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Decidual NK Cells Transfer Granulysin to Selectively Kill Bacteria in Trophoblasts

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It is shown that human dNK cells highly express the antimicrobial peptide granulysin (GNLY) and selectively transfer it via nanotubes to extravillous trophoblasts to kill intracellular Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) without killing the trophoblast.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2020-09-03 and is currently open access. It has received 103 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: GNLY & Granulysin.

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Infections at the maternal-fetal interface: an overview of pathogenesis and defence.

TL;DR: In this article, Megli et al. discuss how TORCH pathogens access the intra-amniotic space and overcome the placental defences that protect against microbial vertical transmission, and provide an overview of how various viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens traverse the maternal-fetal interface and cause disease.
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Single-cell Immune Landscape of Human Recurrent Miscarriage

TL;DR: In this article, the cellular and molecular signatures of decidual and peripheral leukocytes in normal and unexplained recurrent miscarriage (RM) pregnancies at the early stage of gestation were analyzed using single-cell RNA-sequencing.
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Tunneling nanotubes: Reshaping connectivity

TL;DR: Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) represent a direct way of communication between distant cells for the diffusion of various cellular material, including survival or death signals, genetic material, organelles, and pathogens as discussed by the authors.
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Role of Decidual Natural Killer Cells in Human Pregnancy and Related Pregnancy Complications.

TL;DR: The role of decidual natural killer (dNK) cells in normal pregnancy and pathological pregnancy, including preeclampsia, recurrent spontaneous abortion, endometriosis, and recurrent implantation failure, is discussed in this paper.
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How Do Uterine Natural Killer and Innate Lymphoid Cells Contribute to Successful Pregnancy

TL;DR: Innate lymphoid cells (ILC) are the most abundant immune cells in the uterine mucosa both before and during pregnancy and they play important roles in regulating placental development but exactly how they contribute to the successful outcome of pregnancy is still unclear.
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NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

TL;DR: The origins, challenges and solutions of NIH Image and ImageJ software are discussed, and how their history can serve to advise and inform other software projects.
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Siglecs and their roles in the immune system

TL;DR: The postulated functions of the recently discovered CD33-related Siglecs are discussed and the factors that seem to be driving their rapid evolution are considered.
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Decidual NK cells regulate key developmental processes at the human fetal-maternal interface

TL;DR: It is shown that dNK cells, but not peripheral blood–derived NK subsets, regulate trophoblast invasion both in vitro and in vivo by production of the interleukin-8 and interferon-inducible protein–10 chemokines.
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Natural killer cells and pregnancy.

TL;DR: No convincing evidence of uterine maternal T-cell recognition of placental trophoblast cells has been found, but instead, there might be maternal allorecognition mediated by uterine natural killer cells that recognize unusual fetal trophOBlast MHC ligands.
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An Antimicrobial Activity of Cytolytic T Cells Mediated by Granulysin

TL;DR: The ability of CTLs to kill intracellular M. tuberculosis was dependent on the presence of granulysin in cytotoxic granules, defining a mechanism by which T cells directly contribute to immunity against intrACEllular pathogens.
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