Natural killer(NK)cells are predominant innate lymphocytes that initiate the early immune response during infection.NK cells undergo a metabolic switch to fuel augmented proliferation and activation following infectio...
This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation(No.81770844,82070870 and 81170781 to H.Y.Huang).
Accumulating evidence from both animal and human studies suggests that activation of beige fat increases cellular energy expenditure,ultimately reducing adiposity.Here,we report the central role of adipocyte-derived l...
the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare Network,a Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders(PCMD)pilot grant(P30-AR050950-10 Pilot);a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases(NIAMS,R21 AR071623).
In the past 20 years,patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA),Crohn’s disease(CD),and other immune diseases have witnessed the impact of a great treatment advance with the availability of biological TNFa inhibitors.Wit...
supported by the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Alagoas(FAPEAL)–Programa Primeiros Projetos(PPP/2011)
Objective: To evaluate gene polymorphisms and their association with susceptibility to dengue.Methods: A retrospective case-control study was performed with 262 subjects,comprising 78 dengue fever(DF) patients, 49 den...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81374006,90713043 and 81073092)
Heat stress can stimulate an increase in body temperature, which is correlated with increased expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and tumor necrosis factor a (TNFa). The exact mechanism underlying the HSP7...
Dendritic cell (DC) maturation approved to be a pivotal process for initiating immunity. Many protocols were established in order the isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy donors to mature i...