While a balanced intake of macronutrients—carbohydrates,fats,and proteins—is essential for metabolic homeostasis,animals need higher protein intake during critical life stages like pregnancy.A recent paper in Cell b...
In a recent article published in Nature,Jin and colleagues investigate the role of the body–brain axis in modulating peripheral immune responses.They demonstrate that this axis,which integrates peripheral immune sign...
The mechanisms driving sex differences in immunity are poorly understood and likely vary by body site;thus Chi et al.investigated the mechanistic basis of sex differences in tissue-specific immunity in a recent paper ...
support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22121003,22337006,32027901 and 21927814);the National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFA0904201,2023YFA0916300,2021YFA0910202 and 2022YFA1304701);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB37040203);the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(YSBR-015 and YSBR-072-6).
Dear Editor,Succinate(SA)is a classic intermediate metabolite of the TCA cycle and is produced in mitochondria under normal physiological conditions.1 SA accumulates within cells and is secreted into the extracellular...
Recent data from Cho et al.demonstrate that the DNA repair protein MRE11 liberates CGAS from nucleosomes to license type I interferon secretion upon oncogenic stress and ionizing radiation.MRE11-mediated CGAS activati...
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells(ILC2s),known for their role in defending against parasites and regulating tissue homeostasis through cytokine secretion,were found to have a new function.Research in Cell shows that,when ...
funded in part by the National Key R&D Program of China(Ministry of Science and Technology,2018YFE0200300 to H.Q.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32130037,81621002 to H.Q.);the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing(grant 5224040 to B.L.).
Autoreactive B cells are silenced through receptor editing,clonal deletion and anergy induction.Additional autoreactive B cells are ignorant because of physical segregation from their cognate autoantigen.Unexpectedly,...
funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2021YFA0804802);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32225013,31988101 (Y.-G.C.),92254302,32130023,32061143009);Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Q20028);Vanke Special Fund for Public Health and Health Discipline Development,Tsinghua University (2022Z82WKJ009);Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2019YFA0508602);New Cornerstone Science Foundation (Xplorer Prize).
Dear Editor,Unconventional protein secretion(UcPS)refers to the release of non-signal peptide-containing secretory proteins independent of the ER–Golgi trafficking.1 Although two major pathways including vesicle-depe...
supported by the National Institutes of Health(AR-070135 and AG-056438 to W.C.,and AR075735,DE023813,and DE028264 to Y.P.L);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81900806 and 32070814 to M.W);the Qizhen Grant of Zhejiang University(226-2022-00132 to M.W.).
Transforming growth factor-βs (TGF-βs) and bone morphometric proteins (BMPs) belong to the TGF-β superfamily and perform essential functions during osteoblast and chondrocyte lineage commitment and differentiation,...
supported by the Startup Funds of HIT Center for Life Sciences;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070048 to Y.H.);Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program to Y.X.;We thank Dr.Zhiwei Huang of the HIT Center for Life Sciences for suggestion and support of this project,and Singapore Ministry of Health’s National ResearchOFIRG/OFIRG/0066/20;Ministry of Education MOE2018-T2-1-126,NUHSRO/2022/067/T1,and T2EP30123-0014(to L.N.N.).
Dear Editor,Sphingosine 1-phosphate(S1P)plays crucial roles in various physiological processes,including immune response,vascular development,and neural system homeostasis1 through activating S1P receptors(S1PRs).Nota...