LIVIVO - The Search Portal for Life Sciences

zur deutschen Oberfläche wechseln
Advanced search

Search results

Result 1 - 10 of total 23

Search options

  1. Article ; Online: Stepwise transmigration of T- and B cells through a perivascular channel in high endothelial venules.

    Choe, Kibaek / Moon, Jieun / Lee, Soo Yun / Song, Eunjoo / Back, Ju Hee / Song, Joo-Hye / Hyun, Young-Min / Uchimura, Kenji / Kim, Pilhan

    Life science alliance

    2021  Volume 4, Issue 8

    Abstract: High endothelial venules (HEVs) effectively recruit circulating lymphocytes from the blood to lymph nodes. HEVs have endothelial cells (ECs) and perivascular sheaths consisting of fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs). Yet, post-luminal lymphocyte ... ...

    Abstract High endothelial venules (HEVs) effectively recruit circulating lymphocytes from the blood to lymph nodes. HEVs have endothelial cells (ECs) and perivascular sheaths consisting of fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs). Yet, post-luminal lymphocyte migration steps are not well elucidated. Herein, we performed intravital imaging to investigate post-luminal T- and B-cell migration in popliteal lymph node, consisting of trans-EC migration, crawling in the perivascular channel (a narrow space between ECs and FRCs) and trans-FRC migration. The post-luminal migration of T cells occurred in a PNAd-dependent manner. Remarkably, we found hot spots for the trans-EC and trans-FRC migration of T- and B cells. Interestingly, T- and B cells preferentially shared trans-FRC migration hot spots but not trans-EC migration hot spots. Furthermore, the trans-FRC T-cell migration was confined to fewer sites than trans-EC T-cell migration, and trans-FRC migration of T- and B cells preferentially occurred at FRCs covered by CD11c+ dendritic cells in HEVs. These results suggest that HEV ECs and FRCs with perivascular DCs delicately regulate T- and B-cell entry into peripheral lymph nodes.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; B-Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Intravital Microscopy ; Lymph Nodes/immunology ; Mice ; T-Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration ; Venules/immunology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2575-1077
    ISSN (online) 2575-1077
    DOI 10.26508/lsa.202101086
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  2. Article ; Online: Two distinct receptor-binding domains of human glycyl-tRNA synthetase 1 displayed on extracellular vesicles activate M1 polarization and phagocytic bridging of macrophages to cancer cells.

    Park, Min Chul / Goughnour, Peter C / Jun, Sangmi / Cho, Seongmin / Song, Eunjoo / Kim, Sang Bum / Kim, Hyeong Yun / Hyun, Jae Kyung / Kim, Pilhan / Jung, Hyun Suk / Kim, Sunghoon

    Cancer letters

    2022  Volume 539, Page(s) 215698

    Abstract: Macrophages play important roles in cancer microenvironment. Human cytosolic glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS1) was previously shown to be secreted via extracellular vesicles (EVs) from macrophages to trigger cancer cell death. However, the effects of GARS1- ... ...

    Abstract Macrophages play important roles in cancer microenvironment. Human cytosolic glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS1) was previously shown to be secreted via extracellular vesicles (EVs) from macrophages to trigger cancer cell death. However, the effects of GARS1-containing EVs (GARS1-EVs) on macrophages as well as on cancer cells and the working mechanisms of GARS1 in cancer microenvironment are not yet understood. Here we show that GARS1-EVs induce M1 polarization and facilitate phagocytosis of macrophages. GARS1-EVs triggers M1 polarization of macrophage via the specific interaction of the extracellular cadherin subdomains 1-4 of the cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 2 (CELSR2) with the N-terminal WHEP domain containing peptide region of GARS1, and activates the RAF-MEK-ERK pathway for M1 type cytokine production and phagocytosis. Besides, GARS1 interacted with cadherin 6 (CDH6) of cancer cells via its C-terminal tRNA-binding domain to induce cancer cell death. In vivo model, GARS1-EVs showed potent suppressive activity against tumor initiation via M1 type macrophages. GARS1 displayed on macrophage-secreted extracellular vesicles suppressed tumor growth in dual mode, namely through pro-apoptotic effect on cancer cells and M1 polarization effect on macrophages. Collectively, these results elucidate the unique tumor suppressive activity and mechanism of GARS1-EVs by activating M1 macrophage via CELSR2 as well as by direct killing of cancer cells via CDH6.
    MeSH term(s) Cadherins/metabolism ; Cell Polarity ; Extracellular Vesicles/enzymology ; Extracellular Vesicles/metabolism ; Glycine-tRNA Ligase/analysis ; Glycine-tRNA Ligase/metabolism ; Glycine-tRNA Ligase/pharmacology ; Humans ; Macrophages/enzymology ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Macrophages/pathology ; Neoplasms/enzymology ; Neoplasms/metabolism ; Phagocytosis ; Tumor Microenvironment
    Chemical Substances Cadherins ; Glycine-tRNA Ligase (EC 6.1.1.14)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-09
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 195674-7
    ISSN 1872-7980 ; 0304-3835
    ISSN (online) 1872-7980
    ISSN 0304-3835
    DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2022.215698
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  3. Article: Micromirror-Embedded Coverslip Assembly for Bidirectional Microscopic Imaging.

    Lee, Dongwoo / Kim, Jihye / Song, Eunjoo / Jeong, Ji-Young / Jeon, Eun-Chae / Kim, Pilhan / Lee, Wonhee

    Micromachines

    2020  Volume 11, Issue 6

    Abstract: 3D imaging of a biological sample provides information about cellular and subcellular structures that are important in cell biology and related diseases. However, most 3D imaging systems, such as confocal and tomographic microscopy systems, are complex ... ...

    Abstract 3D imaging of a biological sample provides information about cellular and subcellular structures that are important in cell biology and related diseases. However, most 3D imaging systems, such as confocal and tomographic microscopy systems, are complex and expensive. Here, we developed a quasi-3D imaging tool that is compatible with most conventional microscopes by integrating micromirrors and microchannel structures on coverslips to provide bidirectional imaging. Microfabricated micromirrors had a precisely 45° reflection angle and optically clean reflective surfaces with high reflectance over 95%. The micromirrors were embedded on coverslips that could be assembled as a microchannel structure. We demonstrated that this simple disposable device allows a conventional microscope to perform bidirectional imaging with simple control of a focal plane. Images of microbeads and cells under bright-field and fluorescent microscopy show that the device can provide a quick analysis of 3D information, such as 3D positions and subcellular structures.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2620864-7
    ISSN 2072-666X
    ISSN 2072-666X
    DOI 10.3390/mi11060582
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  4. Article: In vivo

    Ahn, Jinhyo / Kong, Eunji / Choe, Kibaek / Song, Eunjoo / Hwang, Yoonha / Seo, Howon / Park, Inwon / Kim, Pilhan

    Biomedical optics express

    2019  Volume 10, Issue 6, Page(s) 2719–2729

    Abstract: ... In ... ...

    Abstract In vivo
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-05-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2572216-5
    ISSN 2156-7085
    ISSN 2156-7085
    DOI 10.1364/BOE.10.002719
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  5. Article: Intravital imaging of a pulmonary endothelial surface layer in a murine sepsis model.

    Park, Inwon / Choe, Kibaek / Seo, Howon / Hwang, Yoonha / Song, Eunjoo / Ahn, Jinhyo / Hwan Jo, You / Kim, Pilhan

    Biomedical optics express

    2018  Volume 9, Issue 5, Page(s) 2383–2393

    Abstract: Direct intravital imaging of an endothelial surface layer (ESL) in pulmonary microcirculation could be a valuable approach to investigate the role of a vascular endothelial barrier in various pathological conditions. Despite its importance as a marker of ...

    Abstract Direct intravital imaging of an endothelial surface layer (ESL) in pulmonary microcirculation could be a valuable approach to investigate the role of a vascular endothelial barrier in various pathological conditions. Despite its importance as a marker of endothelial cell damage and impairment of the vascular system,
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-04-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2572216-5
    ISSN 2156-7085
    ISSN 2156-7085
    DOI 10.1364/BOE.9.002383
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  6. Article: Synthesis, stability and electrical properties of new soluble pentacenes with unsaturated side groups

    Kim, Heung Gyu / Cho, Kilwon / Choi, E-Joon / Choi, Hyun Ho / Song, Eunjoo

    RSC advances. 2015 Jan. 06, v. 5, no. 11

    2015  

    Abstract: A series of pentacene derivatives with unsaturated hydrocarbon substituents at the 6,13-positions as side groups have been synthesized. The effects of conjugated π-bonding throughout the side groups on the solubility, oxidative stability, crystallinity, ... ...

    Abstract A series of pentacene derivatives with unsaturated hydrocarbon substituents at the 6,13-positions as side groups have been synthesized. The effects of conjugated π-bonding throughout the side groups on the solubility, oxidative stability, crystallinity, and electrical properties of the compounds were investigated. Here we report that the solubility of pentacene can be greatly improved by the insertion of linear long side groups at the 6,13-positions: the obtained pentacene derivatives were soluble in common organic solvents. Time-dependent UV-visible spectra in chloroform solutions as well as thin films were recorded to investigate the oxidative stability of each pentacene compound under ambient conditions. The photooxidative stability of the pentacene derivatives was remarkably enhanced by increasing the electron conjugation length through the installation of unsaturated hydrocarbon substituents at the 6,13-positions. The solution-processed TFT devices based on 6,13-bis(4-pentylphenyl-ethynyl)pentacene (P5) and 6,13-bis(4-hexylphenylethynyl)pentacene (P6) showed charge transport mobilities of 2.14 × 10−2 cm2 V−1 s−1 and 3.94 × 10−2 cm2 V−1 s−1, respectively, and exhibited an on/off ratio of 105. Here we demonstrate that P5 and P6 revealed much more stable electrical performances than the parent pentacene under the oxidative environment.
    Keywords chloroform ; crystal structure ; electrical properties ; films (materials) ; oxidative stability ; photooxidation ; solubility ; solvents
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2015-0106
    Size p. 8070-8076.
    Publishing place The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Document type Article
    ISSN 2046-2069
    DOI 10.1039/c4ra11195h
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

    More links

    Kategorien

  7. Article: Naphthodithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymer with Linear, Planar Backbone Conformation and Strong Intermolecular Packing for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

    Lee, Jaewon / Cho Kilwon / Kim Heung Gyu / Ko Hyomin / Song Eunjoo

    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015 Sept. 30, v. 7, no. 38

    2015  

    Abstract: Two donor–acceptor copolymers, PBDT and PNDT, containing 4,8-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b′]dithiophene (BDT) and 4,9-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene (NDT), respectively, as an electron-rich unit and 5,6-difluoro-2,1,3- ... ...

    Abstract Two donor–acceptor copolymers, PBDT and PNDT, containing 4,8-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b′]dithiophene (BDT) and 4,9-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene (NDT), respectively, as an electron-rich unit and 5,6-difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (2FBT) as an electron-deficient unit, were synthesized and compared. The introduction of the NDT core into the conjugated backbone was found to effectively improve both light harvesting and the charge carrier mobility by enhancing chain planarity and backbone linearity; the NDT copolymer has stronger noncovalent interactions and smaller bond angles than those of the BDT-based polymer. Moreover, the introduction of the NDT core brings about a drastic change in the molecular orientation into the face-on motif and results in polymer:PCBM blend films with well-mixed interpenetrating nanofibrillar bulk–heterojunction networks with small-scale phase separation, which produce solar cells with higher short-circuit current density and fill factor values. A conventional optimized device structure containing PNDT:PC₇₁BM was found to exhibit a maximum solar efficiency of 6.35%, an open-circuit voltage of 0.84 V, a short-circuit current density of 11.92 mA cm–², and a fill factor of 63.5% with thermal annealing, which demonstrates that the NDT and DT2FBT moieties are a promising electron-donor/acceptor combination for high-performance photovoltaics.
    Keywords chemical structure ; composite polymers ; photovoltaic cells ; solar energy ; thiophenes
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2015-0930
    Size p. 21159-21169.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ISSN 1944-8252
    DOI 10.1021%2Facsami.5b04884
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

    More links

    Kategorien

  8. Article: Longitudinal Intravital Imaging of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Motility in Breast Cancer Models.

    Park, Inwon / Hong, Sujung / Seok, Joon / Lucia, Stephani Edwina / Song, Eunjoo / Kim, Mingyo / Kong, Eunji / Seo, Howon / Hwang, Yoonha / Ahn, Soyeon / Kim, Seonghye / Jang, Dong-Hyun / Lee, Jae Hyuk / Park, Su-Hyung / Kim, Pilhan / Jo, You Hwan

    Journal of breast cancer

    2021  Volume 24, Issue 5, Page(s) 463–473

    Abstract: Immunoreactive dynamics of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) within the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer are not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the spatiotemporal cellular dynamics of TILs in breast cancer models. Breast ... ...

    Abstract Immunoreactive dynamics of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) within the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer are not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the spatiotemporal cellular dynamics of TILs in breast cancer models. Breast cancer cells were implanted into the dorsal skinfold chamber of BALB/c nude mice, and T lymphocytes were adoptively transferred. Longitudinal intravital imaging was performed, and the spatiotemporal dynamics of TILs were assessed. In the 4T1 model, TILs progressively exhibited increased motility, and their motility inside the tumor was significantly higher than that outside the tumor. In the MDA-MB-231 model, the motility of TILs progressively decreased after an initial increase. TIL motility in the MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 models differed significantly, suggesting an association between programmed death-ligand 1 expression levels and TIL motility, which warrants further investigation. Furthermore, intravital imaging of TILs can be a useful method for addressing dynamic interactions between TILs and breast cancer cells.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-08
    Publishing country Korea (South)
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2559753-X
    ISSN 2092-9900 ; 1738-6756
    ISSN (online) 2092-9900
    ISSN 1738-6756
    DOI 10.4048/jbc.2021.24.e40
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  9. Article: Optical clearing based cellular-level 3D visualization of intact lymph node cortex.

    Song, Eunjoo / Seo, Howon / Choe, Kibaek / Hwang, Yoonha / Ahn, Jinhyo / Ahn, Soyeon / Kim, Pilhan

    Biomedical optics express

    2015  Volume 6, Issue 10, Page(s) 4154–4164

    Abstract: Lymph node (LN) is an important immune organ that controls adaptive immune responses against foreign pathogens and abnormal cells. To facilitate efficient immune function, LN has highly organized 3D cellular structures, vascular and lymphatic system. ... ...

    Abstract Lymph node (LN) is an important immune organ that controls adaptive immune responses against foreign pathogens and abnormal cells. To facilitate efficient immune function, LN has highly organized 3D cellular structures, vascular and lymphatic system. Unfortunately, conventional histological analysis relying on thin-sliced tissue has limitations in 3D cellular analysis due to structural disruption and tissue loss in the processes of fixation and tissue slicing. Optical sectioning confocal microscopy has been utilized to analyze 3D structure of intact LN tissue without physical tissue slicing. However, light scattering within biological tissues limits the imaging depth only to superficial portion of LN cortex. Recently, optical clearing techniques have shown enhancement of imaging depth in various biological tissues, but their efficacy for LN are remained to be investigated. In this work, we established optical clearing procedure for LN and achieved 3D volumetric visualization of the whole cortex of LN. More than 4 times improvement in imaging depth was confirmed by using LN obtained from H2B-GFP/actin-DsRed double reporter transgenic mouse. With adoptive transfer of GFP expressing B cells and DsRed expressing T cells and fluorescent vascular labeling by anti-CD31 and anti-LYVE-1 antibody conjugates, we successfully visualized major cellular-level structures such as T-cell zone, B-cell follicle and germinal center. Further, we visualized the GFP expressing metastatic melanoma cell colony, vasculature and lymphatic vessels in the LN cortex.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-09-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2572216-5
    ISSN 2156-7085
    ISSN 2156-7085
    DOI 10.1364/BOE.6.004154
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

  10. Article ; Online: Naphthodithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymer with Linear, Planar Backbone Conformation and Strong Intermolecular Packing for Efficient Organic Solar Cells.

    Lee, Jaewon / Ko, Hyomin / Song, Eunjoo / Kim, Heung Gyu / Cho, Kilwon

    ACS applied materials & interfaces

    2015  Volume 7, Issue 38, Page(s) 21159–21169

    Abstract: Two donor-acceptor copolymers, PBDT and PNDT, containing 4,8-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b']dithiophene (BDT) and 4,9-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene (NDT), respectively, as an electron-rich unit and 5,6-difluoro-2,1,3- ... ...

    Abstract Two donor-acceptor copolymers, PBDT and PNDT, containing 4,8-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b']dithiophene (BDT) and 4,9-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene (NDT), respectively, as an electron-rich unit and 5,6-difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (2FBT) as an electron-deficient unit, were synthesized and compared. The introduction of the NDT core into the conjugated backbone was found to effectively improve both light harvesting and the charge carrier mobility by enhancing chain planarity and backbone linearity; the NDT copolymer has stronger noncovalent interactions and smaller bond angles than those of the BDT-based polymer. Moreover, the introduction of the NDT core brings about a drastic change in the molecular orientation into the face-on motif and results in polymer:PCBM blend films with well-mixed interpenetrating nanofibrillar bulk-heterojunction networks with small-scale phase separation, which produce solar cells with higher short-circuit current density and fill factor values. A conventional optimized device structure containing PNDT:PC71BM was found to exhibit a maximum solar efficiency of 6.35%, an open-circuit voltage of 0.84 V, a short-circuit current density of 11.92 mA cm(-2), and a fill factor of 63.5% with thermal annealing, which demonstrates that the NDT and DT2FBT moieties are a promising electron-donor/acceptor combination for high-performance photovoltaics.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-09-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1944-8252
    ISSN (online) 1944-8252
    DOI 10.1021/acsami.5b04884
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

To top