Dendritic cells and macrophages in the kidney: a spectrum of good and evil

NM Rogers, DA Ferenbach, JS Isenberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Renal dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages represent a constitutive, extensive and
contiguous network of innate immune cells that provide sentinel and immune-intelligence …

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

B Alchi, D Jayne - Pediatric Nephrology, 2010‏ - Springer
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis is an uncommon kidney disorder characterized
by mesangial cell proliferation and structural changes in glomerular capillary walls. It can be …

TLR4 links podocytes with the innate immune system to mediate glomerular injury

MC Banas, B Banas, KL Hudkins… - Journal of the …, 2008‏ - journals.lww.com
Toll-like receptors (TLR) classically recognize pathogen-associated danger signals but are
also activated via endogenous ligands. For evaluation of their role in inflammatory kidney …

Mechanisms of immune-deposit formation and the mediation of immune renal injury

M Nangaku, WG Couser - Clinical and experimental nephrology, 2005‏ - Springer
The passive trap** of preformed immune complexes is responsible for some forms of
glomerulonephritis that are associated with mesangial or subendothelial deposits. The …

Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors: novel innate receptors for human basophil activation and inhibition

DE Sloane, N Tedla, M Awoniyi, DW MacGlashan Jr… - Blood, 2004‏ - ashpublications.org
Basophils, recruited from the blood to tissues, have been implicated by their presence in
diverse allergic disorders including bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, and cutaneous …

The regulation of lymphocyte activation by inhibitory receptors

PJ Leibson - Current opinion in immunology, 2004‏ - Elsevier
The ability of activating immune recognition receptors on lymphocytes to regulate cellular
activation and function can be profoundly altered by co-stimulation with inhibitory receptors …

Association of a transmembrane polymorphism of Fcγ receptor IIb (FCGR2B) with systemic lupus erythematosus in Taiwanese patients

JY Chen, CM Wang, CC Ma, SF Luo… - … : Official Journal of …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the possible association of the Fcγ receptor IIb (FcγRIIb) Ile/Thr187
transmembrane domain polymorphism, which significantly affects receptor signaling, with …

Macrophages and the kidney

HM Wilson, D Walbaum, AJ Rees - Current opinion in nephrology …, 2004‏ - journals.lww.com
An understanding of the role of macrophages at different time-points in renal inflammation,
and the development of techniques for modulating macrophage activation in vivo, will …

Pathogenic mechanisms in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

KD Smith, CE Alpers - Current opinion in nephrology and …, 2005‏ - journals.lww.com
Understanding the contribution of complement activation and innate immunity to the
evolution of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis promises to provide new therapeutic …

Optimization-by-design of hepatotropic lipid nanoparticles targeting the sodium-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide

D Witzigmann, P Uhl, S Sieber, C Kaufman, T Einfalt… - Elife, 2019‏ - elifesciences.org
Active targeting and specific drug delivery to parenchymal liver cells is a promising strategy
to treat various liver disorders. Here, we modified synthetic lipid-based nanoparticles with …