Tracking-seq Reveals the Heterogeneity of Off-target Effects in CRISPR-Cas9-mediated Genome Editing

Transcriptomics Technology Tracking-Seq Reveals Off-Target Effect Heterogeneity Mediated by CRISPR-Cas9 Research Background With the rapid development of genome editing technologies, the CRISPR-Cas9 system has been widely used in biomedical research due to its high efficiency and ease of operation. However, a significant issue with the CRISPR-Cas9 ...

Strain Tracking in Complex Microbiomes Using Synteny Analysis Reveals Per-Species Modes of Evolution

Using Genome Synteny Analysis for Strain Tracking in Complex Microbiomes Reveals Species-Specific Evolutionary Patterns Background Microbial populations differentiate into distinct strains through single-nucleotide mutations and structural variations such as recombination, insertions, and deletions. Most strain comparison methods primarily quantify...

TREM2 Deficiency Reprograms Intestinal Macrophages and Microbiota to Enhance Anti–PD-1 Tumor Immunotherapy

TREM2 Deficiency Remodels Intestinal Macrophages and Microbiota to Enhance Anti-PD-1 Tumor Immunotherapy A research team from the Washington University School of Medicine, led by Blanda Di Luccia and other scientists, recently published a study in the journal Science Immunology, revealing how intestinal microbiota and tumor-associated macrophages i...

Circulating KLRG1+ Long-Lived Effector Memory T Cells Retain the Flexibility to Become Tissue Resident

Tissue-Resident Capacity of Long-Term Surviving KLRG1+ Effector Memory T Cells Background Memory CD8 T cells play a crucial role in the body’s defense against pathogen reinfection. Memory T cells are a heterogeneous group of cells present in various tissues throughout the body, providing essential surveillance and rapid response functions. Memory T...

A Lactate-SREBP2 Signaling Axis Drives Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell Maturation and Promotes Cancer Progression

Cancer Immunology Lactate-SREBP2 Signaling Axis-Driven Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell Maturation and Its Role in Promoting Cancer Progression Background In cancer, conventional dendritic cells (DCs) are key mediators of anti-tumor immunity. However, cancer has evolved mechanisms that render DCs ineffective in the tumor microenvironment (TME), and these...

Gfi1b Specifies Developmental Potential of Innate Lymphoid Cell Progenitors in the Lungs

Background Introduction In respiratory diseases, the lung is a sensitive organ exposed to the external environment, making it susceptible to pathogens, allergens, and toxic particles. Due to the high morbidity and mortality associated with respiratory diseases (such as asthma), it is crucial to study the mechanisms protecting the cells on the surfa...

Characterization of early inflammatory responses and cytokine changes during schistosome infection

对于一篇关于血吸虫感染早期反应的深入研究,Houlder等人撰写的论文为科学界提供了重要的见解。他们的研究发表于《科学免疫学》(Sci. Immunol.) 2024年7月5日的第9卷,揭示了血吸虫(Schistosoma mansoni...

MAIT Cells Monitor Intestinal Dysbiosis and Contribute to Host Protection During Colitis

MAIT Cells Monitor Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Protect the Host in Colitis Research Background As research on the relationship between the gut and host health deepens, changes in the gut microbiome are closely related to various human diseases, especially inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Currently, it is recognized that under homeostatic conditio...

Development of Complemented Comprehensive Networks for Rapid Screening of Repurposable Drugs Applicable to New Emerging Disease Outbreaks

Research on Network Construction and Application of Novel Drug Repositioning Strategies Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and pharmaceutical companies have been dedicated to developing treatments and vaccines. Drug repositioning, due to its shortcut, is considered a rapid and effective response strategy. Drug repositioning attemp...

Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing, instead of Procalcitonin, Could Guide Antibiotic Usage in Patients with Febrile Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study

Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing as an Alternative to Procalcitonin in Guiding Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Fever Background and Research Objectives Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the leading causes of emergency hospital admissions for digestive system diseases, with significant medical resource utiliz...