Interpreting an apoptotic corpse as anti-inflammatory involves a chloride sensing pathway

Autophagy genes promote apoptotic cell corpse clearance.

Autophagy is a catabolic process through which damaged organelles and protein aggregates are delivered to lysosomes for degradation. Autophagy genes are reported to promote exposure of "eat me" signals on the surface of apoptotic cells, but whether they function in engulfing cells is not clear. Recently, we found that the autophagy mutants atg-18 and epg-5 are defective in removing apoptotic ce...

Anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning in a rat model of cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy

Objective(s): Cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy is a debilitating side effect in patients receiving this drug.  Recent studies suggest hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy as a new treatment approach for models of neural injury. The aim of the current study was to determine the protective effects of HBO preconditioning against peripheral neuropathy induced by Cisplati...

LncRNA Miat Promotes Proliferation of Cervical Cancer Cells and Acts as an Anti-apoptotic Factor

There are a sub-population of cells in tumor tissues known as cancer stem cells (CSCs) which have similar features with stem cells, including self-renewal and differentiation capacity. Recently, it was established that not only stem cells factors such as Oct4, but also ES-associated lncRNAs are contributing to various regulatory aspects of CSCs. Myocardial infarction associated transcript (MIAT...

Smith p 38 Pathway Kinases as Anti - inflammatory Drug Targets

the role of m2000 as an anti-inflammatory agent in toll-like receptor 2/microrna-155 pathway

background: m2000 is a newly designed and safe non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (nsaid). the aim of this study was to assess the effects of m2000 on expression levels of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 (socs-1) and src homology-2 domain-containing inositol-5’-phosphatase 1 (ship1) proteins via toll-like receptor (tlr) 2/microrna-155 pathway. methods: hek293 tlr2 cell line and peripheral ...