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  • Infection by coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the most common cause of acute endocarditis, a destructive and progressive condition of heart valves. Here, Peter Panizzi and his colleagues have developed a targeted, noninvasive fluorescence or positron emission technology imaging strategy that uses an engineered analog of prothrombin that can detect S. aureus in vivo in the endocarditic vegetations that form as a result of bacterial colonization.

    • Peter Panizzi
    • Matthias Nahrendorf
    • Ralph Weissleder
    Research
    Nature Medicine
    Volume: 17, P: 1142-1146

  • The pro-tumorigenic effects of vimentin have been attributed to intracellular functions in tumour cells so far. Here, the authors show that tumour endothelial cells can secrete vimentin as a pro-angiogenic factor and that targeting of vimentin can be used as an immunotherapeutic strategy.

    • Judy R. van Beijnum
    • Elisabeth J. M. Huijbers
    • Arjan W. Griffioen
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 13, P: 1-20

  • The chemokines CCL5 and CXCL4 promote monocyte recruitment to atherosclerotic plaques. Recent findings in vitro have shown that heteromerization of CCL5 and CXCL4 increases their potency in stimulating monocyte adhesion and chemotaxis. Koenen et al. now show that this heteromerization has functional consequences in vivo. Treatment of atherosclerotic mice with a cyclic peptide that specifically disrupts the CCL5-CXCL4 interaction inhibited monocyte recruitment to atherosclerotic plaques. Moreover, selective inhibition of heteromer formation may offer therapeutic advantages compared to complete blockade of chemokine function.

    • Rory R Koenen
    • Philipp von Hundelshausen
    • Christian Weber
    Research
    Nature Medicine
    Volume: 15, P: 97-103