Macrophages in immunoregulation and therapeutics

S Chen, AFUH Saeed, Q Liu, Q Jiang, H Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages exist in various tissues, several body cavities, and around mucosal surfaces
and are a vital part of the innate immune system for host defense against many pathogens …

The pentose phosphate pathway in health and disease

T TeSlaa, M Ralser, J Fan, JD Rabinowitz - Nature metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a glucose-oxidizing pathway that runs in parallel
to upper glycolysis to produce ribose 5-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide …

Macrophages as tools and targets in cancer therapy

A Mantovani, P Allavena, F Marchesi… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumour-associated macrophages are an essential component of the tumour
microenvironment and have a role in the orchestration of angiogenesis, extracellular matrix …

Targeting M2-like tumor-associated macrophages is a potential therapeutic approach to overcome antitumor drug resistance

S Wang, J Wang, Z Chen, J Luo, W Guo, L Sun… - NPJ precision …, 2024 - nature.com
Tumor drug resistance emerges from the interaction of two critical factors: tumor cellular
heterogeneity and the immunosuppressive nature of the tumor microenvironment (TME) …

Multifaceted carbonized metal–organic frameworks synergize with immune checkpoint inhibitors for precision and augmented cuproptosis cancer therapy

C Zhao, X Tang, X Chen, Z Jiang - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
The discovery of cuproptosis, a copper-dependent mechanism of programmed cell death,
has provided a way for cancer treatment. However, cuproptosis has inherent limitations …

Tumor abnormality-oriented nanomedicine design

Q Zhou, J **ang, N Qiu, Y Wang, Y Piao, S Shao… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anticancer nanomedicines have been proven effective in mitigating the side effects of
chemotherapeutic drugs. However, challenges remain in augmenting their therapeutic …

A natural biological adhesive from snail mucus for wound repair

T Deng, D Gao, X Song, Z Zhou, L Zhou, M Tao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The discovery of natural adhesion phenomena and mechanisms has advanced the
development of a new generation of tissue adhesives in recent decades. In this study, we …

Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, Q Mei, B Zhao, Q Chu, Z Dai, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment paradigms of various types of cancers.
However, most of these immunomodulatory strategies focus on harnessing adaptive …

Obesity, inflammation, and immune system in osteoarthritis

U Nedunchezhiyan, I Varughese, ARJ Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Obesity remains the most important risk factor for the incidence and progression of
osteoarthritis (OA). The leading cause of OA was believed to be overloading the joints due to …

Microglia polarization from M1 to M2 in neurodegenerative diseases

S Guo, H Wang, Y Yin - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation is a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …