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In addition to their well-established role in haemostasis, platelets also have an active role in the immune response. Here the authors summarize the evidence linking platelet activation to immune dysregulation and organ damage in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, and discuss the therapeutic potential of targeting platelets.
Galectins can modulate immune cells by binding to glycosylated proteins and lipids on the cell surface, or intracellularly via carbohydrate-dependent or carbohydrate-independent interactions. This Review explores the diverse ways in which galectins affect immunity and discusses the challenges in the field.
The authors propose a new grouping of glomerulonephritis disorders based on their underlying immunopathogenesis, with a view to improving diagnosis, mechanistic understanding and treatment of these immune-mediated kidney diseases.
This Review synthesizes our current mechanistic understanding of the cellular and molecular determinants of tissue-specific antifungal host defences derived from animal models of fungal disease, humans with fungal infection-manifesting inborn errors of immunity and patients treated with fungal infection-promoting, immune-targeted biologics.
