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LACC1 Required for NOD2-Induced, ER Stress-Mediated Innate Immune Outcomes in Human Macrophages and LACC1 Risk Variants Modulate These Outcomes
Huang C, Hedl M, Ranjan K, Abraham C. LACC1 Required for NOD2-Induced, ER Stress-Mediated Innate Immune Outcomes in Human Macrophages and LACC1 Risk Variants Modulate These Outcomes. Cell Reports 2019, 29: 4525-4539.e4. PMID: 31875558, PMCID: PMC7372507, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivating Transcription Factor 6EIF-2 KinaseEndoplasmic ReticulumEndoplasmic Reticulum StressEndoribonucleasesEnterococcus faecalisEscherichia coliGene Expression RegulationHeLa CellsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMacrophagesNod2 Signaling Adaptor ProteinPhagocytosisPrimary Cell CultureProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRiskSignal TransductionConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumER stressER stress sensorsHuman macrophagesInnate immune outcomesDisease risk variantsMultiple immune-mediated diseasesLaccase domainPattern recognition receptor NOD2HeLa cellsAntimicrobial pathwaysRisk variantsGenetic variantsLACC1Critical roleVariantsMacrophagesATF6IRE1αArg284SignalingReticulumStressTransfectionPERK
2020
Cell-Penetrable Peptide-Conjugated FADD Induces Apoptosis and Regulates Inflammatory Signaling in Cancer Cells
Ranjan K, Waghela BN, Vaidya FU, Pathak C. Cell-Penetrable Peptide-Conjugated FADD Induces Apoptosis and Regulates Inflammatory Signaling in Cancer Cells. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21: 6890. PMID: 32961826, PMCID: PMC7555701, DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFADD proteinCancer cellsAnti-apoptotic genesCaveolar pathwayDeath domainCellular pathwaysCancer cell proliferationCytosolic expressionFADD expressionCell deathApoptosis inducersInduces ApoptosisExpression of FasProteinCell proliferationApoptosisNF-κB activationSimultaneous regulationInflammatory signalingExpressionCellsNLRP3 inflammasome primingRegulationPathwayInflammasome priming
2016
Expression of FADD and cFLIPL balances mitochondrial integrity and redox signaling to substantiate apoptotic cell death
Ranjan K, Pathak C. Expression of FADD and cFLIPL balances mitochondrial integrity and redox signaling to substantiate apoptotic cell death. Molecular And Cellular Biochemistry 2016, 422: 135-150. PMID: 27619661, DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2813-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpression of FADDMitochondrial integrityCell deathDeath receptorsMutant of FADDInduced expressionNon-apoptotic functionsDeath receptor signalingFate of cellsMitochondrial-associated apoptosisApoptotic cell deathCancer cellsCellular signalingEctopic expressionJNK1 activationFADDCellular respirationHA14-1Independent pathwaysReceptor signalingCFLIPCFLIPLBcl-2ApoptosisIntracellular ROS