Effects of oxysterols on immune cells and related diseases

FA de Freitas, D Levy, CO Reichert, E Cunha-Neto… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oxysterols are the products of cholesterol oxidation. They have a wide range of effects on
several cells, organs, and systems in the body. Oxysterols also have an influence on the …

[HTML][HTML] Innate lymphoid cell plasticity in mucosal infections

AA Korchagina, E Koroleva, AV Tumanov - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mucosal tissue homeostasis is a dynamic process that involves multiple mechanisms
including regulation of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). ILCs are mostly tissue-resident cells …

Circular RNA circTmem241 drives group III innate lymphoid cell differentiation via initiation of Elk3 transcription

N Liu, J He, D Fan, Y Gu, J Wang, H Li, X Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) exert important roles in host defense, tissue repair and
inflammatory diseases. However, how ILC lineage specification is regulated remains largely …

Vasoactive intestinal peptide promotes host defense against enteric pathogens by modulating the recruitment of group 3 innate lymphoid cells

HB Yu, H Yang, JM Allaire, C Ma… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) control the formation of intestinal lymphoid tissues
and play key roles in intestinal defense. They express neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal …

Ornithine decarboxylase supports ILC3 responses in infectious and autoimmune colitis through positive regulation of IL-22 transcription

V Peng, S Cao, T Trsan, JK Bando… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) are RORγT+ lymphocytes that are predominately
enriched in mucosal tissues and produce IL-22 and IL-17A. They are the innate counterparts …

[HTML][HTML] Organoids capture tissue-specific innate lymphoid cell development in mice and humans

GM Jowett, E Read, LB Roberts, D Coman… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Organoid-based models of murine and human innate lymphoid cell precursor (ILCP)
maturation are presented. First, murine intestinal and pulmonary organoids are harnessed to …

Alarmins and innate lymphoid cells 2 activation: A common pathogenetic link connecting respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis and later wheezing/asthma?

GA Rossi, S Ballarini, P Salvati… - Pediatric Allergy and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infancy is associated with increased risk
of recurrent wheezing in childhood. Both acute and long‐term alterations in airway functions …

Microbiota as key factors in inflammatory bowel disease

Z White, I Cabrera, I Kapustka, T Sano - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is characterized by prolonged inflammation of the
gastrointestinal tract, which is thought to occur due to dysregulation of the immune system …

Washed microbiota transplantation promotes homing of group 3 innate lymphoid cells to the liver via the CXCL16/CXCR6 axis: a potential treatment for metabolic …

HJ Zhong, YP Zhuang, X **e, JY Song, SQ Wang… - Gut …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the observed decrease in liver fat associated with metabolic-associated fatty liver
disease (MAFLD) in mice following fecal microbiota transplantation, the clinical effects and …

The impacts of cholesterol, oxysterols, and cholesterol lowering dietary compounds on the immune system

R Yanagisawa, C He, A Asai, M Hellwig… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cholesterol and its oxidized forms, oxysterols, are ingested from foods and are synthesized
de novo. Cholesterol and oxysterols influence molecular and cellular events and …