Abstract IA-027: Dysregulated metabolic and immune pathways underlying radiation fibrosis and lymphedema

Author(s):  
Fei-Fei Liu
Author(s):  
Saurav Chakraborty ◽  
Jyothsna ThimmaReddygari ◽  
Divakar Selvaraj

The Alzheimer disease is a age related neurodegenerative disease. The factors causing alzheimer disease are numerous. Research on humans and rodent models predicted various causative factors involved in Alzheimer disease progression. Among them, neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis play a major role because of accumulation of extracellular amyloid beta peptides. Here, the clearance of amyloid beta peptide plays a major role because of the imbalance in the production and clearance of the amyloid beta peptide. Additionally, neuroinflammation by microglia, astrocytes, cytokines, chemokines and the complement system also have a major role in Alzheimer disease. The physiological clearance pathways involved in amyloid beta peptide are glymphatic, vascular and immune pathways. Amyloid precursor protein, low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1, receptor for advanced glycation end product, apolipoprotein E, clusterin, aquaporin 4, auto-antibodies, complement system, cytokines and microglia are involved in amyloid beta peptide clearance pathways across the blood brain barrier. The plaque formation in the brain by alternative splicing of amyloid precursor protein and production of misfolded protein results in amyloid beta agglomeration. This insoluble amyloid beta leads to neurodegenerative cascade and neuronal cell death occurs. Studies had shown disturbed sleep may be a risk factor for dementia and cognitive decline. In this review, the therapeutic targets for alzheimer disease via focussing on pathways for amyloid beta clearance are discussed.


Author(s):  
Suxin Li ◽  
Min Luo ◽  
Zhaohui Wang ◽  
Qiang Feng ◽  
Jonathan Wilhelm ◽  
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CHEST Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 139 (5) ◽  
pp. 1165-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick G. Holt ◽  
Peter D. Sly

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Upasana Shokal ◽  
Ioannis Eleftherianos

Despite important progress in identifying the molecules that participate in the immune response of Drosophila melanogaster to microbial infections, the involvement of thioester-containing proteins (TEPs) in the antibacterial immunity of the fly is not fully clarified. Previous studies mostly focused on identifying the function of TEP2, TEP3 and TEP6 molecules in the D. melanogaster immune system. Here, we investigated the role of TEP4 in the regulation and function of D. melanogaster host defense against 2 virulent pathogens from the genus Photorhabdus, i.e. the insect pathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens and the emerging human pathogen P. asymbiotica. We demonstrate that Tep4 is strongly upregulated in adult flies following the injection of Photorhabdus bacteria. We also show that Tep4 loss-of-function mutants are resistant to P. luminescens but not to P. asymbiotica infection. In addition, we find that inactivation of Tep4 results in the upregulation of the Toll and Imd immune pathways, and the downregulation of the Jak/Stat and Jnk pathways upon Photorhabdus infection. We document that loss of Tep4 promotes melanization and phenoloxidase activity in the mutant flies infected with Photorhabdus. Together, these findings generate novel insights into the immune role of TEP4 as a regulator and effector of the D. melanogaster antibacterial immune response.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (21) ◽  
pp. 6186-6197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlene I. Ramsingh ◽  
Kevin Manley ◽  
Yinghui Rong ◽  
Andrew Reilly ◽  
Anne Messer

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2188
Author(s):  
Nicole Ng ◽  
Charles A. Powell

Severe coronavirus disease 2019 causes multi-organ dysfunction with significant morbidity and mortality. Mounting evidence implicates maladaptive over-activation of innate immune pathways such as the complement cascade as well as endothelial dysfunction as significant contributors to disease progression. We review the complement pathways, the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on these pathways, and promising therapeutic targets in clinical trials.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-337
Author(s):  
Houmin Li ◽  
Delphine J. Lee ◽  
Meiling Yuen

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Ha ◽  
Robert Mansberg ◽  
Diep Nguyen ◽  
Chuong Bui

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