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Immunology
Jack Winneberger, Sebastian Schoels, Katrin Lessmann, Javier Randez-Garbayo, Alexander T. Bauer, Ayan Mohamud Yusuf, Dirk M. Hermann, Matthias Gunzer, Stefan W. Schneider, Jens Fiehler, Christian Gerloff, Mathias Gelderblom, Peter Ludewig, Tim Magnus
Summary: The study demonstrated the role of PECAM-1 in regulating trans-endothelial immune cell migration in ischemic brain injury using genetic Pecam-1 depletion and PECAM-1 blockade. The inhibition of PECAM-1 showed reduced infarct volume, edema formation, and brain atrophy in mice. Blocking PECAM-1 could potentially be a target to reduce post-stroke neuroinflammation and enhance post-ischemic brain remodeling.
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Zhidong Zhu, Yanyun Shen, Yunfeng Chen, Haiming Shi, Yun Shi
Summary: Exosomes play a significant role in cell-to-cell communication in cardiovascular disease. The study found that PECAM1 protein was present in the blood of high blood pressure patients, but not in healthy controls. Linear regression analysis showed a strong correlation between PECAM1 expression and systolic blood pressure in high blood pressure patients.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Stefano Quarta, Egeria Scoditti, Vincenzo Zonno, Luisa Siculella, Fabrizio Damiano, Maria Annunziata Carluccio, Patrizia Pagliara
Summary: Sea urchins have been found to contain bioactive compounds with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which are beneficial to human health. In this study, the potential anti-inflammatory and vasculoprotective effects of a red-cell extract from the black sea urchin were assessed in an in vitro model of endothelial cell dysfunction. The extract was found to significantly attenuate the expression of inflammatory molecules and reduce monocyte adhesion and chemotaxis, suggesting its potential anti-atherosclerotic properties.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Bin Yang, Huijun Yang, Xiaomei Lu, Laiyuan Wang, Hongfan Li, Shufeng Chen, Xianqiang Wang, Chenyang Shen, Jianfeng Huang, Xiangfeng Lu, Dongfeng Gu
Summary: The study demonstrated that miR-520b is expressed in human atherosclerotic plaques and suppresses EC inflammation by down-regulating the NF-KB p65-ICAM1/VCAM1 axis, regulating the interaction between monocytes and ECs, and potentially serving as a therapeutic target for EC dysfunction and atherosclerosis.
BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Panagiotis Theofilis, Marios Sagris, Evangelos Oikonomou, Alexios S. Antonopoulos, Gerasimos Siasos, Costas Tsioufis, Dimitris Tousoulis
Summary: Maintenance of endothelial cell integrity is crucial for human health, as dysfunction can lead to various diseases. Activated and injured endothelial cells release inflammatory mediators and enter a pro-thrombotic state, ultimately promoting atherosclerosis progression. Various pathways and mechanisms contribute to endothelial dysfunction, highlighting the complexity of this process.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Shuai Chen, Keyu Lv, Anish Sharda, Jun Deng, Wanjiang Zeng, Chao Zhang, Qinghua Hu, Pengfei Jin, Guangmin Yao, Xulin Xu, Zhangyin Ming, Chao Fang
Summary: DHM demonstrates potent antithrombotic effects by inhibiting platelet and endothelial cell activation, delaying thrombosis formation, and reducing fibrin generation without causing bleeding. Its mechanisms of action involve suppressing thrombin-induced calcium mobilization and MAPK activation, protecting endothelial cells, and decreasing fibrin production.
PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Jae-Young Park, Hyo-Min Park, Seonhwa Kim, Kyeong-Bae Jeon, Chae-Min Lim, Jin Tae Hong, Do-Young Yoon
Summary: IL-32 theta A94V, a mutant isoform, can inhibit monocyte-endothelial adhesion by binding to integrins aVb3 and aVb6, thus reducing the early step of atherosclerosis.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Juan Tang, Tao Li, Xiaojing Xiong, Qiaoyun Yang, Zedazhong Su, Minming Zheng, Qingwei Chen
Summary: Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease, is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular diseases. Current treatments are ineffective in reducing chronic inflammation-mediated plaque accumulation and disease progression. This study developed a novel delivery nanosystem that encapsulated colchicine and targeted inflammatory endothelial cells, resulting in reduced plaque area and enhanced plaque stability in a mouse model. The nanosystem showed improved biosafety and sustained drug release. It has the potential to overcome the limitations of colchicine and open new avenues for anti-atherosclerotic therapy.
JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Immunology
Sam Blanchett, Ines Boal-Carvalho, Scott Layzell, Benedict Seddon
Summary: NF-k beta signaling is essential for multiple stages of T cell development and function, integrating signals from various receptors. Recent studies have revealed that survival functions previously linked to NF-k beta are actually mediated by upstream kinases, leading to a refined understanding of how NF-k beta and cell death signaling are interconnected in regulating cell fate. The cooperation between NF-k beta activation and control of cell death signaling by common upstream triggers plays a crucial role in regulating different aspects of T cell development and function.
TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Donald Ho, Tyler O. Lynd, Claire Jun, Juhee Shin, Reid C. Millican, Benjamin K. Estep, Jun Chen, Xixi Zhang, Brigitta C. Brott, Dong Woon Kim, Jennifer A. Sherwood, Patrick T. J. Hwang
Summary: Vascular insults can lead to vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis through an inflammatory cascade involving endothelial cell, smooth muscle cell, and macrophage activation. This study introduces miR-146a encapsulated liposomes to reduce inflammatory responses in vascular cells and macrophages. The results showed that miR-146a encapsulated liposomes effectively reduced vascular inflammation by inhibiting ICAM-1 expression, decreasing monocyte adhesion, and reducing proinflammatory cytokine production and foam cell formation.
Article
Microbiology
M. Wang, J. -W. Xie, Y. -W. Zheng, X. -T. Wang, D. -Y. Yi, Y. Lin, M. -I. Tong, L. -R. Lin
Summary: Tp47-microvesicles promote the adhesion of THP-1 cells to HUVECs by upregulating ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression through the activation of the ERK1/2 and NF-κB pathways. These findings provide insights into the pathophysiology of syphilitic vascular inflammation.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shuo Wang, Mingkuan Lu, Wei Wang, Shiyang Yu, Ruyue Yu, Chuandong Cai, Yuange Li, Zhongmin Shi, Jian Zou, Miao He, Wenqing Xie, Dengjie Yu, Hongfu Jin, Hengzhen Li, Wenfeng Xiao, Cunyi Fan, Fei Wu, Yusheng Li, Shen Liu
Summary: The phosphorylation of NF-κB plays a critical role in peritendinous adhesion, and JSH-23/PLA-M can inhibit NF-κB phosphorylation in macrophages, exhibiting anti-inflammatory and anti-adhesion properties.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anouk Mentink, Khrystany T. Isebia, Jaco Kraan, Leon W. M. M. Terstappen, Michiel Stevens
Summary: When evaluating EpCAM-based enrichment technologies for CTCs, it is important to use cell lines that closely resemble real CTCs and measure the EpCAM expression of both CTCs and cell lines at different institutions and times. In this study, CTCs were enriched by depleting leukocytes from diagnostic leukapheresis products and EpCAM expression was measured using quantitative flow cytometry. Results showed varying but relatively low EpCAM expression in CTCs from castration-sensitive prostate cancer patients. There were also significant variations in antigen expression among identical cell lines cultured at different institutions, affecting capture efficiency.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Meghan E. Fallon, Monica T. Hinds
Summary: Endothelial cell morphology and cytoskeletal alignment play a significant role in regulating VCAM-1 protein expression, with elongated cells and aligned cytoskeleton downregulating VCAM-1 expression in the absence of hemodynamic effects. Actin alignment has a stronger effect on VCAM-1 expression than cell elongation, and VCAM-1-dependent adhesion of monocytic cells is reduced on micropatterns compared to planar substrates.
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Mohamed A. Morsy, Seham A. Abdel-Gaber, Rehab A. Rifaai, Mostafa M. Mohammed, Anroop B. Nair, Walaa Yehia Abdelzaher
Summary: Telmisartan demonstrates protective effects against hepatic I/R injury in rats by modulating oxidative stress parameters, myeloperoxidase levels, PPARγ and TLR4 mRNA expression, as well as NF-κB and caspase-3 immunoexpression.
BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
(2022)
Letter
Anesthesiology
J. R. Privratsky, S. L. McCartney, T. K. Allen, A. S. Habib
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA
(2015)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Jiandong Zhang, Nathan P. Rudemiller, Mehul B. Patel, QingQing Wei, Norah S. Karlovich, Alexander D. Jeffs, Min Wu, Matthew A. Sparks, Jamie R. Privratsky, Marcela Herrera, Susan B. Gurley, Sergei A. Nedospasov, Steven D. Crowley
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2016)
Review
Cell Biology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Peter J. Newman
CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH
(2014)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Jun Ren, Jamie R. Privratsky, Xiaoping Yang, Feng Dong, Edward C. Carlson
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2008)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Asli F. Ceylan-Isik, Kelly K. Guo, Edward C. Carlson, Jamie R. Privratsky, Song-Jie Liao, Lu Cai, Alex F. Chen, Jun Ren
Article
Cell Biology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Cathy M. Paddock, Oliver Florey, Debra K. Newman, William A. Muller, Peter J. Newman
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
(2011)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jamie R. Privratsky, Debra K. Newman, Peter J. Newman
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jamie R. Privratsky, Sarah B. Tilkens, Debra K. Newman, Peter J. Newman
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Nima Almassi, Michael L. Guralnick, Bradley J. Anderson, R. Corey O'Connor
Article
Physiology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Nian Wang, Yi Qi, Jiafa Ren, Benjamin T. Morris, John C. Hunting, G. Allan Johnson, Steven D. Crowley
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Physiology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Jiandong Zhang, Xiaohan Lu, Nathan Rudemiller, Qingqing Wei, Yen-Rei Yu, Michael D. Gunn, Steven D. Crowley
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2018)
Meeting Abstract
Hematology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Cathy M. Paddock, Peter J. Newman
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
(2010)
Meeting Abstract
Hematology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Benjamin E. Tourdot, Debra K. Newman, Peter J. Newman
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
(2010)
Article
Anesthesiology
Jamie R. Privratsky, Vanessa T. Schroder, Nazish Hashmi, Yuriy S. Bronshteyn