Journal: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Article Title: High-salt diet promotes atopic dermatitis by partially enhancing intestinal SGK1/ENaC signaling and destroying gut Lactobacillus -maintained systemic type 1 interferon

doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1794494

Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of Lactobacillus supplementation on atopic dermatitis (AD) and its correlation with gut homeostasis and the type 1 interferon (IFN1) level in mice receiving a high-salt diet (HSD). MC903 (45 μM, 20 μl/cm 2 ) was topically applied to the exposed nape of wild-type ( wt ) or Ifnar1 knockout ( Ifnar1 KO ) mice (8–10 weeks old, eight male mice per group) for 12 consecutive days. Mice synchronously received HSD and SVT or Lactobacillus ( Lactob ) supplementation for 2 weeks prior to and during MC903 application. The mice were then anesthetized and related samples were obtained. Skin lesions, hematoxylin–eosin (HE) staining of the lesions, and ileum zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) protein expression (A) (bar represents 100 μm), serum IgE (B) , serum IL-4 and IL-13 (C) , total serum IFN1 level (D) , related proteins in the ileum (E) , β-diversity based on principal coordinate analysis (F) , and the relative abundance of the main differential gut microbiota at species level (G) are shown. Statistics: One-way ANOVA + Bonferroni’s tests. n.s., p > 0.05; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.

Article Snippet: Chinese Cyagen Biosciences Inc. (Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China) provided the wild-type ( wt ), sgk1 flox ( f/f ), Cd11c Cre , and Vil1 Cre C57BL/6 mice. sting flox ( f / f ) and Ifnar1 knockout ( Ifnar1 KO ) C57BL/6 mice were obtained from Shanghai Model Organisms Center, Inc. (Shanghai, China).

Techniques: Knock-Out, Staining, Expressing

Journal: Science Advances

Article Title: Innate immune sensing of dietary alcohol ignites inflammation to drive alcohol-related disease

doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aea3979

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A and B ) Real-time analysis of cell death in WT (A) pBMDMs and (B) iBMDMs treated with the indicated doses of ethanol (EtOH). The representative images of cell death (red color) at 9 hours are shown (below). Scale bars, 100 μm. ( C ) Heatmap depicting differentially regulated pathways in WT iBMDMs compared with pBMDMs. NES, normalized enrichment scores. ( D ) Real-time analysis of cell death in WT pBMDMs following stimulation with 0.6 M EtOH in the presence of PBS, IFN-γ (50 ng/ml), or IFN-β (20 ng/ml) added 12 hours before EtOH. The representative images of cell death (red color) at 12 hours are shown (right). Scale bar, 100 μm. ( E ) Immunoblot analysis of LDHA and HMGB1 in WT pBMDMs stimulated with EtOH plus IFN-β. Densitometric quantification of the representative blot is shown, relative to the untreated (UT) group. ( F and G ) Real-time analysis of cell death in WT pBMDMs infected with (F) IAV or (G) HSV-1 in the presence or absence of EtOH. ( H ) Real-time analysis of cell death in WT and Ifnar1 −/− pBMDMs treated with EtOH plus IFN-β. Data are representative of at least two (C) or three [(A), (B), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H)] independent experiments. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and **** P < 0.0001. Analysis was performed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) [(D), (F), and (G)] and t test (H). Data are shown as mean ± SEM [(A), (B), (D), (F), (G), and (H)].

Article Snippet: Ifnar1 −/− and Zbp1 −/− mice on a C57BL/6J background were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory (stock number 028288) and Cyagen , respectively.

Techniques: Western Blot, Infection

Journal: Science Advances

Article Title: Innate immune sensing of dietary alcohol ignites inflammation to drive alcohol-related disease

doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aea3979

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A to C ) Immunoblot analysis of (A) pro- (P45) and cleaved (P20) CASP1, pro- (P54) and activated (P34) GSDME, and pro- (P53) and activated (P30) GSDMD; (B) pro- (P55) and cleaved (P18) CASP8, pro- (P35) and cleaved (P19 and P17) CASP3, pro- (P35) and cleaved (P20) CASP7, pro- (P35) and cleaved (P18) CASP6, and pro- (P47) and cleaved (P37 and P35) CASP9; and (C) phosphorylated MLKL (pMLKL), total MLKL (tMLKL), phosphorylated RIPK3 (pRIPK3), and total RIPK3 (tRIPK3) in WT pBMDMs treated with 0.6 M EtOH in the presence of PBS or IFN-β (20 ng/ml). Densitometric quantification of the representative blot is shown, relative to the untreated (UT) group. ( D to F ) Immunoblot analysis of (D) GSDME; (E) CASP8, CASP3, CASP7, and CASP9; and (F) pMLKL, tMLKL, pRIPK3, and tRIPK3 in WT and Ifnar1 −/− pBMDMs stimulated with EtOH plus IFN-β. Glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used as an internal control. Data are representative of at least three independent experiments.

Article Snippet: Ifnar1 −/− and Zbp1 −/− mice on a C57BL/6J background were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory (stock number 028288) and Cyagen , respectively.

Techniques: Western Blot, Control

Journal: Science Advances

Article Title: Innate immune sensing of dietary alcohol ignites inflammation to drive alcohol-related disease

doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aea3979

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Histopathological analysis, H&E, Oil red O, and TUNEL stain of liver tissues from WT and Ifnar1 −/− mice fed with EtOH diet and injected with IFN-β. Black arrows indicate TUNEL + cells. Scale bars, 400 μm (H&E) and 600 μm (Oil red O and TUNEL). Quantifications of histopathological analyses are shown (right). ( B ) Analysis of serum ALT in WT ( n = 14) and Ifnar1 −/− ( n = 5) mice and IL-1β in WT ( n = 18) and Ifnar1 −/− ( n = 15) mice fed with EtOH diet and injected with IFN-β. ( C ) Heatmap depicting differentially regulated pathways in liver transcriptomes of patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) compared with healthy people (control). Data are pooled from two independent experiments. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001. Analysis was performed using t test and data are shown as mean ± SEM [(A) and (B)].

Article Snippet: Ifnar1 −/− and Zbp1 −/− mice on a C57BL/6J background were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory (stock number 028288) and Cyagen , respectively.

Techniques: TUNEL Assay, Staining, Injection, Control