Immunology and Inflammation

Immunology and Inflammation

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Interferon Signaling: Immobilizing bacteria to prevent infections

    Patricia Reist Iscar, Petr Broz
    The interferon-induced GTPase GVIN1 prevents bacteria from spreading among cells by coating them and rendering them immobile.
    Version of Record
    Insight
    1. Medicine
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    C-C chemokine receptor 4 deficiency exacerbates early atherosclerosis in mice

    Toru Tanaka, Naoto Sasaki ... Yoshiyuki Rikitake
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Neuroscience

    Photoreceptor loss does not recruit neutrophils despite strong microglial activation

    Derek Power, Justin Elstrott, Jesse Schallek
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Temperature-based MHC class-I multimer peptide exchange for human HLA-A, B and C

    Cilia R Pothast, Ian Derksen ... Ferenc A Scheeren
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Evolutionary and functional analyses reveal a role for the RHIM in tuning RIPK3 activity across vertebrates

    Elizabeth J Fay, Kolya Isterabadi ... Matthew D Daugherty
    Combining phylogenetic analyses and functional assays to study the receptor interacting protein kinase family reveals conserved and non-conserved functions in immune signaling across vertebrates.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Phase transition of WTAP regulates m6A modification of interferon-stimulated genes

    Sihui Cai, Jie Zhou ... Jun Cui
    IFN-β-induced WTAP phase transition bridges STAT1 and MTC, which orchestrates m6A dynamics on ISG mRNAs to suppress excessive immune response and sustain immune homeostasis.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Hypothermia protects against ventilator-induced lung injury by limiting IL-1β release and NETs formation

    Nobuyuki Nosaka, Vanessa Borges ... Kenichi Shimada
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    T-follicular helper cell profiles differ by malaria antigen and for children compared to adults

    Catherine Suzanne Forconi, Christina Nixon ... Ann M Moormann
    Pf-GARP antigen seems to be a better malaria vaccine candidate compared to PfSEA-1A, as it triggered the activation of cTFH17, involved in the maintenance of memory antibody responses in adults.

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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
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    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
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