The uterine decidua contains NK cells differing in their characteristics from classical NK cells, as well as other populations of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). ILC differentiation depends on the active transcription factors: ILC1 is characterized by...
Random delays in the communication links affect the precise tracking of the expected trajectory by a plant controlled by the iterative learning control (ILC) strategy. To tackle the link impact, this paper proposes a state estimator to derive accurat...
This paper presents a second order P-type iterative learning control (ILC) scheme with initial state learning for a class of fractional order linear distributed parameter systems. First, by analyzing the control and learning processes, a discrete sys...
Research of the last decade has remarkably increased our understanding of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). ILCs, in analogy to T helper (Th) cells and their cytokine and transcription factor profile, are categorized into three distinct populations: ILC1...
Elabela is a component of the apelinergic system and may exert a cardioprotective role by regulating the innate immune responses. Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) have a significant role in initiating and progressing immune-inflammatory responses. While...
The paper presents the mode in which an accredited laboratory, according to SR EN ISO/IEC 17025, monitors its performance by comparing the results with the results of other laboratories. This article aims to analyse the results of the participation o...
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are a member of the ILC family and are involved in protective and pathogenic type 2 responses. Recent research has highlighted their involvement in modulating tissue and immune homeostasis during health and disea...
This paper addresses the issue of polynomial iterative learning tracking control (Poly-ILC) for continuous-time linear systems (LTI) operating repetitively. It explores the design of an iterative learning control law by examining the stability along...
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are tissue-resident immune cells that play a central role in type 2 immunity. Beyond cytokine signaling, they integrate inputs from lipids, nutrients, neuroendocrine mediators, and local metabolic cues, establish...
Innate lymphoid cells (ILC) are important players of early immune defenses in situations like lymphoid organogenesis or in case of immune response to inflammation, infection and cancer. Th1 and Th2 antagonism is crucial for the regulation of immune r...
Background: Growing evidence attests to the multifaceted roles of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in cancer immunity. They exhibit either pro- or anticancer activity depending on tumor type but their function in Multiple Myeloma (MM) is still n...
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a common pathogen responsible for hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), leading to severe neurological complications and even death. However, the mechanisms underlying severe EV71-induced disease remain unclear, and no effect...
Mouse models serve as a means of examining immune changes when genes of interest are knocked out (KO). One group of immune gene-producing cells that have been identified is type 2 innate lymphoid cells (Ilc2). These cells are involved in the producti...
In this paper, we introduce Green Iterative Learning Control (Green ILC), an innovative hybrid control method that addresses the critical need for energy-efficient control in dynamic, repetitive-task environments. By integrating the iterative refinem...
We have previously shown that CD1d-restricted iNKT cells suppress dysregulated IFNγ expression and intestinal inflammation in Yeti mice on the C57BL/6 background. Since type 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) in mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) protec...
This review is a comprehensive analysis of the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on Unconventional T cells and innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). COVID-19 affected patients show dysregulation of their adaptive immune systems, but many questions remain unsol...
This paper proposes Social-only Particle Swarm Optimization-based Iterative Learning Control (SO-PSO-ILC) to address the limitations of conventional Iterative Learning Control (ILC) in model dependency and manual parameter tuning. The proposed method...
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is a central immunosuppressive cytokine within tumor microenvironment inhibiting the expansion and function of major cellular components of adaptive and innate immune system. Among them, compelling evidence has...
Periodic torque ripple often occurs in permanent magnet synchronous motors due to cogging torque and flux harmonic distortion, leading to motor speed fluctuations and further causing mechanical vibration and noise, which seriously affects the perform...
Quantization errors and packet dropouts in noisy communication channels degrade the convergence performance of repetitive-motion plants under iterative learning control (ILC). Different from existing works focusing on the redesign of ILC schemes, thi...
We propose a concurrent single-pixel imaging, object location, and classification scheme based on deep learning (SP-ILC). We used multitask learning, developed a new loss function, and created a dataset suitable for this project. The dataset consists...
The concept of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) includes both conventional natural killer (NK) cells and helper ILCs, which resemble CD8+ killer T cells and CD4+ helper T cells in acquired immunity, respectively. Conventional NK cells are migratory cytot...
Celiac disease (CD) is an intestinal disease that develops in genetically predisposed individuals and is triggered by the ingestion of gluten. CD was considered a Th1-disease. Today, the role of Th17, IL-21, and IL-17A lymphocytes is well known. Infl...
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a group of immune cells of the lymphoid lineage that do not possess antigen specificity. The group includes natural killer (NK) cells, lymphoid tissue inducer (LTi) cells and the recently identified ILC1s, ILC2s and I...
The dysregulation of epigenetic modifications has a well-established role in the development and progression of hematological malignancies and of solid tumors. In this context, EZH1/2 inhibitors have been designed to interfere with EZH1/2 enzymes inv...
This paper proposes a simple tracking and synchronization control of a dual-drive system using inversion-based iterative learning control (IILC), which reformulates the model at each iteration based on input/output data. By the power of the IILC, thi...
Intelligent robotics has drawn a great deal of attention due to its high precision, stability, and reliability, which are the basic key factors for industrial automation. This paper proposes an iterative learning control (ILC) technique with predefin...
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a population of lymphoid cells that do not express T cell or B cell antigen-specific receptors. They are largely tissue-resident and enriched at mucosal sites to play a protective role against pathogens. ILCs mimic th...
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a diverse population of lymphocytes classified into natural killer (NK) cells, ILC1s, ILC2s, ILC3s, and ILCregs, broadly following the cytokine secretion and transcription factor profiles of classical T cell subsets....
In this paper, the formation tracking problem for heterogeneous multi-agent systems with loss of multiple communication packets is considered using the iterative learning control (ILC) method. A dropout compensation ILC method is presented to constru...
Wind disturbances and noise severely affect Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) when monitoring and finding faults in overhead power lines. Accordingly, we propose repetitive learning as a new solution for the problem. In particular, the performance of It...
Plastic injection molding is a widely used manufacturing process for producing plastic components. However, achieving optimal process stability and part quality remains a persistent challenge due to limited real-time feedback during production. The m...
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), is one of the leading causes of mortality due to respiratory tract infections worldwide. Infection by M. tb involves activation of a type I immune response characteristic of T helper ty...
Interleukin (IL)-4 plays a central role in the initiation of a type 2 T helper cell (Th2) response, which leads to non-healing and progressive infections with the protozoan parasite Leishmania (L.) major. Here, we tested the hypothesis that type 2 in...
Over the past two decades, a growing body of evidence observations have shown group two innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) to be critical drivers of Type 2 (T2) inflammatory responses associated with allergic inflammatory conditions such as asthma. ILC2 re...
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are tissue-resident cells and are a major source of innate TH2 cytokine secretion upon allergen exposure or parasitic-worm infection. Accumulating studies have revealed that transcription factors, including GATA-...
Septic shock/severe sepsis is a deregulated host immune system response to infection that leads to life-threatening organ dysfunction. Lung inflammation as a form of acute lung injury (ALI) is often induced in septic shock. Whereas macrophages and ne...
Chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract contributes to colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. While the role of adaptive T cells in CRC is now well established, the role of innate immune cells, specifically innate lymphoid cells (ILCs),...
Mucosal tissue homeostasis is a dynamic process that involves multiple mechanisms including regulation of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). ILCs are mostly tissue-resident cells which are critical for tissue homeostasis and immune response against pathog...
Objectives: Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) and natural killer (NK) cells represent a diverse group of innate immune populations that modulate immune responses and tissue equilibrium across various diseases, including cancer. In the present study, we an...
The nasal mucosa functions as a highly specialized barrier that integrates epithelial, stromal, neuronal, and immune signals to maintain homeostasis and mount rapid responses to environmental challenges. Among its resident immune populations, innate...
We have shown that manipulation of IL-13 and STAT6 signaling at the vaccination site can lead to different innate lymphoid cell (ILC)/dendritic cell (DC) recruitment, resulting in high avidity/poly-functional T cells and effective antibody differenti...
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Outdoor air pollution is associated with respiratory infections and allergies, yet the role of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in pathogen containment and airway hyperresponsiveness relevant to effects of air pollutants on ILCs is poorly understood. We...
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a recently discovered type of innate immune lymphocyte. They include three different groups classified by the nature of the transcription factors required for their development and by the cytokines they produce. ILCs...
Iterative learning control (ILC) requires that the operating conditions of the controlled system must remain unchanged in the repetitive learning process. If the parameters of system change, the former control experience of ILC would not be effective...
Dendritic cell (DC) vaccines stimulate the immune system to target cancer antigens, representing a promising option for immunotherapy. However, clinical trials have demonstrated limited effectiveness, emphasizing the need for enhanced immune response...
Dendritic cell (DC) vaccines are a type of immunotherapy that relies on the communication of DCs with other aspects of the immune system. DCs are potent antigen-presenting cells involved in the activation of innate immune responses and education of a...
This study deals with P-type iterative learning control (ILC) techniques for switched impulsive systems governed by composite fractional derivatives. The systems considered incorporate non-instantaneous impulses and an initial state offset, with the...
This study aims to orchestrate a less restrictive learning controller by using the iteration-varying function, the so-called iterative learning controller (ILC), to synchronize two nonlinear systems with free time delay and couple free. The mathemati...
Pneumatic actuators demonstrate various nonlinear and uncertain behavior, and as a result, precise control of such actuators with model-based control schemes is challenging. The Iterative Learning Control (ILC) algorithm is a model-free control metho...
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