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Translating insights into therapies for Long Covid | Science Translational Medicine
Understanding of the mechanisms of Long Covid has advanced because of human and animal model studies and clinical trials.
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Animal models of Long Covid: A hit-and-run disease | Science Translational Medicine
Animal models will inform our understanding of Long Covid and will aid in identifying therapeutic targets.
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Sex differences and immune correlates of Long Covid development, symptom persistence, and resolution | Science Translational Medicine
A multiomic analysis reveals sex differences and immune correlates of Long Covid symptom development, persistence, and resolution.
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Transient anti-interferon autoantibodies in the airways are associated with recovery from COVID-19 | Science Translational Medicine
Nasal IgA1 autoantibodies against IFN-α are associated with better COVID-19 prognosis, including fewer symptoms and robust anti–SARS-CoV-2 immunity.
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Dysregulation of zebrin-II cell subtypes in the cerebellum is a shared feature across polyglutamine ataxia mouse models and patients | Science Translational Medicine
Alternating expression of cerebellar Aldoc/zebrin-II is lost in mouse models of polyglutamine ataxias and altered in the cerebella of patients with SCA7.
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Monoclonal antibodies against the spike protein alter the endogenous humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection | Science Translational Medicine
Anti–spike protein monoclonal antibodies alter endogenous humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in mice, nonhuman primates, and humans.
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The R1441C-Lrrk2 mutation induces myeloid immune cell exhaustion in an age- and sex-dependent manner in mice | Science Translational Medicine
The R1441C-Lrrk2 mutation causes age-acquired immune exhaustion in mouse macrophages in a sex-dependent manner.
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Nociceptor-to-macrophage communication through CGRP/RAMP1 signaling drives endometriosis-associated pain and lesion growth in mice | Science Translational Medicine
Blocking nociceptor CGRP to RAMP1 signaling in macrophages reduces endometriosis pain and lesion growth in a mouse model of the disease.
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Integrative multiomic analysis identifies distinct molecular subtypes of NAFLD in a Chinese population | Science Translational Medicine
Integrative multiomic analysis identifies three molecular subtypes of NAFLD associated with distinct clinical risks.
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Engineering CAR-T therapies for autoimmune disease and beyond | Science Translational Medicine
Emerging CAR-T technologies offer transformative potential to address the needs of patients with autoimmunity or other diseases beyond cancer.
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Protumoral lipid droplet–loaded macrophages are enriched in human glioblastoma and can be therapeutically targeted | Science Translational Medicine
Protumoral foamy macrophages are associated with poorer survival in humans with glioblastoma and can be targeted by lipid droplet inhibitors.
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A kidney-specific fasting-mimicking diet induces podocyte reprogramming and restores renal function in glomerulopathy | Science Translational Medicine
A fasting-mimicking diet treatment restores renal function in glomerulopathy and provides preliminary evidence of beneficial effects in chronic kidney disease.
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Bayesian modeling for analyzing heterogeneous response in preclinical mouse tumor models | Science Translational Medicine
Statistical modeling allows the classification of individual tumor responses and assessment of treatment effects with heterogeneous response.
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Inhibition of an Alzheimer’s disease–associated form of necroptosis rescues neuronal death in mouse models | Science Translational Medicine
A granulovacuolar degeneration–associated form of necroptosis represents an Alzheimer’s disease–related type of nerve cell death that can be inhibited.
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Single-cell transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease brains | Science Translational Medicine
A single-cell transcriptomic atlas with integrated proteomics for the prefrontal cortex of late-stage Parkinson’s disease human brains is presented.
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From blood to mucosa | Science Translational Medicine
Current COVID-19 vaccines induce suboptimal respiratory mucosal immunity even after mRNA boosters (Declercq et al. and Lasrado et al., this issue).
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SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 mRNA booster vaccination elicits limited mucosal immunity | Science Translational Medicine
COVID-19 mRNA booster vaccines induce limited mucosal immunity.
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Repeated COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccination contributes to SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody responses in the mucosa | Science Translational Medicine
mRNA booster vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 induce circulating virus neutralizing antibodies that may enter the respiratory mucosa.
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Characterization of clonal dynamics using duplex sequencing in donor-recipient pairs decades after hematopoietic cell transplantation | Science Translational Medicine
Mutation load and clonal hematopoiesis are similar between donors and recipients, even decades after hematopoietic cell transplantation.
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Stromal reprogramming overcomes resistance to RAS-MAPK inhibition to improve pancreas cancer responses to cytotoxic and immune therapy | Science Translational Medicine
Stromal reprograming by FAK inhibition overcomes RAS-MAPK inhibition resistance and enhances responses to therapy in pancreas cancer models.
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