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BK virus infection activates the TNFα/TNF receptor system in Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy.
Abstract Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy due to BK virus infection (BKVAN) is recognized as an important cause of significant kidney transplant dysfunction often leading to renal graft loss. The activation of innate immune defense mechanisms during BKVAN is still poorly understood and an altered regulation of inflammatory mediators by resident kidney cells upon viral infection can be expected to contribute to the onset and progression of disease. TNFα interacting with its receptors, TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1) and TNF receptor 2 (TNFR2), is largely accepted to be involved in viral responses, exhibiting both proinf...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - October 7, 2015 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Ribeiro A, Merkle M, Motamedi N, Nitschko H, Köppel S, Wörnle M Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research

Wnt/β-catenin signaling mediates the senescence of bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells from systemic lupus erythematosus patients through the p53/p21 pathway.
Abstract Recent studies have shown that allogeneic bone marrow (BM)-mesenchymal stem cell transplantation (MSCT) appears to be effective in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and lupus-prone mice, contrary to studies in syngeneic BM-MSCT. These studies indicated that the abnormalities of BM-MSCs may be involved in the pathogenesis of SLE. Our studies and other previous studies have revealed that BM-MSCs from SLE patients exhibited early signs of senescence, such as flattened morphology, slow proliferation, increased senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activity, and so on. However, the mecha...
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - October 16, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Gu Z, Tan W, Feng G, Meng Y, Shen B, Liu H, Cheng C Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research