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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
The Role Of Drak2 In T Cell Function And Autoimmunity, Tarsha L. Harris
The Role Of Drak2 In T Cell Function And Autoimmunity, Tarsha L. Harris
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
The immune system utilizes many regulatory mechanisms to limit immune responses and ensure that immune cells target foreign pathogens and not healthy cells of the body. However, some immune cells can escape these checkpoints and attack the body’s healthy cells, leading to tissue destruction and devastating autoimmune disorders. For example, multiple sclerosis (MS) occurs when immune cells attack the myelin sheath surrounding neurons of the central nervous system (CNS). Likewise, the destruction of pancreatic islet cells by dysregulated immune cells leads to type 1 diabetes (T1D). Remarkably, there are more than 80 types of autoimmune diseases. An estimated 50 million …
Regulation Of Irf-3-Dependent Innate Immune Signaling Pathway By The Plpro Domain Of Non-Structural Protein 3 (Nsp3) Of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) Coronavirus, Sandra Nicole Lester
Regulation Of Irf-3-Dependent Innate Immune Signaling Pathway By The Plpro Domain Of Non-Structural Protein 3 (Nsp3) Of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) Coronavirus, Sandra Nicole Lester
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
The induction of Type I Interferons (IFNs) is a powerful and rapid innate defense mechanism against viral infection, and many viruses have developed elaborate strategies to overcome the antiviral effects of IFN, ensuring their survival and replication. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is a highly pathogenic virus that causes severe lung disease in humans and is associated with high mortality rates. SARS-CoV, like all other successful viruses, encode proteins that counteract the innate immune response. A number of reports have indicated the papain-like protease (PLpro) domain of SARS-CoV Non-Structural Protein 3 (NSP3) as a powerful interferon antagonist, by suppressing …
Interaction Between Two E3 Ligases, Nedd8ylated Cullin And Hhari, Kheewoong Baek
Interaction Between Two E3 Ligases, Nedd8ylated Cullin And Hhari, Kheewoong Baek
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
RBR (RING1-in between RING-RING2) is a special type of E3 ubiquitin ligase containing three zinc-binding RING (Really Interesting New Gene) domains, while adopting mechanisms of HECT (Homologous to E6-AP Carboxyl Terminus) for substrate ubiquitination. Most well known RBRs include Parkin and HOIP, which are associated with Parkinson’s disease and innate immune deficiency. However, it is not well known how the RBR proteins gain activity, as they are known to be autoinhibited. Here I show that a specific F430A, E431A, E503A triple mutation of RBR protein HHARI (Human homologue of Ariadne) and its interaction with NEDD8ylated cullin RING ligase can both …
Pten Signaling In Regulatory T Cells And Inflammatory Disease, Sharad Krishna Shrestha
Pten Signaling In Regulatory T Cells And Inflammatory Disease, Sharad Krishna Shrestha
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
Regulatory T (Treg) cells suppress CD4+ T cell responses during homeostasis and inflammation to prevent autoimmunity and other immune disorders. Although the transcriptional and epigenetic programs impacting Treg cell function have been extensively studied, the signaling and metabolic pathways underlying Treg stability and function are not fully understood. In this study, we determined the role of the phosphatase PTEN in Treg cells. We found that specific depletion of PTEN in Treg cells results in excessive TH1 and T follicular helper cells (TFH) responses, associated with elevated germinal center (GC) B cells and spontaneous development of autoimmune and lymphoproliferative disease in …
Dissecting The Novel Roles Of Trim56 In Antiviral Innate Immunity, Baoming Liu
Dissecting The Novel Roles Of Trim56 In Antiviral Innate Immunity, Baoming Liu
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
The tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins have emerged as a new class of host antiviral restriction factors, with several demonstrating roles in regulating innate antiviral responses. Of >70 known TRIMs, TRIM56 inhibits replication of bovine viral diarrhea virus, a ruminant pestivirus of the family Flaviviridae, but has no appreciable effect on VSV, a rhabdovirus. We have also shown that TRIM56 forms a complex with the Toll-like receptor-3 (TLR3) adaptor, TRIF, via its C-terminal residues 621-750, and augments TLR3-mediated interferon (IFN) induction and establishment of an antiviral state. Yet, TRIM56’s antiviral spectrum and the precise underlying mechanisms by which TRIM56 executes …