Characteristics, Quantity, and Spatial Distribution of Human Cervical Vagus Nerve and its Cardiac Superior Branch Nerve Fibers Introduction In modern medicine, Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) is widely used to treat various diseases such as epilepsy, obesity, depression, and heart diseases. Although the overall Vagus nerve stimulation method has prov...
Whole-Brain Mapping of Specific Orbitofrontal Cortex Neuron Inputs and Outputs in Mice Research on the mouse brain has always been an important topic in neuroscience, especially studies on the orbitofrontal cortex (ORB). The ORB plays a key role in reward processing, decision making, behavioral flexibility, and emotional regulation. In recent years...
Background Introduction The brain is composed of different subtypes of neurons, which form complex neural networks through local and long-range synaptic connections. Understanding the functions of these neural networks requires knowledge of their connection patterns (projectome) and neuronal dynamics. Although advancements in mesoscale connectomics...
Single-Cell Analysis of Anti-BCMA CAR-T Cell Therapy in Patients with Central Nervous System Autoimmune Diseases Introduction Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has shown potential long-term control in treating central nervous system (CNS) autoimmune diseases. This paper investigates the effects of anti-BCMA (B-cell maturation antigen) ...
Scientific Paper Report Discoveries in the field of science often have significant implications for understanding natural phenomena and improving practical applications. Recently, a research paper published in Science Immunology titled “Serine enrichment in tumors promotes regulatory T cell accumulation through sphinganine-mediated regulation of c-...
TH17 Endogenous IL-1β–STAT5 Axis Drives Steroid Resistance in Autoimmune Neuroinflammation Academic Background Steroid resistance is a major challenge in managing various inflammatory diseases, including autoimmune neuroinflammation. T helper 17 (TH17) cells are widely believed to be associated with steroid resistance. However, the specific mechani...
Nucleotide Adduct Binding MR1 and Activation of MR1-Restricted T Cells Academic Background MR1T cells, a recently discovered class of T cells, can recognize antigens presented by MHC class I-related molecule MR1 without microbial infection. These cells exhibit both helper and cytotoxic properties in vitro, but the endogenous antigens they recognize...
Interaction and Attenuation of Tumor-Specific CD8+ T Cell Responses by LRIG1 and VISTA Academic Background In recent years, the importance of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) such as Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1) and Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4 (CTLA-4) has received increasing attention. These inhibitors significantly improve the s...
TREM2 Deficiency Reprograms Gut Macrophages and Microbiota to Enhance Anti-PD-1 Tumor Immunotherapy Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs), such as drugs that block programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1), programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4 (CTLA-4), have been successfully used to activate anti...
The Tumor Lactate-SREBP2 Signaling Pathway Drives Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell Maturation and Promotes Cancer Progression In recent years, the critical role of dendritic cells (DCs) in antitumor immunity has been widely recognized. However, many cancers cause DC dysfunction through mechanisms that are not fully understood. In a newly published study ...