2023
Urothelial Oxidative Stress and ERK Activation Mediate HMGB1-Induced Bladder Pain
Ye S, Mahmood D, Ma F, Leng L, Bucala R, Vera P. Urothelial Oxidative Stress and ERK Activation Mediate HMGB1-Induced Bladder Pain. Cells 2023, 12: 1440. PMID: 37408274, PMCID: PMC10217556, DOI: 10.3390/cells12101440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh mobility group box 1Macrophage migration inhibitory factorBladder painOxidative stressDisulfide HMGB1Mobility group box 1MIF-deficient miceNovel potential therapeutic strategyMigration inhibitory factorGroup box 1Potential therapeutic strategyOxidative stress productionN-acetylcysteine amideERK activationIntravesical treatmentMicturition volumeMicturition parametersReceptor 4Mechanical thresholdPainTherapeutic strategiesBox 1Bladder tissueInhibitory factorWestern blot
2022
CD74 ablation rescues type 2 diabetes mellitus-induced cardiac remodeling and contractile dysfunction through pyroptosis-evoked regulation of ferroptosis
Chen L, Yin Z, Qin X, Zhu X, Chen X, Ding G, Sun D, Wu NN, Fei J, Bi Y, Zhang J, Bucala R, Ren J, Zheng Q. CD74 ablation rescues type 2 diabetes mellitus-induced cardiac remodeling and contractile dysfunction through pyroptosis-evoked regulation of ferroptosis. Pharmacological Research 2022, 176: 106086. PMID: 35033649, DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsAntigens, Differentiation, B-LymphocyteCell LineDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFerroptosisGene ExpressionHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMaleMice, KnockoutMiddle AgedMyocardial ContractionMyocardiumNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinOxidative StressOxygen ConsumptionPyroptosisRatsVentricular RemodelingConceptsHigh glucose/high fatMacrophage migration inhibitory factorCardiac remodelingContractile dysfunctionCell death domainGene Ontology termsInhibitors of MIFRecombinant macrophage migration inhibitory factorCytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorType 2 diabetes mellitusOntology termsDeath domainLipid peroxidationGlobal metabolic defectsKEGG analysisPlasma MIF levelsInjection of streptozotocinMitochondrial defectsHigh-fat dietMigration inhibitory factorInhibitor of NLRP3Cell deathPrecise interplayMitochondrial dysfunctionCognate receptors