Immunology

Investigating the antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of honeybee venom peptide apamin in the Drosophila genetic platform

1. Yanan Wei
2. Wenjie Jia
3. Yanying Sun
4. Tianmu Zhang
5. Hongyu Miao
6. Zekun Wu
7. Ran Dong
8. Fangyong Ning
9. Woo Jae Kim

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Inhibition of glycolysis in tuberculosis-mediated metabolic rewiring reduces HIV-1 spread across macrophages

1. Zoï Vahlas
2. Natacha Faivre
3. Sarah C. Monard
4. Quentin Hertel
5. Mariano Maio
6. Joaquina Barros
7. Alexandre Lucas
8. Thien-Phong Vu Manh
9. Myriam Ben Neji
10. Marcelo Corti
11. Renaud Poincloux
12. Fabien Blanchet
13. Brigitte Raynaud-Messina
14. Fabien Letisse
15. Olivier Neyrolles
16. Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino
17. Luciana Balboa
18. Christel Vérollet

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Downregulation of semaphorin 4A in keratinocytes reflects the features of non-lesional psoriasis

1. Miki Kume
2. Hanako Koguchi-Yoshioka
3. Shuichi Nakai
4. Yutaka Matsumura
5. Atsushi Tanemura
6. Kazunori Yokoi
7. Shoichi Matsuda
8. Yuumi Nakamura
9. Naoya Otani
10. Mifue Taminato
11. Koichi Tomita
12. Tateki Kubo
13. Mari Wataya-Kaneda
14. Atsushi Kumanogoh
15. Manabu Fujimoto
16. Rei Watanabe

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  eLife Assessment

  This paper advances an important new concept in psoriasis pathogenesis and implicates Sema4a as a homeostatic regulator that is highly epithelial-specific. The findings are convincing and lend support for the biology described here as a mechanism with therapeutic implications.

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Identification of a Neuroimmune Circuit that Regulates Allergic Inflammation in the Esophagus

1. Kendall Kellerman
2. Mia Natale
3. Eddie Gerstner
4. Yrina Rochman
5. Mark Rochman
6. Michael P. Jankowski
7. Marc E. Rothenberg

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Mast cells promote pathology and susceptibility in tuberculosis

1. Ananya Gupta
2. Vibha Taneja
3. Javier Rangel Moreno
4. Abhimanyu
5. Mushtaq Ahmed
6. Nilofer Naqvi
7. Kuldeep S Chauhan
8. Daniela Trejo-Ponce de León
9. Gustavo Ramírez-Martínez
10. Luis Jiménez-Alvarez
11. Cesar Luna-Rivero
12. Joaquin Zuniga
13. Deepak Kaushal
14. Shabaana A Khader

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  eLife Assessment

  In this useful study, the authors use published scRNA-seq data to highlight the importance of mast cells (MCs) in TB granulomas, reporting a comparative assessment of chymase- and tryptase-expressing MCs in the lungs of tuberculosis-infected individuals and non-human primates, with MC-deficient mice showing reduced lung bacterial burden and pathology during infection. Whilst the findings are helpful, the evidence to support conclusions is inconsistent across models and thus incomplete. Specifically, the data supporting a role for MCs in coordinating cytokine responses to modulate pathology, susceptibility to tuberculosis, and dissemination during infection are weak.

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Proximity labeling defines the phagosome lumen proteome of murine and primary human macrophages

1. Benjamin L. Allsup
2. Supriya Gharpure
3. Bryan D. Bryson

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NK cell exhaustion in Wilson’s disease revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing predicts the prognosis of cholecystitis

1. Yong Jin
2. Jiayu Xing
3. Chenyu Dai
4. Lei Jin
5. Wanying Zhang
6. Qianqian Tao
7. Mei Hou
8. Ziyi Li
9. Wen Yang
10. Qiyu Feng
11. Hongyang Wang
12. Qingsheng Yu

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  eLife Assessment

  This study presents valuable findings, based on solid methods, to link metabolic dysfunction in Wilson's disease to immune cell dysregulation and poor cholecystitis outcomes. The integration of clinical data and single-cell analyses highlights NK cell exhaustion as a key factor, offering insights with potential therapeutic implications. The work will be of interest to colleagues in inflammatory and metabolic diseases.

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PD-L1+ Neutrophils mediate Susceptibility during Systemic Inflammatory Response in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

1. Cleyson da Cruz Oliveira Barros
2. Alexandre Kanashiro
3. Gabriel Victor Lucena da Silva
4. Guilherme Cesar Martelossi Cebinelli
5. Luiz Osório Leiria
6. Thiago Mattar Cunha
7. José Carlos Alves Filho
8. Fernando Queiroz Cunha

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  eLife Assessment

  This important study highlights the key role of NK cells and PD-L1+ neutrophils in worsening sepsis responses in the context of of MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis). While the data are solid, the overall evidence for the role of neutrophils in mediating this effect, which is based on a choline-deficient high-fat diet model of various knockouts or selective ablation of immune cell types, remains incomplete. The study will be of interest to researchers in immunopathological disease mechanisms.

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Altered hepatic metabolism mediates sepsis preventive effects of reduced glucose supply in infected preterm newborns

1. Ole Bæk
2. Tik Muk
3. Ziyuan Wu
4. Yongxin Ye
5. Bekzod Khakimov
6. Alessandra Maria Casano
7. Bagirath Gangadharan
8. Ivan Bilic
9. Anders Brunse
10. Per Torp Sangild
11. Duc Ninh Nguyen

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  eLife Assessment

  The study follows up on previous work suggesting that lower glucose concentrations are protective from sepsis but put the patient at risk for hypoglycemia. In this paper, the authors identify that a slightly higher dose of glucose is still protective but no longer puts the patients at risk for hypoglycemia. The study is important, supported by convincing data, and will be of interest to a broad audience.

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Syngeneic natural killer cell therapy activates dendritic and T cells in metastatic lungs and effectively treats low-burden metastases

1. Shih-Wen Huang
2. Yein-Gei Lai
3. Hao-Ting Liao
4. Chin-Ling Chang
5. Ruo-Yu Ma
6. Yung-Hsiang Chen
7. Yae-Huei Liou
8. Zhen-Qi Wu
9. Yu-Chen Wu
10. Ko-Jiunn Liu
11. Yen-Tsung Huang
12. Jen-Lung Yang
13. Ming-Shen Dai
14. Nan-Shih Liao

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  eLife Assessment

  In this important study the authors develop an elegant lung metastasis mouse model that closely mimics the events in human patients. They provide convincing evidence for the effectiveness of IL-15/12-conditioned NK cells in this design, which was also critical for the authors being able to conclusively reveal the T cell-dependency of NK-cell-mediated long-term control of experimental metastasis. Of note, an investigator-initiated clinical trial demonstrated that similar NK cell infusions in cancer patients after resections were safe and showed signs of efficacy, which is of promising clinical application value.

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