Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a severe microvascular complication of diabetes, which
increases the risk of renal failure and causes a high global disease burden. Due to the lack …

Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is an opportunistic pathogen usually colonizing
abnormal lung airways and is often seen in patients with cystic fibrosis. Currently, there is no …

ABSTRACT STING1 (stimulator of interferon response cGAMP interactor 1) plays an
essential role in immune responses for virus inhibition via inducing the production of type I …

Autophagy is a major degradation pathway that removes harmful intracellular substances to
maintain homeostasis. Various stressors, such as starvation and oxidative stress, upregulate …

Background Itaconate, a crucial immunometabolite, plays a critical role in linking immune
and metabolic functions to influence host defense and inflammation. Due to its polar …

Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (II/R) is a common acute and critical condition in clinical
practice with a high mortality rate. However, there is still a lack of effective prevention and …

Damage-Regulated Autophagy Modulator 1 (DRAM1) is an infection-inducible membrane
protein, whose function in the immune response is incompletely understood. Based on …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) as well as nontuberculous mycobacteria are intracellular
pathogens whose treatment is extensive and increasingly impaired due to the rise of …

Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that is
extensively involved in the autophagy process by interacting with diverse autophagy …

Major challenges in the identification of non‐tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) by MALDI‐
TOF MS include protein extraction protocol and updating of the NTM database. The aim of …