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Moreover, some extra-respiratory manifestations, such as ocular and gastrointestinal involvement, may be caused by direct invasion of SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, protective measures should be taken while managing the associated clinical specimens. Finally, several extra-respiratory manifestations, such as cardiac involvement, acute kidney injury, coagulation disorders and thrombotic complications, could be associated with a poor prognosis.Introduction Infections caused by hypervirulent and/or hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) strains are frequently reported worldwide. Since convergence of hypervirulence and drug-resistance emerged as a serious clinical problem, novel therapeutic strategies are worthy of investigation. In this regard, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and blue light have proven to be effective against a broad-spectrum of clinically relevant pathogens but have never been tested for hypervirulent/hypermucoviscous strains. Thus, this study investigated the influence of hypermucoviscosity and hypervirulence over the photoinactivation efficacy of blue light alone or antimicrobial photodynamic therapy mediated by methylene blue and red light. Methods Five clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae were screened for hypermucoviscosity by string test and for hypervirulence by a Galleria mellonella model of systemic infection. Strains were then challenged by both photoinactivation methods performed in vitro. All tests alsopathogens.The transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) regulates the expression of many inflammatory genes that are overexpressed in a subset of people with schizophrenia. Transcriptional reduction in one NF-κB inhibitor, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Enhancer Binding Protein 2 (HIVEP2), is found in the brain of patients, aligning with evidence of NF-κB over-activity. Cellular co-expression of HIVEP2 and cytokine transcripts is a prerequisite for a direct effect of HIVEP2 on pro-inflammatory transcription, and we do not know if changes in HIVEP2 and markers of neuroinflammation are occurring in the same brain cell type. We performed in situ hybridisation on postmortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortex tissue to map and compare the expression of HIVEP2 and Serpin Family A Member 3 (SERPINA3), one of the most consistently increased inflammatory genes in schizophrenia, between schizophrenia patients and controls. We find that HIVEP2 expression is neuronal and is decreased in almost all grey matter cortical layers in schizophrenia patients with neuroinflammation, and that SERPINA3 is increased in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex grey matter and white matter in the same group of patients. We are the first to map the upregulation of SERPINA3 to astrocytes and to some neurons, and find evidence to suggest that blood vessel-associated astrocytes are the main cellular source of SERPINA3 in the schizophrenia cortex. We show that a lack of HIVEP2 in mice does not cause astrocytic upregulation of Serpina3n but does induce its transcription in neurons. We speculate that HIVEP2 downregulation is not a direct cause of astrocytic pro-inflammatory cytokine synthesis in schizophrenia but may contribute to neuronally-mediated neuroinflammation.Acellular nerve allografts (ANAs) are increasingly used to repair nerve gaps following injuries. However, these nerve scaffolds have yet to surpass the regenerative capabilities of cellular nerve autografts; improved understanding of their regenerative mechanisms could improve design. Due to their acellular nature, both angiogenesis and diverse cell recruitment is necessary to repopulate these scaffolds to promote functional regeneration. We determined the contribution of angiogenesis to initial cellular repopulation of ANAs used to repair nerve gaps, as well as the signaling that drives a significant portion of this angiogenesis. Wild-type (WT) mice with nerve gaps repaired using ANAs that were treated with an inhibitor of VEGF receptor signaling severely impaired angiogenesis within ANAs, as well as hampered cell repopulation and axon extension into ANAs. Similarly, systemic depletion of hematogenous-derived macrophages, but not neutrophils, in these mice models severely impeded angiogenesis and subsequent nerve regeneration across ANAs suggesting hematogenous-derived macrophages were major contributors to angiogenesis within ANAs. Muvalaplin This finding was reinforced using CCR2 knockout (KO) models. As macrophages represented the majority of CCR2 expressing cells, a CCR2 deficiency impaired angiogenesis and subsequent nerve regeneration across ANAs. Furthermore, an essential role for CCL2 during nerve regeneration across ANAs was identified, as nerves repaired using ANAs had reduced angiogenesis and subsequent nerve regeneration in CCL2 KO vs WT mice. Our data demonstrate the CCL2/CCR2 axis is important for macrophage recruitment, which promotes angiogenesis, cell repopulation, and subsequent nerve regeneration and recovery across ANAs used to repair nerve gaps.Chronic pain resulting from nerve injury, tissue inflammation, and tumor invasion or treatment, is a major health problem impacting the quality of life and producing a significant economic and social burden. However, the current analgesic drugs including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids are inadequate to relieve chronic pain due to the lack of efficacy or severe side-effects. Chemokines are a family of small secreted proteins that bind to G protein-coupled receptors to trigger intracellular signaling pathways and direct cell migration, proliferation, survival, and inflammation under homeostatic and pathological conditions. Accumulating evidence supports the important role of chemokines and chemokine receptors in the peripheral and central nervous system in mediating chronic pain via enhancing neuroinflammation. In this review, we focus on recent progress in understanding the comprehensive roles of chemokines and chemokine receptors in the generation and maintenance of different types of chronic pain, including neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain, cancer pain, and visceral pain. The current review also summarizes the upstream signaling of transcriptional and epigenetic regulation on the expression of chemokines and chemokine receptors as well as the downstream signaling of chemokine receptors underlying chronic pain. As chronic itch and chronic pain share some common mechanisms, we also discuss the emerging roles of chemokines and chemokine receptors in chronic itch. Targeting specific chemokines or chemokine receptors by siRNAs, blocking antibodies, or small-molecule antagonists may offer new therapeutic potential for the management of chronic pain.