Amino acid metabolism in immune cells: essential regulators of the effector functions, and promising opportunities to enhance cancer immunotherapy

L Yang, Z Chu, M Liu, Q Zou, J Li, Q Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Amino acids are basic nutrients for immune cells during organ development, tissue
homeostasis, and the immune response. Regarding metabolic reprogramming in the tumor …

How tolerogenic dendritic cells induce regulatory T cells

RA Maldonado, UH von Andrian - Advances in immunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Since their discovery by Steinman and Cohn in 1973, dendritic cells (DCs) have become
increasingly recognized for their crucial role as regulators of innate and adaptive immunity …

IL‐23 and the Th17 pathway promote inflammation and impair antifungal immune resistance

T Zelante, A De Luca, P Bonifazi… - European journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Although inflammation is an essential component of the protective response to fungi, its
dysregulation may significantly worsen fungal diseases. We found here that the IL‐23/IL‐17 …

The indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase pathway is essential for human plasmacytoid dendritic cell-induced adaptive T regulatory cell generation

W Chen, X Liang, AJ Peterson, DH Munn… - The Journal of …, 2008 - journals.aai.org
Human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) can drive naive, allogeneic CD4+ CD25− T cells
to differentiate into CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs). However, the …

IDO and regulatory T cells: a role for reverse signalling and non-canonical NF-κB activation

P Puccetti, U Grohmann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2007 - nature.com
Abstract The immunoregulatory enzyme indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) suppresses T-
cell responses and promotes immune tolerance in mammalian pregnancy, tumour …

Defective tryptophan catabolism underlies inflammation in mouse chronic granulomatous disease

L Romani, F Fallarino, A De Luca, C Montagnoli… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Half a century ago, chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) was first described as a disease
fatally affecting the ability of children to survive infections. Various milestone discoveries …

Dendritic cell control of tolerogenic responses

S Manicassamy, B Pulendran - Immunological reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most fundamental problems in immunology is the seemingly schizophrenic ability
of the immune system to launch robust immunity against pathogens, while acquiring and …

Role of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase in health and disease

AWS Yeung, AC Terentis, NJC King… - Clinical …, 2015 - portlandpress.com
IDO1 (indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1) is a member of a unique class of mammalian haem
dioxygenases that catalyse the oxidative catabolism of the least-abundant essential amino …

Overview on the prevalence of fungal infections, immune response, and microbiome role in COVID-19 patients

M Roudbary, S Kumar, A Kumar, L Černáková… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Patients with severe COVID-19, such as individuals in intensive care units (ICU), are
exceptionally susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections. The most prevalent fungal …

Dectin-1 Y238X polymorphism associates with susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis in hematopoietic transplantation through impairment of both recipient-and donor …

C Cunha, M Di Ianni, S Bozza… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
The C-type lectin receptor Dectin-1 plays a pivotal role in antifungal immunity. In this study,
the recently characterized human DECTIN1 Y238X early stop codon polymorphism leading …