Publication

[BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth] The expression and localization of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) in the placenta of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) patients and the health control was investigated.

[Environmental Pollution] Researchers explored the role of placental lipophagy in cadmium-induced fetal growth restriction utilizing case-control study, animal experiments, and cultures of primary human placental trophoblast.

[European Journal of Immunology] Investigators showed that umbilical cord blood natural killer cells express slightly higher levels of the immune checkpoints PD-1, TIGIT and CD96 compared to their adult peripheral blood counterparts.

[Nature Communications] The authors reported that mast cell-expressed membrane protein1 (MCEMP1), a lung-specific surface protein, functions as an adaptor for KIT, which promotes stem cell factor (SCF)-mediated mast cell proliferation.

[Respiratory Research] IL-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK)-M expression was significantly induced in BEAS-2B and A549 cells after inflammatory stimulation.

[Virology Journal] Investigators evaluated the role of cigarette smoke on SARS-CoV-2-induced immune and inflammatory responses, and epithelial barrier integrity leading to airway epithelial damage.