Sensing the world and its dangers: an evolutionary perspective in neuroimmunology

A Kraus, KM Buckley, I Salinas - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Detecting danger is key to the survival and success of all species. Animal nervous and
immune systems cooperate to optimize danger detection. Preceding studies have …

Impact of rapid palatal expansion on the size of adenoids and tonsils in children

A Yoon, M Abdelwahab, R Bockow, A Vakili, K Lovell… - Sleep medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Adenoid and tonsillar hypertrophy in children often leads to adverse respiratory
symptoms and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Current clinical guidelines from the American …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution, 3D imaging of the zebrafish gill-associated lymphoid tissue (GIALT) reveals a novel lymphoid structure, the amphibranchial lymphoid tissue

AS Dalum, A Kraus, S Khan, E Davydova… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The zebrafish is extensively used as an animal model for human and fish diseases.
However, our understanding of the structural organization of its immune system remains …

Identification of a pharyngeal mucosal lymphoid organ in zebrafish and other teleosts: Tonsils in fish?

J Resseguier, M Nguyen-Chi, J Wohlmann… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The constant exposure of the fish branchial cavity to aquatic pathogens causes local
mucosal immune responses to be extremely important for their survival. Here, we used a …

[HTML][HTML] A novel organized nasopharynx-associated lymphoid tissue in teleosts that expresses molecular markers characteristic of mammalian germinal centers

B Garcia, F Dong, E Casadei, J Rességuier… - The Journal of …, 2022 - journals.aai.org
Nasal immunity is an ancient and conserved arm of the mucosal immune system in
vertebrates. In teleost fish, we previously reported the presence of a nasopharynx …

Sharks provide evidence for a highly complex TNFSF repertoire in the jawed vertebrate ancestor

AK Redmond, R Pettinello, FK Bakke… - The Journal of …, 2022 - journals.aai.org
Cytokines of the TNF superfamily (TNFSF) control many immunological processes and are
implicated in the etiology of many immune disorders and diseases. Despite their obvious …

Three-Dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Evaluation of Changes in Naso-Maxillary Complex Associated with Rapid Palatal Expansion

T Georgiadis, C Angelopoulos, MA Papadopoulos… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The introduction of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in orthodontics has added a
new tool to diagnosis and treatment planning. The aim of this prospective clinical trial was to …

[HTML][HTML] Functional Analysis of TAAR1 Expression in the Intestine Wall and the Effect of Its Gene Knockout on the Gut Microbiota in Mice

AN Vaganova, IS Zhukov, TS Shemiakova… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Currently, the TAAR1 receptor has been identified in various cell groups in the intestinal
wall. It recognizes biogenic amine compounds like phenylethylamine or tyramine, which are …

Cytokine receptor diversity in the lamprey predicts the minimal essential cytokine networks of vertebrates

JL Boulay, L Du Pasquier, MD Cooper - The Journal of Immunology, 2022 - journals.aai.org
The vertebrate adaptive immune systems (Agnatha and Gnathostomata) use sets of T and B
lymphocyte lineages that somatically generate highly diverse repertoires of Ag-specific …

Identification of a new pharyngeal mucosal lymphoid organ in zebrafish and other teleosts: tonsils in fish?

J Resseguier, M Nguyen-Chis, J Wohlmann… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The constant exposure of the fish branchial cavity to aquatic pathogens must have driven
local mucosal immune responses to be extremely important for their survival. In this study …