLin Institute of Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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November 2024
MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
EMBO Mol Med
November 2024
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Pathogenic variants in either the mitochondrial or nuclear genomes are associated with a diverse group of human disorders characterized by impaired mitochondrial function. Within this group, an increasing number of families have been identified, where Mendelian genetic disorders implicate defective mitochondrial RNA biology. The PDE12 gene encodes the poly(A)-specific exoribonuclease, involved in the quality control of mitochondrial non-coding RNAs.
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November 2024
The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
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November 2024
Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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December 2024
Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Bacterial cancer therapy (BCT) is a promising therapeutic for solid tumours. Salmonella enterica Typhimurium (STm) is well-studied amongst bacterial vectors due to advantages in genetic modification and metabolic adaptation. A longstanding paradox is the redundancy of T cells for treatment efficacy; instead, STm BCT depends on innate phagocytes for tumour control.
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December 2024
State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, P. R. China.
Early detection is warranted to improve prognosis of gastric cancer (GC) but remains challenging. Liquid biopsy combined with machine learning will provide new insights into diagnostic strategies of GC. Lipid metabolism reprogramming plays a crucial role in the initiation and development of tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), APOE4, accelerates beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaque formation, but whether this is caused by APOE expressed in microglia or astrocytes is debated. We express here the human APOE isoforms in astrocytes in an Apoe-deficient AD mouse model. This is not only sufficient to restore the amyloid plaque pathology but also induces the characteristic transcriptional pathological responses in Apoe-deficient microglia surrounding the plaques.
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December 2024
Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
The hair follicle stem cell niche is an immune-privileged microenvironment, characterized by reduced antigen presentation, thus shielding against permanent immune-mediated tissue damage. In this study, we demonstrated the protective role of hair follicle-specific epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) against scarring hair follicle destruction. Mechanistically, disruption of EGFR signaling generated a cell-intrinsic hypersensitivity within the JAK-STAT1 pathway, which, synergistically with interferon gamma expressing CD8 T-cell and NK-cell-mediated inflammation, compromised the stem cell niche.
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December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
The hair follicle is thought to be a site of ‘immune privilege,’ or relative protection from autoimmune and inflammatory responses. In particular, the long-lived, quiescent hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) are strikingly resistant to cytotoxic immune effectors such as T cells and natural killer (NK) cells, even in systems where these cells are artificially directed to attack HFSCs. Nonetheless, many forms of alopecia are associated with immune-mediated damage of the hair follicle epithelium, suggesting a failure of immune privilege.
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December 2024
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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December 2024
Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder in girls, underpinned by mutations in the X-linked gene . In their recent work (Frasca et al, 2024), Frasca and colleagues identified a novel pathway involving interferon-gamma (IFNγ) that could pave the way to potential therapies.
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December 2024
University of Zurich, Institute of Anatomy, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH - 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
A hallmark feature of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is massive intratumoral fibrosis, designated as desmoplasia. Desmoplasia is characterized by the expansion of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and a massive increase in extracellular matrix (ECM). During fibrogenesis, distinct genes become reactivated specifically in fibroblasts, e.
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December 2024
State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Fragmentomic features of circulating cell free mitochondrial DNA (ccf-mtDNA) including fragmentation profile, 5' end base preference and motif diversity are poorly understood. Here, we generated ccf-mtDNA sequencing data of 1607 plasma samples using capture-based next generation sequencing. We firstly found that fragmentomic features of ccf-mtDNA were remarkably different from those of circulating cell free nuclear DNA.
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December 2024
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Swiss Cancer Center Leman (SCCL), Station 19, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Cancer cell plasticity contributes significantly to the failure of chemo- and targeted therapies in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Molecular mechanisms of therapy-induced tumor cell plasticity and associated resistance are largely unknown. Using a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen, we investigated escape mechanisms of NOTCH-driven TNBC treated with a gamma-secretase inhibitor (GSI) and identified SOX2 as a target of resistance to Notch inhibition.
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November 2024
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China.
Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), an environmental pollutant, has been widely detected in both environmental and clinical samples, representing a serious threat to the homeostasis of the endocrine system. The accumulation of DEHP is notably pronounced in the liver and can lead to liver damage. The lack of effective high-throughput screening system retards the discovery of such drugs that can specifically target and eliminate the detrimental impact of DEHP.
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November 2024
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Environmental pollution is a major health problem that affects the health of individuals worldwide and is cumulative with other environmental stressors, contributing to the increasing prevalence of cancer, cardiometabolic, neurological and autoimmune diseases (Favé et al, 2018). Although being extensively studied, therapeutic strategies still rely primarily on exposure prevention, often with no option available to allow pollutant detoxification. In this issue of , Wang et al (Wang et al, 2024) investigated potential pharmacological strategies to allow the direct removal of phthalates, major environmental pollutants, from the liver.
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November 2024
Center for Inflammation Research, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Sepsis is a heterogeneous syndrome resulting from a dysregulated host response to infection. It is considered as a global major health priority. Sepsis is characterized by significant metabolic perturbations, leading to increased circulating metabolites such as lactate.
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