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According to Bernstein, the central nervous system solution to the human body's enormous variation in movement choice and control when directing movement-the problem of degrees of freedom (DF)-is to freeze the number of possibilities at the beginning of motor learning. However, different strategies of freezing DF are observed in literature, and the means of selection of the control strategy during learning is not totally clear. This review investigated the possible effects of the class and objectives of the skill practiced on DF control strategies. The results of this review suggest that freezing or releasing the DF at the beginning of learning does not depend on the class (e.g., discrete skill class football kick, dart throwing; continuous skill class athletic march, handwriting) or objective of the skill (e.g., balance, velocity, and accuracy), in isolation. However, an interaction between these two skill elements seems to exist and influences the selection of the DF control strategy.We previously showed that anti-neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-rmAbs derived from CD19+ B cells within RA human synovial tissues frequently react against NETs. In this study, we aimed to characterize the importance of affinity maturation via somatic hypermutation (SHM) within the Ig variable H (VH) and variable L (VL) chains and Fab-N-linked glycosylation in RA synovial B cell clones reactive to NETs and NET-derived Ags such as citrullinated histones. Selected anti-NET RA-rmAbs derived from synovial RA CD19+ B cells were subjected to overlap-PCR to generate germline (GL; VH and VL reverted into GL), hybrid clones (VH/VL region reverted into GL), and N-glycosylation mutants (N→Q) and analyzed for anti-NETs and citrullinated histones (cit-H2B) immunoreactivity. Anti-NET/cit-H2B immunoreactivity of selected RA-rmAbs was abrogated in the VH and VL GL counterpart. In RA B cell hybrid clone RA015/11.88 and RA056/11.23.2, NET and/or cit-H2B immunoreactivity was solely dependent on SHM in the IgVH region whereas RA B cell hybrid clone RA015/11.91 required affinity maturation of both VH and VL for efficient binding to cit-H2B. In 7/80 RA-rmAb, SHM resulted in ex novo N-glycosylation sites in VH and/or VL regions. Removal of Fab-linked glycans in RA056/11.23.2 in the N-mutant counterpart resulted in 90% reduction in immunoreactivity to cit-H2B. Thus, SHM in the IgVH and/or VL regions of RA synovial B cells is necessary for the immunoreactivity to NET-Ags. Fab-N-linked-glycosylation introduction sites are observed in a minority of anti-NET B cell clones but can strongly influence NET-Ag binding. Copyright © 2020 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.Metformin has been studied for its anticancer effects by regulating T cell functions. However, the mechanisms through which metformin stimulates the differentiation of memory T cells remain unclear. We found that the frequencies of memory stem and central memory T cells increased for both in peripheral and tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in metformin-treated lung cancer patients compared with those not taking the medication. An in vitro assay showed that metformin promoted the formation of memory CD8+ T cells and enhanced their antiapoptotic abilities. In addition, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation decreased microRNA-107 expression, thus enhancing Eomesodermin expression, which suppressed the transcription of PDCD1 in metformin-treated CD8+ T cells. In the CAR-T cell therapy model, metformin also exhibited cytotoxicity-promoting effects that led to decreased tumor growth. Metformin could reprogram the differentiation of CD8+ T cells, which may benefit the clinical therapy of cancer patients by facilitating long-lasting cytotoxic functions. Copyright © 2020 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.Formyl peptide receptors (FPRs, mouse Fprs) belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and mediate phagocyte migration in response to bacteria- and host-derived chemoattractants; however, knowledge about their in vivo roles in bacterial pathogenesis is limited. In this study, we investigated the role of Fpr1 and Fpr2 in host defense against Escherichia coli infection. In vitro, we found that supernatants from E. coli cultures induced chemotaxis of wild-type (WT) mouse bone marrow-derived neutrophils and that the activity was significantly reduced in cells genetically deficient in either Fpr1 or Fpr2 and was almost absent in cells lacking both receptors. Consistent with this, E. coli supernatants induced chemotaxis and MAPK phosphorylation in HEK293 cells expressing either recombinant Fpr1 or Fpr2 but not untransfected parental cells. WT bone marrow -derived neutrophils could actively phagocytose and kill E. coli, whereas both activities were diminished in cells lacking Fpr1 or Fpr2; again, an additive effect was observed in cells lacking both receptors. In vivo, Fpr1 and Fpr2 deficiency resulted in reduced recruitment of neutrophils in the liver and peritoneal cavity of mice infected with inactivated E. coli Moreover, Fpr1-/- and Fpr2-/- mice had significantly increased mortality compared with WT mice after i.p. challenge with a virulent E. Bcl2 inhibitor coli clinical isolate. These results indicate a critical role of Fprs in host defense against E. coli infection. Copyright © 2020 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.An early exposure to lipid biochemistry in the laboratory of Konrad Bloch resulted in a fascination with the biosynthesis, structures, and functions of bacterial lipids. The discovery of plasmalogens (1-alk-1'-enyl, 2-acyl phospholipids) in anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria led to studies on the physical chemistry of these lipids and the cellular regulation of membrane lipid polymorphism in bacteria. Later studies in several laboratories showed that the formation of the alk-1-enyl ether bond involves an aerobic process in animal cells and thus is fundamentally different from that in anaerobic organisms. Our work provides evidence for an anaerobic process in which plasmalogens are formed from their corresponding diacyl lipids. Studies on the roles of phospholipases in Listeria monocytogenes revealed distinctions between its phospholipases and those previously discovered in other bacteria and showed how the Listeria enzymes are uniquely fitted to the intracellular lifestyle of this significant human pathogen. © 2020 Goldfine.