Industry choice by young entrepreneurs in different country settings: The role of human and financial capital

Entrepreneurial entry happens as a consequence of a general choice of an individual to become an entrepreneur. While most entrepreneurial entry studies rarely consider an entry into a particular industry to be an aspect of entrepreneurial decision making process, we address this issue taking into account individual, industrial, and country specific attributes. Using data from the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey (2013-2014) on young and active entrepreneurs and extending it with objective indicators derived from World Bank, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and International Property Rights Index datasets, we investigate how various factors influence entrepreneurial industry choice on an aggregated level of industrial typology: knowledge-intensive and capital-intensive industries. Drawing on the RBV and contingency approach, we link an industry choice with the level of human capital development and an access to financial capital and test for possible country-specific moderation effects. Our findings indicate that both types of capital have a significant impact on industry choice by young nascent entrepreneur. Our results also suggest that specific country environment serves as a moderator in this relationship. Thus, our study contributes to entrepreneurial entry research stream extending the understanding of entrepreneurial entry decision making nuances relate to individual access to resources and both industry- and country-level contingencies.Research has been conducted with financial support from Russian Science Foundation grant (project No. 14-18-01093

Rewiring of the TCR signalosome in natural intestinal Intraepithelial T lymphocytes drives non-deletional tolerance

Intraepithelial T lymphocytes (T-IEL) are a large population of cytotoxic T cells that protect the small intestinal epithelium against pathogens. Based on ontogeny, T-IEL can be categorized into two major subsets: induced and natural. Natural T-IEL are agonistically selected in the thymus on self-antigens before migrating directly to the small intestine. Despite having self-reactive T cell antigen receptors (TCR), natural T-IEL are maintained in a tolerized state in the gut by unknown mechanisms. We therefore investigated TCR signaling in T-IEL using multiplexed fluorescent cell barcoding, phosphoproteomics and TCR signaling reporter mouse models, which revealed that TCR signaling is intrinsically suppressed in natural, but not induced, T-IEL. Unexpectedly, we discover that this cell intrinsic suppression was mediated through altered TCR signalosome components. Specifically, downregulation of the key signaling adaptor, Linker for activation of T cells (LAT) during thymic selection is a vital checkpoint for the development and tolerization of natural IELs. Thus, TCR signaling is rewired in self-reactive natural T-IEL to promote tolerance and prevent inappropriate inflammation in the gut.One sentence summary Self-reactive natural intestinal intraepithelial T lymphocytes are developmentally tolerized by rewiring the T cell antigen receptor signaling pathway through the downregulation of the adaptor protein, LAT

Rewiring of the TCR signalosome in natural intestinal Intraepithelial T lymphocytes drives non-deletional tolerance

Intraepithelial T lymphocytes (T-IEL) are a large population of cytotoxic T cells that protect the small intestinal epithelium against pathogens. Based on ontogeny, T-IEL can be categorized into two major subsets: induced and natural. Natural T-IEL are agonistically selected in the thymus on self-antigens before migrating directly to the small intestine. Despite having self-reactive T cell antigen receptors (TCR), natural T-IEL are maintained in a tolerized state in the gut by unknown mechanisms. We therefore investigated TCR signaling in T-IEL using multiplexed fluorescent cell barcoding, phosphoproteomics and TCR signaling reporter mouse models, which revealed that TCR signaling is intrinsically suppressed in natural, but not induced, T-IEL. Unexpectedly, we discover that this cell intrinsic suppression was mediated through altered TCR signalosome components. Specifically, downregulation of the key signaling adaptor, Linker for activation of T cells (LAT) during thymic selection is a vital checkpoint for the development and tolerization of natural IELs. Thus, TCR signaling is rewired in self-reactive natural T-IEL to promote tolerance and prevent inappropriate inflammation in the gut.One sentence summary Self-reactive natural intestinal intraepithelial T lymphocytes are developmentally tolerized by rewiring the T cell antigen receptor signaling pathway through the downregulation of the adaptor protein, LAT

Loss of Nrf2 abrogates the protective effect of Keap1 down regulation in a preclinical model of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC) are the most common and highly mutated human malignancies, challenging identification of driver mutations and targeted therapies. Transcription factor NF-E2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2) orchestrates a cytoprotective inducible program, which counteracts the damaging effects of solar UV radiation, the main etiological factor in cSCC development. Downregulation of Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1), a Cullin-3/Rbx1 ubiquitin ligase substrate adaptor protein, which mediates the ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of Nrf2, has a strong protective effect in a preclinical model of cSCC. However, in addition to Nrf2, Keap1 affects ubiquitination of other proteins in the carcinogenesis process, including proteins involved in inflammation and DNA damage repair. Here, we generated Keap1(flox/flox) SKH-1 hairless mice in which Nrf2 is disrupted (Keap1(flox/flox)/Nrf2(−/−)) and subjected them chronically to solar-simulated UV radiation. We found that the incidence, multiplicity and burden of cSCC that form in Keap1(flox/flox)/Nrf2(−/−) mice are much greater than in their Keap1(flox/flox)/Nrf2(+/+) counterparts, establishing Nrf2 activation as the protection mediator. Our findings further imply that inhibition of Nrf2 globally, a strategy proposed for cancer treatment, is unlikely to be beneficial

Oxidative Stress in Cancer

Contingent upon concentration, reactive oxygen species (ROS) influence cancer evolution in apparently contradictory ways, either initiating/stimulating tumorigenesis and supporting transformation/proliferation of cancer cells or causing cell death. To accommodate high ROS levels, tumor cells modify sulfur-based metabolism, NADPH generation, and the activity of antioxidant transcription factors. During initiation, genetic changes enable cell survival under high ROS levels by activating antioxidant transcription factors or increasing NADPH via the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). During progression and metastasis, tumor cells adapt to oxidative stress by increasing NADPH in various ways, including activation of AMPK, the PPP, and reductive glutamine and folate metabolism

Rewiring of the TCR signalosome in natural intestinal Intraepithelial T lymphocytes drives non-deletional tolerance

Intraepithelial T lymphocytes (T-IEL) are a large population of cytotoxic T cells that protect the small intestinal epithelium against pathogens. Based on ontogeny, T-IEL can be categorized into two major subsets: induced and natural. Natural T-IEL are agonistically selected in the thymus on self-antigens before migrating directly to the small intestine. Despite having self-reactive T cell antigen receptors (TCR), natural T-IEL are maintained in a tolerized state in the gut by unknown mechanisms. We therefore investigated TCR signaling in T-IEL using multiplexed fluorescent cell barcoding, phosphoproteomics and TCR signaling reporter mouse models, which revealed that TCR signaling is intrinsically suppressed in natural, but not induced, T-IEL. Unexpectedly, we discover that this cell intrinsic suppression was mediated through altered TCR signalosome components. Specifically, downregulation of the key signaling adaptor, Linker for activation of T cells (LAT) during thymic selection is a vital checkpoint for the development and tolerization of natural IELs. Thus, TCR signaling is rewired in self-reactive natural T-IEL to promote tolerance and prevent inappropriate inflammation in the gut