APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease pathology and brain diseases

R Fernández-Calle, SC Konings… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human
polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of …

Immune responses induced by mRNA vaccination in mice, monkeys and humans

A Cagigi, K Loré - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this concise review, we summarize the concepts behind mRNA vaccination. We discuss
the innate and adaptive immune response generated by mRNA vaccines in different animal …

Efficient targeting and activation of antigen-presenting cells in vivo after modified mRNA vaccine administration in rhesus macaques

F Liang, G Lindgren, A Lin, EA Thompson, S Ols… - Molecular Therapy, 2017 - cell.com
mRNA vaccines are rapidly emerging as a powerful platform for infectious diseases because
they are well tolerated, immunogenic, and scalable and are built on precise but adaptable …

Invariant natural killer T cells: an innate activation scheme linked to diverse effector functions

PJ Brennan, M Brigl, MB Brenner - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2013 - nature.com
Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells exist in a'poised effector'state, which enables them to
rapidly produce cytokines following activation. Using a nearly monospecific T cell receptor …

High-density lipoproteins: nature's multifunctional nanoparticles

R Kuai, D Li, YE Chen, JJ Moon, A Schwendeman - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are endogenous nanoparticles involved in the transport and
metabolism of cholesterol, phospholipids, and triglycerides. HDL is well-known as the …

The role of apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease

J Kim, JM Basak, DM Holtzman - Neuron, 2009 - cell.com
The ɛ4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Although there have been numerous studies attempting to elucidate the …

The biology of NKT cells

A Bendelac, PB Savage, L Teyton - Annu. Rev. Immunol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Recognized more than a decade ago, NKT cells differentiate from mainstream thymic
precursors through instructive signals emanating during TCR engagement by CD1d …

Inflammation in Alzheimer disease: driving force, bystander or beneficial response?

T Wyss-Coray - Nature medicine, 2006 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease is a progressive dementia with unknown etiology that affects a growing
number of the aging population. Increased expression of inflammatory mediators in …

Tissue-specific distribution of iNKT cells impacts their cytokine response

YJ Lee, H Wang, GJ Starrett, V Phuong, SC Jameson… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Three subsets of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells have been identified, NKT1, NKT2,
and NKT17, which produce distinct cytokines when stimulated, but little is known about their …

Who puts the tubercle in tuberculosis?

DG Russell - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB), an illness that mainly affects the respiratory system, is one of the world's
most pernicious diseases. TB currently infects one-third of the world's population and kills …