2021
Kynurenic acid may underlie sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19
Cai Y, Kim DJ, Takahashi T, Broadhurst DI, Yan H, Ma S, Rattray NJW, Casanovas-Massana A, Israelow B, Klein J, Lucas C, Mao T, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Oh JE, Silva J, Wong P, team Y, Ko AI, Khan SA, Iwasaki A, Johnson CH. Kynurenic acid may underlie sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19. Science Signaling 2021, 14: eabf8483. PMID: 34230210, PMCID: PMC8432948, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abf8483.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKynurenic acidImmune responseClinical outcomesSex-specific immune responsesT cell responsesPoor clinical outcomeCOVID-19 patientsCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19Sex-related differencesMale patientsCytokine abundanceInflammatory cytokinesKynurenine ratioSerum metabolomeDisease 2019Sex-specific linkKynurenine aminotransferaseCell responsesOld malePatientsMalesOutcomesResponseMetabolites
2015
Oncogenic CXCL10 signalling drives metastasis development and poor clinical outcome
Wightman SC, Uppal A, Pitroda SP, Ganai S, Burnette B, Stack M, Oshima G, Khan S, Huang X, Posner MC, Weichselbaum RR, Khodarev NN. Oncogenic CXCL10 signalling drives metastasis development and poor clinical outcome. British Journal Of Cancer 2015, 113: 327-335. PMID: 26042934, PMCID: PMC4506383, DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationChemokine CXCL10MiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasm MetastasisReceptors, CXCR3Signal TransductionConceptsClinical outcomesMetastatic potentialPoor clinical outcomePoor overall survivalMetastatic disease progressionExpression of CXCL10Renal cell carcinomaFunction of CXCL10Increased metastatic potentialIndividual tumor clonesTumor cell growthClinical data setsMetastatic diseaseOverall survivalMetastatic recurrenceCell carcinomaDifferent metastatic abilityCXCR3 pathwayCytokine profilingDisease progressionOncogenic axisCXCR3Metastasis developmentAvailable clinical data setsCXCL10