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Search for exosomes in NG2-glial cells
(2022-02-17)
NG2-glial cells is an abundant and widely distributed subtype of glia, featuring properties not typically associated with mature glial cells, such as the ability to receive synaptic input from neurons, or adult proliferation. ...
Establishment of an inducible human pluripotent stem cell-based 3D model of Alzheimer's disease
(2020-11-16)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in the aged population. The vast majority of cases are sporadic, however, various mutations may cause early-onset, familial AD (FAD) variants. AD is ...
Low molecular weight polysialic acid prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory dopaminergic neurodegeneration in humanized SIGLEC11 transgenic mice
(2021-07-13)
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly population, with a pathophysiology linked to neuroinflammation, complement activation and oxidative damage. Soluble polysialic acid ...
Characterisation of Extracellular Vesicles Released upon NLRP3 Activation and Their Impact on Bystander Cells
(2020-02-17)
Inflammasomes are cytosolic multi-protein complexes that assemble upon detection of danger signals of infectious or sterile origin. Activation of the NOD-like receptor NLRP3 results in activation of caspase-1, which ...
Investigating the molecular basis of human NLRP1 inflammasome activation
(2020-03-10)
Cytosolic sensor proteins like NLRP1 (NOD-like receptor containing a pyrin domain 1) play a fundamental role in mediating innate immunity. Upon activation they form signalling hubs that recruit the adaptor protein ASC ...
Impact of chronic liver inflammation on adaptive immune responses to viral infection
(2020-03-11)
A common complication in patients suffering from chronic liver inflammation and fibrosis is the enhanced susceptibility to viral infections and weak responses to vaccination, which are associated with significant co-morbidities. ...
Neuroinflammation, microglia and the cell biology of Alzheimer's Disease
(2020-04-08)
The pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterised by progressive accumulation of misfolded proteins, which form senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, and chronic inflammation in the brain associated with ...
Immune defense mechanisms against Legionella longbeachae
(2020-01-30)
The pulmonary epithelial barrier is the first line of defense against pathogens invading the lungs. If those are able to overcome this first barrier, myeloid cells of the innate immune system are instrumental for the ......
Investigation of novel pathways causing autoinflammatory disease
(2022-05-17)
Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are rare pathologies caused by mutations in genes associated with innate immune pathways. Investigating the underlying molecular defects contributes to identification of targeted treatment ......
Global 3’-UTR Length Changes Form a Novel Layer of Regulation in the Macrophage Response to Interferon-Beta
(2022-05-20)
Interferon signaling is one of the most important mechanisms shaping innate immune responses and needs to be tightly regulated to successfully fight infections and modulate immune responses while avoiding toxicity.