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IL-6, IL-12, and IL-23 STAT-Pathway Genetic Risk and Responsiveness of Lymphocytes in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Cells 2019; 8:cells8030285. [PMID: 30917537 PMCID: PMC6468786 DOI: 10.3390/cells8030285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease characterized by central nervous system (CNS) lymphocyte infiltration, abundant production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and inappropriate activation of Th1 and Th17 cells, B cells, and innate immune cells. The etiology of MS is complex, and genetic factors contribute to disease susceptibility. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed numerous MS-risk alleles in the IL-6/STAT3, IL-12/STAT4, and IL-23/STAT3-pathways implicated in the differentiation of Th1 and Th17 cells. In this study, we investigated the signaling properties of these pathways in T, B, and NK cells from patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and healthy controls, and assessed the genetic contribution to the activity of the pathways. This revealed a great variability in the level of STAT-pathway molecules and STAT activation between the cell types investigated. We also found a strong donor variation in IL-6, IL-12, and IL-23 responsiveness of primed CD4+ T cells. This variation could not be explained by a single MS-risk variant in a pathway component, or by an accumulation of multiple STAT-pathway MS-risk SNPs. The data of this study suggests that other factors in cohesion with the genetic background contribute to the responsiveness of the IL-6/STAT3, IL-12/STAT4, and IL-23/STAT3-pathways.
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Webb LM, Narvaez Miranda J, Amici SA, Sengupta S, Nagy G, Guerau-de-Arellano M. NF-κB/mTOR/MYC Axis Drives PRMT5 Protein Induction After T Cell Activation via Transcriptional and Non-transcriptional Mechanisms. Front Immunol 2019; 10:524. [PMID: 30941147 PMCID: PMC6433977 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) mediated by CD4+ T cells and modeled via experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Inhibition of PRMT5, the major Type II arginine methyltransferase, suppresses pathogenic T cell responses and EAE. PRMT5 is transiently induced in proliferating memory inflammatory Th1 cells and during EAE. However, the mechanisms driving PRMT5 protein induction and repression as T cells expand and return to resting is currently unknown. Here, we used naive mouse and memory mouse and human Th1/Th2 cells as models to identify mechanisms controlling PRMT5 protein expression in initial and recall T cell activation. Initial activation of naive mouse T cells resulted in NF-κB-dependent transient Prmt5 transcription and NF-κB, mTOR and MYC-dependent PRMT5 protein induction. In murine memory Th cells, transcription and miRNA loss supported PRMT5 induction to a lesser extent than in naive T cells. In contrast, NF-κB/MYC/mTOR-dependent non-transcriptional PRMT5 induction played a major role. These results highlight the importance of the NF-κB/mTOR/MYC axis in PRMT5-driven pathogenic T cell expansion and may guide targeted therapeutic strategies for MS.
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- Lindsay M Webb
- Division of Medical Laboratory Science, Wexner Medical Center, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Division of Medical Laboratory Science, Wexner Medical Center, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Division of Medical Laboratory Science, Wexner Medical Center, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Division of Medical Laboratory Science, Wexner Medical Center, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Division of Medical Laboratory Science, Wexner Medical Center, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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Bowler MA, Bersi MR, Ryzhova LM, Jerrell RJ, Parekh A, Merryman WD. Cadherin-11 as a regulator of valve myofibroblast mechanobiology. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2018; 315:H1614-H1626. [PMID: 30359089 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00277.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Cadherin-11 (CDH11) is upregulated in a variety of fibrotic diseases, including arthritis and calcific aortic valve disease. Our recent work has identified CDH11 as a potential therapeutic target and shown that treatment with a CDH11 functional blocking antibody can prevent hallmarks of calcific aortic valve disease in mice. The present study investigated the role of CDH11 in regulating the mechanobiological behavior of valvular interstitial cells believed to cause calcification. Aortic valve interstitial cells were harvested from Cdh11+/+, Cdh11+/-, and Cdh11-/- immortomice. Cells were subjected to inflammatory cytokines transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 and IL-6 to characterize the molecular mechanisms by which CDH11 regulates their mechanobiological changes. Histology was performed on aortic valves from Cdh11+/+, Cdh11+/-, and Cdh11-/- mice to identify key responses to CDH11 deletion in vivo. We showed that CDH11 influences cell behavior through its regulation of contractility and its ability to bind substrates via focal adhesions. We also show that transforming growth factor-β1 overrides the normal relationship between CDH11 and smooth muscle α-actin to exacerbate the myofibroblast disease phenotype. This phenotypic switch is potentiated through the IL-6 signaling axis and could act as a paracrine mechanism of myofibroblast activation in neighboring aortic valve interstitial cells in a positive feedback loop. These data suggest CDH11 is an important mediator of the myofibroblast phenotype and identify several mechanisms by which it modulates cell behavior. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Cadherin-11 influences valvular interstitial cell contractility by regulating focal adhesions and inflammatory cytokine secretion. Transforming growth factor-β1 overrides the normal balance between cadherin-11 and smooth muscle α-actin expression to promote a myofibroblast phenotype. Cadherin-11 is necessary for IL-6 and chitinase-3-like protein 1 secretion, and IL-6 promotes contractility. Targeting cadherin-11 could therapeutically influence valvular interstitial cell phenotypes in a multifaceted manner.
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- Meghan A Bowler
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee.,Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee.,Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center , Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee
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Aqel SI, Granitto MC, Nuro-Gyina PK, Pei W, Liu Y, Lovett-Racke AE, Racke MK, Yang Y. Distinct roles for Blimp-1 in autoreactive CD4 T cells during priming and effector phase of autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol 2018; 325:20-28. [PMID: 30366205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein (Blimp-1) is a transcription factor that regulates effector/memory B cells and CD8 T cells. Here we show that Blimp-1 is expressed in both Th1 and Th17 cells in vitro and highly expressed in effector/memory myelin-specific CD4 T cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mice. The immunized Blimp-1 conditional knockout mice have a significantly delayed disease onset but enhanced disease severity during the effector phase compared to their wild-type littermates, suggesting that Blimp-1 is a unique transcription factor with distinct roles in the regulation of myelin-specific CD4 T cells during priming and effector phase of EAE.
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- Saba I Aqel
- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Neuroscience Program, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Postbacculaureate Research Education Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Wang C, Wang L, Hu J, Li H, Kijlstra A, Yang P. Increased Expression of IL-23 Receptor (IL-23R) in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) Disease. Curr Eye Res 2018; 43:1369-1373. [PMID: 29877734 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2018.1485952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease is an autoimmune disease mediated by T cells that target melanocytes. It has been shown that IL-23 receptor (IL-23R) signaling promotes the generation of pathogenic T helper 17 cells. The aim of this study was designed to detect the possible role of IL-23R in VKH disease. METHODS Subjects were divided into an active and inactive VKH patient group and a normal control group. The IL-23R level in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was measured by flow cytometry and real-time polymerase chain reaction. PBMCs were stimulated with serum from patients or controls to detect the influence of serum from VKH patients on IL-23R expression. RESULTS The IL-23R mRNA level was markedly increased in PBMCs from the active VKH patient group as compared to normal controls. Flow cytometry analysis showed that there was also an elevated IL-23R protein level in PBMCs in active VKH patients. The IL-23R protein level was higher in PBMCs obtained from healthy controls when they were cultured with serum from active VKH patient as compared to cell cultured with serum from normal controls. After the intraocular inflammation in VKH patients was controlled, the IL-23R gene expression returned back to normal levels. CONCLUSION Our study suggests that an elevated IL-23R level may participate in the development of VKH disease.
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- Chaokui Wang
- a Chongqing Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute , The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , P. R. China
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- a Chongqing Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute , The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , P. R. China
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- a Chongqing Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute , The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , P. R. China
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- a Chongqing Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute , The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , P. R. China
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- b University Eye Clinic Maastricht , Maastricht , The Netherlands
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- a Chongqing Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute , The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University , Chongqing , P. R. China
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Lee PW, Xin MK, Pei W, Yang Y, Lovett-Racke AE. IL-3 Is a Marker of Encephalitogenic T Cells, but Not Essential for CNS Autoimmunity. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1255. [PMID: 29915594 PMCID: PMC5994593 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Identifying molecules that are differentially expressed in encephalitogenic T cells is critical to the development of novel and specific therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, IL-3 was identified as a molecule highly expressed in encephalitogenic Th1 and Th17 cells, but not in myelin-specific non-encephalitogenic Th1 and Th17 cells. However, B10.PL IL-3-deficient mice remained susceptible to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a mouse model of MS. Furthermore, B10.PL myelin-specific T cell receptor transgenic IL-3-/- Th1 and Th17 cells were capable of transferring EAE to wild-type mice. Antibody neutralization of IL-3 produced by encephalitogenic Th1 and Th17 cells failed to alter their ability to transfer EAE. Thus, IL-3 is highly expressed in myelin-specific T cells capable of inducing EAE compared to activated, non-encephalitogenic myelin-specific T cells. However, loss of IL-3 in encephalitogenic T cells does not reduce their pathogenicity, indicating that IL-3 is a marker of encephalitogenic T cells, but not a critical element in their pathogenic capacity.
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- Priscilla W. Lee
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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Peng J, Zhang H, Liu P, Chen M, Xue B, Wang R, Shou J, Qian J, Zhao Z, Xing Y, Liu H. IL-23 and IL-27 Levels in Serum are Associated with the Process and the Recovery of Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2824. [PMID: 29434217 PMCID: PMC5809385 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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IL-23 and IL-27 are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). However, changes in these cytokines during the dynamic pathological and recovery processes of GBS are not well described. In the present study, plasma was collected from 83 patients with various stages of GBS, 70 patients with central nervous system demyelinating diseases,70 patients with other neurological diseases (OND) and 70 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. Serum levels of IL-23, IL-27, and Campylobacter jejuni (CJ) IgM were assessed using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We found that serum IL-23 levels of patients during the acute phase of GBS were significantly higher followed by a decreasing trend during the recovery phase of the disease. Serum IL-27 levels significantly increased during the acute phase of GBS, and gradually increased during the recovery phase. Interestingly, both the severity and subtype of GBS were closely associated with the two cytokines. IL-23 levels were positively correlated with IL-27 levels, prognosis, and other clinical parameters. Our findings confirm that IL-23 may show pro-inflammatory effects, especially at the early stage of GBS. IL-27 appears to have a dual role in GBS, with initial pro-inflammatory effects, followed by anti-inflammatory properties during recovery.
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- Jing Peng
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Xuanwu Hospital, Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China.
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Sonar SA, Lal G. Differentiation and Transmigration of CD4 T Cells in Neuroinflammation and Autoimmunity. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1695. [PMID: 29238350 PMCID: PMC5712560 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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CD4+ T cells play a central role in orchestrating protective immunity and autoimmunity. The activation and differentiation of myelin-reactive CD4+ T cells into effector (Th1 and Th17) and regulatory (Tregs) subsets at the peripheral tissues, and their subsequent transmigration across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) into the central nervous system (CNS) parenchyma are decisive events in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. How the Th1, Th17, and regulatory Tregs transmigrate across the BBB into the CNS and cause CNS inflammation is not clearly understood. Studies with transgenic and gene knockout mice have unraveled that Th1, Th17, and Tregs play a critical role in the induction and resolution of neuroinflammation. However, the plasticity of these lineages and functional dichotomy of their cytokine products makes it difficult to understand what role CD4+ T cells in the peripheral lymphoid organs, endothelial BBB, and the CNS parenchyma play in the CNS autoimmune response. In this review, we describe some of the recent findings that shed light on the mechanisms behind the differentiation and transmigration of CD4+ T cells across the BBB into the CNS parenchyma and also highlight how these two processes are interconnected, which is crucial for the outcome of CNS inflammation and autoimmunity.
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