hLifePub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-06-03DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.009
Wei Yang , Qi Sun , Yihao Zhang , Jingshu Yang , Feng Gao , Congchao Cheng , Yu Sun
{"title":"Artificial intelligence serves as a research aide in biology but never eclipses humanity as a successor","authors":"Wei Yang , Qi Sun , Yihao Zhang , Jingshu Yang , Feng Gao , Congchao Cheng , Yu Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 11","pages":"Pages 534-537"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145529481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
hLifePub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-05-19DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.005
Yalei Zhang , Mingxiong Tian , Yanjun Han , Junqing Sun , Wenwei Li , Chongzhi Bai , Chao Su , Pengcheng Han
{"title":"Rational design of human CD26 receptor for a strong neutralizing ability against MjHKU4r-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV","authors":"Yalei Zhang , Mingxiong Tian , Yanjun Han , Junqing Sun , Wenwei Li , Chongzhi Bai , Chao Su , Pengcheng Han","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 11","pages":"Pages 565-568"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145529479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
hLifePub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.06.002
Siqi Guo , Jun Wang
{"title":"The terra incognita in microbiology for artificial intelligence and where to go next","authors":"Siqi Guo , Jun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 11","pages":"Pages 524-526"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145529483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
hLifePub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.07.001
Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho , Camile Giaretta Sachetti , Marco Aurélio Krieger
{"title":"Enabling manufacture and access to advanced therapy medicinal products in low- and middle-income countries","authors":"Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho , Camile Giaretta Sachetti , Marco Aurélio Krieger","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 11","pages":"Pages 521-523"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145529485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
hLifePub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.002
Xixi Chen , Yanhui Xu , Huifang Ren , Xiaolei Wang , Andrew M. Lew , Yuxia Zhang , Zhe Wen
{"title":"Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals mechanism of phosphodiesterase inhibitor in neonatal mouse infection-associated liver injury treatment","authors":"Xixi Chen , Yanhui Xu , Huifang Ren , Xiaolei Wang , Andrew M. Lew , Yuxia Zhang , Zhe Wen","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Virus-induced neonatal liver failure remains a critical health challenge with poorly understood mechanisms. This study employed a comprehensive approach to investigate the pathological role of phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE4B) in rotavirus-associated liver injury. In this study, we utilized a mouse model of virus-induced liver injury model through the intraperitoneal injection of rhesus rotavirus (RRV) into newborn BALB/c mice, and applied dipyridamole as treatment strategy. We performed single cell sequencing and high-resolution immune landscape exploration on liver samples (<em>n</em> = 3 per group) from control (50 μL phosphate-buffered saline [PBS]), RRV-infected mice (50 μL PBS with 1.5 × 10<sup>6</sup> plaque-forming units of RRV on the first day), and dipyridamole-treated mice (RRV-injected mice with 2.5 mg/kg/day dipyridamole for 12 days). We showed that dipyridamole-mediated inhibition of phosphodiesterases (PDEs) restored the differentiation trajectory of neutrophils by suppressing their activation and promoting clearance. In addition, dipyridamole suppressed the activation of autoreactive B cells and cytotoxic lymphocytes, which collectively ameliorated liver pathology and improved neonatal survival following RRV infection. In summary, we demonstrated that inhibition of phosphodiesterase signaling alleviates liver failure in murine models of neonatal rotavirus infection, thereby revealing a candidate strategy to treat rotavirus-associated diseases in neonates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 11","pages":"Pages 538-550"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145529482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
hLifePub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-05-24DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.008
Zhaokai Zhou , Yingying Lv , Anning Zuo , Xudong Zhu , Yudi Xu , Lulu Zuo , Hui Xu , Shutong Liu , Yuyuan Zhang , Siyuan Weng , Yuhao Ba , Peng Luo , Quan Cheng , Jiaxin Xu , Xing Zhou , Shuang Chen , Boxuan Li , Chuhan Zhang , Yukang Chen , Jinhai Deng , Xinwei Han
{"title":"Interactions between microbiota and innate immunity in tumor microenvironment: Novel insights into cancer progression and immunotherapy","authors":"Zhaokai Zhou , Yingying Lv , Anning Zuo , Xudong Zhu , Yudi Xu , Lulu Zuo , Hui Xu , Shutong Liu , Yuyuan Zhang , Siyuan Weng , Yuhao Ba , Peng Luo , Quan Cheng , Jiaxin Xu , Xing Zhou , Shuang Chen , Boxuan Li , Chuhan Zhang , Yukang Chen , Jinhai Deng , Xinwei Han","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Human microbiota constitute a complex and dynamic community that interacts with the innate immunity of the host at various anatomical sites, influencing both physiological and pathological states. In individuals with a genetic predisposition, disruptions to the “innate immunity‒microbiota” axis appear to rewire immune responses within the tumor microenvironment (TME), thereby driving cancer pathogenesis. This review summarizes the intricate crosstalk between the microbiota and innate immunity in both healthy and cancerous states, focusing on the modulation of immune recognition and polarization during tumor progression, including immune escape, barrier disruption, chronic inflammatory transformation, and angiogenesis in the initiation phase, as well as the regulation of local invasion, vascular invasion, and pre-metastatic ecological niche formation involved in the metastatic phase. This review also highlights recent advances and challenges in leveraging microbiota for cancer immunotherapy, covering innovations in bacteriophages, genetically engineered probiotics, and bioinformatic applications. Moreover, this review proposes potential approaches to enhance therapeutic efficacy by targeting innate immunity‒microbiota interactions. Further mechanistic insights into these interactions may pave the way for developing innovative microbiota-based cancer immunotherapies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 10","pages":"Pages 462-493"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145271430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
hLifePub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-06-04DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.013
Jiahe Li , Allen P. Liu
{"title":"The promise of synthetic bacteria in cancer immunotherapy: Revitalizing tumor immunity via IL-10R modulation","authors":"Jiahe Li , Allen P. Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 10","pages":"Pages 459-461"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145271429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
hLifePub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.007
Liqiang Li , Zhaofang Jiang , Xingwei Wang , Si Yang, Fei Li, Yanyu Xiao, Jiuxin Qu
{"title":"Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 index from a single strain enhances rapid parallel evolution during persistent infection","authors":"Liqiang Li , Zhaofang Jiang , Xingwei Wang , Si Yang, Fei Li, Yanyu Xiao, Jiuxin Qu","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 10","pages":"Pages 517-520"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145271432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling the multifaceted roles of ISG15 and ISGylation in copper metabolism and cuproptosis","authors":"Junqi Xu , Qiao Zhang , Ismail Mohamed Suleiman , Jianping Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hlife.2025.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100609,"journal":{"name":"hLife","volume":"3 10","pages":"Pages 498-500"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145271404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}