Dendritic cells (DCs) are major antigen-presenting cells that play a key role in initiating and regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. DCs are critical mediators of tolerance and immunity. The functional properties of DCs changes with age. The purpose of this study was to define the age-as...
Background: Ascaris lumbricoides cystatin (Al-CPI) prevents development of allergic airway inflammation and colitis in mice models. It has been suggested that helminth derived cystatins inhibit cathepsins in dendritic cells (DC), but their immunomodulatory mechanisms are unclear. We aimed to analyze...
Cystatin from the helminth Ascaris lumbricoides (Al-CPI) upregulates mevalonate and cholesterol biosynthesis pathways and immunomodulatory genes in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDC)
During hematopoiesis, cells originating from the same stem cell reservoir differentiate into distinct cell types. The mechanisms enabling common progenitors to differentiate into distinct cell fates are not fully understood. Here, we identify chromatin-regulating and cell-fate-determining transcript...
