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mTOR-dependent translation amplifies microglia priming
In this episode, Melania Capasso explains how mTOR is hyperactivated in microglia with age and causes increased translation of inflammatory mediators, thus critically regulating microglia priming...
Published January 4, 2021
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Gs/Gq signaling switch in β cells underlies the potential of incretins in diabetes
Persistent depolarization of β-cells leads to Gs to Gq signaling switch, explaining the differential effects of GLP-1 and GIP on insulin secretion in diabetes...
Published November 16, 2020
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Germ cell tumors and other malignancies evolve from a shared precursor
In this episode, Justin Taylor and colleagues identify the genomic characteristics and clonal origins of a unique and aggressive clinical syndrome involving clonally related hematologic malignancies and germ cell tumors...
Published November 16, 2020
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Kisspeptin receptor agonist and female reproductive disorders
In this episode, Ali Abbara and colleagues discuss that the Kisspeptin receptor agonist, MVT-602, has greater potency and longer duration of action than native kisspeptin-54, and thus increased therapeutic potential to treat female reproductive...
Published November 16, 2020
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Maintenance DNA methylation is essential for development and stability
In this episode, Benjamin Singer and colleagues explain that maintenance DNA methylation at inflammatory gene loci is necessary to stabilize regulatory T cell identity and suppressive function during both development and lineage self-renewal...
Published November 9, 2020
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Vaccine targeting protects macaques against vaginal infection
In this episode, Ma Luo and colleagues discuss how the anti-PCS T cell responses and the immune environment induced by the PCS vaccine are key correlates of vaccine efficacy...
Published November 3, 2020
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Anti-influenza antibody in hemagglutinin head domain interface
In this episode, James Crowe reports a pan-H7 influenza protective human antibody that recognizes an epitope in the hemagglutinin head domain interface and disrupts HA trimers...
Published August 4, 2020
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Salt generates antiinflammatory Th17 cells but amplifies pathogenicity
In this episode, Christina Zielinski and Julia Matthias explain that sodium chloride generates anti-inflammatory human Th17 cell responses but is coopted by pro-inflammatory cytokines to amplify Th17 cell pathogenicity and autoimmunity...
Published July 27, 2020
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T cells prevent and treat graft-versus-host disease
In this episode, Marco Davila and Brian Betts explain that taking advantage of the differential expression of CD83, human CD83-targeted CAR T cells prevent and treat GVHD, as well as kill myeloid leukemia...
Published July 27, 2020
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Microenvironmental Th9 and Th17 induce spreading in lung cancer
In this episode, Rajkumar Savai and colleagues explain that Th9 and Th17 lymphocytes induce lung cancer cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition via release of their signature cytokines, thereby promoting migration, vessel entry, and metastatic spreading...
Published June 2, 2020
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