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ReviewOpen biology2025

Oxidized phospholipid damage signals as modulators of immunity.

Joon H Choi, Jonathan C Kagan

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Review in Open biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Immune Aging as a Failure of Programmed Cell Death Coordination.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Joon H ChoiHarvard Medical School and Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4254-0286
Jonathan C KaganHarvard Medical School and Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2364-2746

Funding

Defining the pathways activated by Toll-like Receptors to stimulate immunityR37AI116550 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 2021 to 2026
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NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI116550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are self-derived molecules released during tissue damage that influence immune responses. Phospholipids, essential to cell membranes and lung surfactants, become oxidized under conditions of cellular stress, forming oxidized phospholipids. Unlike their unoxidized counterparts, oxidized phospholipids function as DAMPs and engage pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on innate immune cells, activating signalling pathways that regulate immune responses. This activity alters innate immune cells, which in turn modulate the adaptive immune response, ultimately contributing to the pathogenesis of disease. Traditionally considered pro-inflammatory, recent studies reveal a more nuanced role for these lipids, with their effects on immune cells being context dependent. This review examines the mechanisms behind the generation of oxidized phospholipids and their induction in disease. We focus on recent studies that clarify how these lipids affect innate immune cells, leading to downstream effects on adaptive immunity, as well as their direct influence on adaptive immune cells. Finally, we explore therapeutic strategies targeting oxidized phospholipids to regulate immunity, offering insights into their broader role in immune regulation and potential applications in disease prevention.

Indexed as

AlarminsPhospholipidsSignal TransductionAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateOxidation-ReductionReceptors, Pattern RecognitionAlarminsPhospholipidsReceptors, Pattern Recognitionhyperactive dendritic cellsinflammasomesinnate immunityoxidized lipidsPGPCvaccine adjuvant

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PMID40730233
PMCPMC12307067

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