Patients with atopic dermatitis exhibit abundant Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization and an increased risk of atopic march diseases, including allergic rhinitis, food allergies, and asthma. We have previously shown that S. aureus skin exposure exacerbates allergic lung inflammation in an interleukin-36 receptor (IL-36R)-dependent manner.
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April 2025
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the sixth most common cancer worldwide, presents significant public health challenges due to its genetic instability and late-stage diagnosis. Despite advancements in treatment, the median overall survival remains below one year, emphasizing the need for improved detection, prognosis, and therapeutic strategies. This study investigates the role of KDM4C and its interaction with GATA1 in regulating heme metabolism and tumor progression in HNSCC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are a key antimicrobial feature of cellular innate immunity mediated by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs). NETs counteract microbes but are also linked to inflammation in atherosclerosis, arthritis, or psoriasis by unknown mechanisms. Here, we report that NET-associated RNA (naRNA) stimulates further NET formation in naive PMNs via a unique TLR8-NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent pathway.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis the leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections and is a major health burden due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains. To address the unmet need of alternative treatments to antibiotics, a better understanding of the protective immune mechanisms against skin infection is warranted. Here, we report that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) promoted protection against in the skin, which was mediated by bone marrow-derived immune cells.
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Predictive metabolic biomarkers for the recurrent luminal breast cancer (BC) with hormone receptor (HR)-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2)-negative are lacking. High levels of -GlcNAcylation (-GlcNAc) and pyruvate kinase isoenzyme M2 (PKM2) are associated with malignancy in BC; however, the association with the recurrence risk remains unclear. We first conduct survival analysis by using the METABRIC dataset to assess the correlation of PKM2 expression with BC clinical outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe progression of prostate cancer (PCa) to castration-resistant PCa (CRPC) despite continuous androgen deprivation therapy is a major clinical challenge. Over 90% of patients with CRPC exhibit sustained androgen receptor (AR) signaling. KDM4B that removes the repressive mark H3K9me3/2 is a transcriptional activator of AR and has been implicated in the development of CRPC.
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