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Extracellular purine metabolism is the switchboard of immunosuppressive macroph...
Ohradanova-Repic, Anna; Machacek, Christian; Charvet, Celine; Lager, Franck; Le Roux, Delphine; Platzer, René; Leksa, Vladimir; Mitulovic, GoranIf misregulated, macrophage (M)T cell interactions can drive chronic inflammation thereby causing diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We report that in a proinflammatory environment, granulocyte-M (GM-CSF)- and M colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF)-dependent Ms have dichotomous effects on T cell activity. While GM-CSF-dependent Ms show a highly stimulatory activity typical for M1 Ms, M-CSF-dependent Ms, ...
Enhancing methotrexate tolerance with folate tagged liposomes in arthritic mice
Nogueira, Eugénia Sofia Costa; Lager, Franck; Le Roux, Delphine; Nogueira, Patrícia; Freitas, Jaime; Charvet, Celine; Renault, Gilles; Loureiro, AnaMethotrexate is the first line of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Since many patients become unresponsive to methotrexate treatment, only very expensive biological therapies are effective and increased methotrexate tolerance strategies need to be identified. Here we propose the encapsulation of methotrexate in a new liposomal formulation using a hydrophobic fragment of surfactant protein conjugated to a link...