The role of itaconate in host defense and inflammation

CG Peace, LAJ O'Neill - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Macrophages exposed to inflammatory stimuli including LPS undergo metabolic
reprogramming to facilitate macrophage effector function. This metabolic reprogramming …

NRF2, a transcription factor for stress response and beyond

F He, X Ru, T Wen - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is a transcription factor that regulates the
cellular defense against toxic and oxidative insults through the expression of genes involved …

Edaravone ameliorates depressive and anxiety-like behaviors via Sirt1/Nrf2/HO-1/Gpx4 pathway

R Dang, M Wang, X Li, H Wang, L Liu, Q Wu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background The inflammation and oxidative stress (OS) have been considered crucial
components of the pathogenesis of depression. Edaravone (EDA), a free radical scavenger …

Metabolic Reprogramming via ACOD1 depletion enhances function of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CAR-macrophages in solid tumors

X Wang, S Su, Y Zhu, X Cheng, C Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The pro-inflammatory state of macrophages, underpinned by their metabolic condition, is
essentially affecting their capacity of combating tumor cells. Here we find, via a pooled …

Co-occurring genomic alterations in non-small-cell lung cancer biology and therapy

F Skoulidis, JV Heymach - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
The impressive clinical activity of small-molecule receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors for
oncogene-addicted subgroups of non-small-cell lung cancer (for example, those driven by …

Itaconate inhibits ferroptosis of macrophage via Nrf2 pathways against sepsis-induced acute lung injury

R He, B Liu, R **ong, B Geng, H Meng, W Lin… - Cell death …, 2022 - nature.com
Itaconate, a metabolite produced during inflammatory macrophage activation, has been
extensively described to be involved in immunoregulation, oxidative stress, and lipid …

Constitutive immune mechanisms: mediators of host defence and immune regulation

SR Paludan, T Pradeu, SL Masters… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The immune system enables organisms to combat infections and to eliminate endogenous
challenges. Immune responses can be evoked through diverse inducible pathways …

Therapeutic targeting of the NRF2 and KEAP1 partnership in chronic diseases

A Cuadrado, AI Rojo, G Wells, JD Hayes… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
The transcription factor NF-E2 p45-related factor 2 (NRF2; encoded by NFE2L2) and its
principal negative regulator, the E3 ligase adaptor Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 …

SARS-CoV2-mediated suppression of NRF2-signaling reveals potent antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity of 4-octyl-itaconate and dimethyl fumarate

D Olagnier, E Farahani, J Thyrsted… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Antiviral strategies to inhibit Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV2) and the pathogenic consequences of COVID-19 are urgently required. Here, we …

Itaconate: the poster child of metabolic reprogramming in macrophage function

LAJ O'Neill, MN Artyomov - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Itaconate is one of the best examples of the consequences of metabolic reprogramming
during immunity. It is made by diverting aconitate away from the tricarboxylic acid cycle …