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Interleukin 6

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Thymic stromal lymphopoietin plays divergent roles in murine models of atopic and nonatopic airway inflammation

Nicola Harris, Benjamin John Marsland, Ilaria Mosconi

BackgroundThymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a cytokine primarily produced by epithelial cells, which has been shown to be a potent inducer of T-helper 2 (Th2)-type responses. However, TSLP has pleiotropic effects upon immune cells, and although extens ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

A dose-response strategy reveals differences between normal-weight and obese men in their metabolic and inflammatory responses to a high-fat meal

Martinus Gijs, Guy Vergères, Flurina Schwander, Reto Portmann

A dose-response strategy may not only allow investigation of the impact of foods and nutrients on human health but may also reveal differences in the response of individuals to food ingestion based on their metabolic health status. In a randomized crossove ...

Amer Soc Nutrition-Asn2014

Differential Roles of MAPK Kinases MKK3 and MKK6 in Osteoclastogenesis and Bone Loss

Mario Michael Zaiss

Bone mass is maintained by osteoclasts that resorb bone and osteoblasts that promote matrix deposition and mineralization. Bone homeostasis is altered in chronic inflammation as well as in post-menopausal loss of estrogen, which favors osteoclast activity ...

Public Library of Science2014

Targeting pathways downstream of KRAS in lung adenocarcinoma

Oncogenic KRAS activation is responsible for the most common genetic subtype of lung cancer. Although many of the major downstream signaling pathways that KRAS engages have been defined, these discoveries have yet to translate into effective targeted thera ...

Future Medicine Ltd2014

Enhanced activation of cellular AMPK by dual-small molecule treatment: AICAR and A769662

Kei Sakamoto, Maria Deak, Laurent Bultot

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a key cellular energy sensor and regulator of metabolic homeostasis. Activation of AMPK provides beneficial outcomes in fighting against metabolic disorders such as insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Currently, t ...

Amer Physiological Soc2014

NutriChip: Nutrition Analysis meets Microfluidics

Martinus Gijs, Sandro Carrara, Paolo Silacci, Gözen Köklü, Julien Michel Ghaye, Hamideh Jafarpoorchekab, Christine Ruffert, Guy Vergères

This focus article introduces the concept of NutriChip, an integrated microfluidic platform for investigating the potential of the immuno-modulatory function of dairy food. The core component of the NutriChip is a miniaturized artificial human gastrointest ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Increased invasiveness of MMP-9-deficient tumors in two mouse models of neuroendocrine tumorigenesis

Douglas Hanahan, Ksenya Shchors

Despite their apparent success in pre-clinical trials, metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors proved to be inefficacious in clinical settings. In an effort to understand the underlying causes of this unanticipated outcome, we modeled the consequences of long-t ...

2013

Antibodies Trap Tissue Migrating Helminth Larvae and Prevent Tissue Damage by Driving IL-4Rα-Independent Alternative Differentiation of Macrophages

Arne Seitz, Romain Guiet, Nicola Harris, Alessandra Piersigilli, Beatrice Volpe, Julia Esser-von Bieren, Ilaria Mosconi, Fei Chen

Approximately one-third of the world's population suffers from chronic helminth infections with no effective vaccines currently available. Antibodies and alternatively activated macrophages (AAM) form crucial components of protective immunity against chall ...

Public Library of Science2013

Disruption of the expression of the proprotein convertase PC7 reduces BDNF production and affects learning and memory in mice

Daniel Constam

PC7 belongs to the proprotein convertase family, whose members are implicated in the cleavage of secretory precursors. The in vivo function of PC7 is unknown. Herein, we find that the precursor proBDNF is processed into mature BDNF in COS-1 cells coexpress ...

National Academy of Sciences2013

Amygdaloid Signature of Peripheral Immune Activation by Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide or Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

Raphaël Doenlen

Activated immune cells produce soluble mediators that not only coordinate local and systemic immune responses but also act on the brain to initiate behavioral, neuroendocrine and metabolic adaptations. Earlier studies have shown that the amygdala, a group ...

2013

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