ArticleiScience2021
NFAT signaling in human mesenchymal stromal cells affects extracellular matrix remodeling and antifungal immune responses.
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- Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Fungal Infections: Immunomodulation, Direct Antifungal Activity, and the Promise of the Secretome.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Modulation of podocyte extracellular matrix remodeling in membranous nephropathy by the NFATc3/LRRC55/BK channel pathway.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2025Article
- The efficiency of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells as a salvage treatment for steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Article
- Tacrolimus Improves Therapeutic Efficacy of Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Diabetic Retinopathy by Suppressing DRP1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Harvest of functional mesenchymal stem cells derived fromBiomaterials translational · 2023Article
- Remodeling of the Lamina Cribrosa: Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Approaches for Glaucoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Immunosenescence in Childhood Cancer Survivors and in Elderly: A Comparison and Implication for Risk Stratification.Frontiers in aging · 2021Review
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Abstract
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) combined with calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T cell (CN-NFAT) inhibitors are being tested as a treatment for graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). The immunosuppressive properties of MSCs seem beneficial; however, their response during fungal infection, which is an important cause of mortality in patients with GvHD , is unknown. We report that MSCs phagocytose the fungal component zymosan, resulting in phosphorylation of spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), increase in cytosolic calcium levels, and ultimately, increase in NFAT1 nuclear translocation. RNA sequencing analysis of zymosan-treated MSCs showed that CN-NFAT inhibition affects extracellular matrix (ECM) genes but not cytokine expression that is under the control of the NF-κB pathway. When coculturing MSCs or decellularized MSC-ECM with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), selective NFAT inhibition in MSCs decreased cytokine expression by PBMCs. These findings reveal a dual mechanism underlying the MSC response to zymosan: while NF-κB directly controls inflammatory cytokine expression, NFAT impacts immune-cell functions by regulating ECM remodeling.
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