The impact of the Fungus-Host-Microbiota interplay upon Candida albicans infections: current knowledge and new perspectives

C d'Enfert, AK Kaune, LR Alaban… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen of humans. It exists as a commensal in the oral
cavity, gut or genital tract of most individuals, constrained by the local microbiota, epithelial …

Macrophage immunometabolism in inflammatory bowel diseases: from pathogenesis to therapy

X Pan, Q Zhu, LL Pan, J Sun - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprised of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, is a
chronic relapsing inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that closely related to …

Toll‐like receptors: general molecular and structural biology

P Behzadi, HA García-Perdomo… - Journal of Immunology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background/Aim. Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are pivotal biomolecules in the immune system.
Today, we are all aware of the importance of TLRs in bridging innate and adaptive immune …

Combating implant infections: shifting focus from bacteria to host

S Amin Yavari, SM Castenmiller… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of biomaterials to support or replace body parts is increasingly
threatened by the risk of implant‐associated infections. In the quest for finding novel anti …

[HTML][HTML] Succinate produced by intestinal microbes promotes specification of tuft cells to suppress ileal inflammation

A Banerjee, CA Herring, B Chen, H Kim, AJ Simmons… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Countries endemic for parasitic infestations have a lower incidence of
Crohn's disease (CD) than nonendemic countries, and there have been anecdotal reports of …

Nitric oxide in macrophage immunometabolism: hiding in plain sight

EM Palmieri, C McGinity, DA Wink, DW McVicar - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nitric Oxide (NO) is a soluble endogenous gas with various biological functions like
signaling, and working as an effector molecule or metabolic regulator. In response to …

[HTML][HTML] Sepsis: evolving concepts and challenges

R Salomão, BL Ferreira, MC Salomão… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with increased burden
in low-and middle-resource settings. The role of the inflammatory response in the …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic regulation of macrophage activation

O Kolliniati, E Ieronymaki, E Vergadi… - Journal of Innate …, 2022 - karger.com
Macrophages, the central mediators of innate immune responses, being in the first-line of
defense, they have to readily respond to pathogenic or tissue damage signals to initiate the …

TLR agonists as mediators of trained immunity: mechanistic insight and immunotherapeutic potential to combat infection

AM Owen, JB Fults, NK Patil, A Hernandez… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite advances in critical care medicine, infection remains a significant problem that
continues to be complicated with the challenge of antibiotic resistance …

Modulation of the innate immune response by targeting toll-like receptors: a perspective on their agonists and antagonists

S Federico, L Pozzetti, A Papa, G Carullo… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a class of proteins that recognize pathogen-associated
molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damaged-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), and …