Funded by the“2022 Lupus Research Alliance(LRA)Lupus Innovation Award”.Institutional funding from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology(FCT):projects NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000029,POCI-01/0145-FEDER-016601,POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028772,and PTDC/MEC-REU/28772/2017(SSP);This study was co-funded by the European Union(ERC Synergy,GlycanSwitch,101071386);Views and opinions expressed are,however,those of the author(s)only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency.The study was also co-funded by the European Union,GlycanTrigger project,Grant Agreement No:101093997;Views and opinions expressed are,however,those of the author(s)only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency.Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.A grant was received from the Portuguese group of study in autoimmune diseases(NEDAI)to SSP.MMV(PD/BD/135452/2017,COVID/BD/152488/2022)received funding from the FCT.
T-cell development ensures the formation of diverse repertoires of T-cell receptors(TCRs)that recognize a variety of antigens.Glycosylation is a major posttranslational modification present in virtually all cells,incl...
The migrating TdT+ thymocytes can die in other tissues, promoting the surrounding cells’ renewing likes holocrine secretion does. To clarify the role of TdT-enzyme for this function of progenitor lymphocyt...
This work was supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFA0502203 to X.Z.and No.2016YFA0502204 to Y.W.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81571537 to T.Z.,No.31770949 to X.Z.,No.31770972 to Z.X.,and No.81571604 to J.Z.);the Chongqing Basic and Frontier Research Project(No.cstc2015jcyjBX0086 to H.He.).
Liver X receptors(LXRs)are known as key transcription factors in lipid metabolism and have been reported to play an important role in T-cell proliferation.However,whether LXRs play a role in thymocyte development rema...
the Project of the Guizhou Provincial Department of Science and Technology(No.QKH-JC-2018-1428);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31760258);the Guizhou Province Graduate Research Fund(No.YJSCXJH-2020-093).
Background:Endotoxin tolerance(ET)is a protective phenomenon in which pre-treatment with a tolerance dose of lipopolysaccharide(LPS)leads to dramatically elevated survival.Accumulating evidence has shown that peripher...
Emerging studies highlight the import-ance of metabolic reprogramming in T cell development and function, although how these processes are regulated remains to be fully understood. Recent advances in dissecting the ro...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30901909).
Objective:To determine the effect of an immunosuppressive active component (periploside A) isolated from the stem bark of Periplocae Cortex (Periploca sepium Bge.),a Chinese medicinal herb used in the treatment of rhe...
Long non-coding RNAs (IncRNAs) are a critical class of regulatory molecules involved in a variety of biological functions; however, their role in immune cells response to radiation is unknown. Therefore, in this stu...
supported by an operating grant(No.BK2008440) to DSM from the Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu province,China
The aim of the present study was to determine whether the sensitivity of thymocytes to X-ray radiation depends on their proliferative states and whether radiation impairs the maturation of donor-derived thymocytes in ...
We have reported a new innate-like CD4 T cell population that expresses cell surface makers of effector/memory cells and produce Th1 and Th2 cytokines immediately upon activation. Unlike conventional CD4 T cells that ...
T cells are derived from progenitor thymocytes, of which only a minority receive the appropriate TCR signal, undergo positive selection and mature. Owing to the very short lifespan of thymocytes, the prerequisite for ...