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Treatment with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Overexpressing Fas-Ligand Ameliorates Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23010534. [PMID: 35008964 PMCID: PMC8745472 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) has the potential to cure malignant and non-malignant hematological disorders, but because of the serious side effects of this intervention its applications are limited to a restricted number of diseases. Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is the most frequent complication and the leading cause of mortality and morbidity following allo-HCT. It results from the attack of the transplanted T cells from the graft against the cells of the recipient. There is no clear treatment for this severe complication. Due to their immunomodulatory properties, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have been proposed to treat GvHD, but the results did not meet expectations. We have previously showed that the immunomodulatory effect of the MSC was significantly enhanced through adenoviral-mediated overexpression of FasL. In this study, we have tested the properties of FasL-overexpressing MSC in vivo, in a mouse model for acute GvHD. We found that treatment with FasL-overexpressing MSC delayed the onset of the disease and increased survival of the mice.
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Bavananthasivam J, Alizadeh M, Astill J, Alqazlan N, Matsuyama-Kato A, Shojadoost B, Taha-Abdelaziz K, Sharif S. Effects of administration of probiotic lactobacilli on immunity conferred by the herpesvirus of turkeys vaccine against challenge with a very virulent Marek's disease virus in chickens. Vaccine 2021; 39:2424-2433. [PMID: 33781599 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Several vaccines have been used to control Marek's disease (MD) in chickens. However, the emergence of new strains of Marek's disease virus (MDV) imposes a threat to vaccine efficacy. Therefore, the current study was carried out to investigate whether concurrent administration of probiotics with the herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) vaccine enhances its protective efficacy against MDV infection. In this regard, a cocktail comprised of four Lactobacillus species was administered with HVT to chicken embryos at embryonic day 18 (ED18) and/or from day 1 to day 4 post-hatch. The results revealed that the administration of a probiotic Lactobacillus with HVT at ED18 followed by oral gavage with the same lactobacilli cocktail to newly hatched chicks for the first 4 days post-hatch increased the expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II on macrophages and B cells in spleen and decreased the number of CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells in the spleen. Subsequently, chicks were infected with MDV. The chickens that received in ovo HVT and lactobacilli or HVT had higher expression of IFN-α at 21dpi in the spleen compared to the chickens that were challenged with MDV. Also, the expression of IFN-β in cecal tonsils at 10dpi was higher in the groups that received in ovo HVT and lactobacilli and oral lactobacilli compared to the group that received in ovo HVT alone. Moreover, the expression of tumor growth factor (TGF)-β4 at 4 days post-infection was reduced in the group that received both HVT and probiotics at ED18. Additionally, concurrent probiotics administration reduced tumor incidence by half when compared to HVT vaccine alone indicating enhancing effect of lactobacilli with HVT vaccine on host immune responses. In conclusion, these findings suggest the potential use of probiotic lactobacilli as adjuvants with the HVT vaccine against MDV infection in chickens.
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- Jegarubee Bavananthasivam
- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada; Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Al Shamlah 62511, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Kaminitz A, Ash S, Askenasy N. Neutralization Versus Reinforcement of Proinflammatory Cytokines to Arrest Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2018; 52:460-472. [PMID: 27677500 DOI: 10.1007/s12016-016-8587-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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As physiological pathways of intercellular communication produced by all cells, cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory insulitis as well as pivotal mediators of immune homeostasis. Proinflammatory cytokines including interleukins, interferons, transforming growth factor-β, tumor necrosis factor-α, and nitric oxide promote destructive insulitis in type 1 diabetes through amplification of the autoimmune reaction, direct toxicity to β-cells, and sensitization of islets to apoptosis. The concept that neutralization of cytokines may be of therapeutic benefit has been tested in few clinical studies, which fell short of inducing sustained remission or achieving disease arrest. Therapeutic failure is explained by the redundant activities of individual cytokines and their combinations, which are rather dispensable in the process of destructive insulitis because other cytolytic pathways efficiently compensate their deficiency. Proinflammatory cytokines are less redundant in regulation of the inflammatory reaction, displaying protective effects through restriction of effector cell activity, reinforcement of suppressor cell function, and participation in islet recovery from injury. Our analysis suggests that the role of cytokines in immune homeostasis overrides their contribution to β-cell death and may be used as potent immunomodulatory agents for therapeutic purposes rather than neutralized.
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- Ayelet Kaminitz
- The Leah and Edward M. Frankel Laboratory of Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, 14 Kaplan Street, Petach Tikva, Israel, 49202
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- The Leah and Edward M. Frankel Laboratory of Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, 14 Kaplan Street, Petach Tikva, Israel, 49202
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- The Leah and Edward M. Frankel Laboratory of Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, 14 Kaplan Street, Petach Tikva, Israel, 49202.
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Moise L, Beseme S, Tassone R, Liu R, Kibria F, Terry F, Martin W, De Groot AS. T cell epitope redundancy: cross-conservation of the TCR face between pathogens and self and its implications for vaccines and autoimmunity. Expert Rev Vaccines 2016; 15:607-17. [PMID: 26588466 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2016.1123098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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T cells are extensively trained on 'self' in the thymus and then move to the periphery, where they seek out and destroy infections and regulate immune response to self-antigens. T cell receptors (TCRs) on T cells' surface recognize T cell epitopes, short linear strings of amino acids presented by antigen-presenting cells. Some of these epitopes activate T effectors, while others activate regulatory T cells. It was recently discovered that T cell epitopes that are highly conserved on their TCR face with human genome sequences are often associated with T cells that regulate immune response. These TCR-cross-conserved or 'redundant epitopes' are more common in proteins found in pathogens that have co-evolved with humans than in other non-commensal pathogens. Epitope redundancy might be the link between pathogens and autoimmune disease. This article reviews recently published data and addresses epitope redundancy, the "elephant in the room" for vaccine developers and T cell immunologists.
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- Leonard Moise
- a EpiVax, Inc ., Providence , RI , USA.,b Institute for Immunology and Informatics , University of Rhode Island , Providence , RI , USA
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- b Institute for Immunology and Informatics , University of Rhode Island , Providence , RI , USA
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- b Institute for Immunology and Informatics , University of Rhode Island , Providence , RI , USA
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- a EpiVax, Inc ., Providence , RI , USA.,b Institute for Immunology and Informatics , University of Rhode Island , Providence , RI , USA
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Askenasy N. Mechanisms of autoimmunity in the non-obese diabetic mouse: effector/regulatory cell equilibrium during peak inflammation. Immunology 2016; 147:377-88. [PMID: 26749404 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Immune imbalance in autoimmune disorders such as type 1 diabetes may originate from aberrant activities of effector cells or dysfunction of suppressor cells. All possible defective mechanisms have been proposed for diabetes-prone species: (i) quantitative dominance of diabetogenic cells and decreased numbers of regulatory T cells, (ii) excessive aggression of effectors and defective function of suppressors, (iii) perturbed interaction between effector and suppressor cells, and (iv) variations in sensitivity to negative regulation. The experimental evidence available to date presents conflicting information on these mechanisms, with identification of perturbed equilibrium on the one hand and negation of critical role of each mechanism in propagation of diabetic autoimmunity on the other hand. In our analysis, there is no evidence that inherent abnormalities in numbers and function of effector and suppressor T cells are responsible for the immune imbalance responsible for propagation of type 1 diabetes as a chronic inflammatory process. Possibly, the experimental tools for investigation of these features of immune activity are still underdeveloped and lack sufficient resolution, in the presence of the extensive biological viability and functional versatility of effector and suppressor elements.
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- Nadir Askenasy
- The Leah and Edward M. Frankel Laboratory of Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Wang H, Zhang JX, Li SL, Wang F, Zha WS, Shen T, Wu C, Zhu QX. An Animal Model of Trichloroethylene-Induced Skin Sensitization in BALB/c Mice. Int J Toxicol 2015; 34:442-53. [DOI: 10.1177/1091581815591222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a major occupational hazard and environmental contaminant that can cause multisystem disorders in the form of occupational medicamentosa-like dermatitis. Development of dermatitis involves several proinflammatory cytokines, but their role in TCE-mediated dermatitis has not been examined in a well-defined experimental model. In addition, few animal models of TCE sensitization are available, and the current guinea pig model has apparent limitations. This study aimed to establish a model of TCE-induced skin sensitization in BALB/c mice and to examine the role of several key inflammatory cytokines on TCE sensitization. The sensitization rate of dorsal painted group was 38.3%. Skin edema and erythema occurred in TCE-sensitized groups, as seen in 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) positive control. Trichloroethylene sensitization-positive (dermatitis [+]) group exhibited increased thickness of epidermis, inflammatory cell infiltration, swelling, and necrosis in dermis and around hair follicle, but ear painted group did not show these histological changes. The concentrations of serum proinflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interferon (IFN)-γ, and interleukin (IL)-2 were significantly increased in 24, 48, and 72 hours dermatitis [+] groups treated with TCE and peaked at 72 hours. Deposition of TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-2 into the skin tissue was also revealed by immunohistochemistry. We have established a new animal model of skin sensitization induced by repeated TCE stimulations, and we provide the first evidence that key proinflammatory cytokines including TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-2 play an important role in the process of TCE sensitization.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Occupational Health and Environment Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environment Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environment Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environment Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environment Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environment Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China
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Lymphopenia is detrimental to therapeutic approaches to type 1 diabetes using regulatory T cells. Immunol Res 2014; 58:101-5. [PMID: 24371009 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8476-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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One of the therapeutic approaches to type 1 diabetes (T1D) focuses on enhancement of regulatory T cell (Treg) activity, either by adoptive transfer or supplementation of supporting cytokines such as interleukin-2 (IL-2). In principle, this therapeutic design would greatly benefit of concomitant reduction in pathogenic cell burden. Experimental evidence indicates that physiological recovery from lymphopenia is dominated by evolution of effector and cytotoxic cells, which abolishes the therapeutic efficacy of Treg cells. Targeted and selective depletion of effector T cells has been achieved with killer Treg using Fas ligand protein and a fusion protein composed of IL-2 and caspase-3, which showed remarkable efficacy in modulating the course of inflammatory insulitis in NOD mice. We emphasize a critical consideration in design of therapeutic approaches to T1D, immunomodulation without lymphoreduction to avoid the detrimental consequences of rebound recovery from lymphopenia.
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Kaminitz A, Mizrahi K, Ash S, Ben-Nun A, Askenasy N. Stable activity of diabetogenic cells with age in NOD mice: dynamics of reconstitution and adoptive diabetes transfer in immunocompromised mice. Immunology 2014; 142:465-73. [PMID: 24601987 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Revised: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse is a prevalent disease model of type 1 diabetes. Immune aberrations that cause and propagate autoimmune insulitis in these mice are being continually debated, with evidence supporting both dominance of effector cells and insufficiency of suppressor mechanisms. In this study we assessed the behaviour of NOD lymphocytes under extreme expansion conditions using adoptive transfer into immunocompromised NOD.SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency) mice. CD4(+) CD25(+) T cells do not cause islet inflammation, whereas splenocytes and CD4(+) CD25(-) T cells induce pancreatic inflammation and hyperglycaemia in 80-100% of the NOD.SCID recipients. Adoptively transferred effector T cells migrate to the lymphoid organs and pancreas, proliferate, are activated in the target organ in situ and initiate inflammatory insulitis. Reconstitution of all components of the CD4(+) subset emphasizes the plastic capacity of different cell types to adopt effector and suppressor phenotypes. Furthermore, similar immune profiles of diabetic and euglycaemic NOD.SCID recipients demonstrate dissociation between fractional expression of CD25 and FoxP3 and the severity of insulitis. There were no evident and consistent differences in diabetogenic activity and immune reconstituting activity of T cells from pre-diabetic (11 weeks) and new onset diabetic NOD females. Similarities in immune phenotypes and variable distribution of effector and suppressor subsets in various stages of inflammation commend caution in interpretation of quantitative and qualitative aberrations as markers of disease severity in adoptive transfer experiments.
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- Ayelet Kaminitz
- Frankel Laboratory, Centre for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel; Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Kaminitz A, Mizrahi K, Askenasy N. Surge in regulatory T cells does not prevent onset of hyperglycemia in NOD mice: immune profiles do not correlate with disease severity. Autoimmunity 2013; 47:105-12. [PMID: 24328490 DOI: 10.3109/08916934.2013.866103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Immune profiling of non-obese diabetic (NOD) is a widely employed tool to assess the mechanisms of inflammatory insulitis. Our analysis of the female NOD colony revealed similar distribution of lymphoid lineages to wild type mice, and at various ages of prediabetic and diabetic mice. The profiles of mesenteric and pancreatic lymph nodes differ and often change reciprocally due to directed migration of T cells towards the site of inflammation. Significant events in our colony include early decline in CD4(+)CD25(+)CD62L(+) Treg, accompanied by gradual increase in CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) Treg in peripheral lymphoid organs and pancreatic infiltrates. Impressively, aged euglycemic mice display significant transient rise in CD4(+)CD25(-)FoxP3(+) Treg in the thymus, pancreas and draining lymph nodes. A significant difference was superior viability of effector and suppressor cells from new onset diabetics in the presence of high interleukin-2 (IL-2) concentrations in vitro as compared to cells of prediabetic mice. Overall, we found no correlation between FoxP3(+) Treg in the pancreatic lymph nodes and the inflammatory scores of individual NOD mice. CD25(-)FoxP3(+) Treg are markedly increased in the pancreatic infiltrates in late stages of inflammation, possibly an effort to counteract destructive insulitis. Considering extensive evidence that Treg in aged NOD mice are functionally sufficient, quantitative profiling evolves as an unreliable tool to assess mechanism and causes of inflammation under baseline conditions. Immune profiles are modulated by thymic output, cell migration, shedding of markers, proliferation, survival and in-situ evolution of regulatory cells.
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- Ayelet Kaminitz
- Frankel Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel , Petach Tikva , Israel
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Regulatory and effector T-cells are differentially modulated by Dexamethasone. Clin Immunol 2013; 149:400-10. [PMID: 24211714 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2013.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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It is assumed that the ratio between effector T cells (Teff) and regulatory T cells (Tregs) controls the immune reactivity within the T-cell compartment. The purpose of this study was to investigate if Dexamethasone (Dex) affects Teff and Tregs subsets. Dex induced on Tregs a dose and time-dependent apoptosis which resulted in a relative increase of Teff. After TCR activation, Dex induced a strong proliferative inhibition of Teff, but a weaker proliferative inhibition on Tregs. These effects were modulated by IL-2, which not only restored the proliferative response, but also prevented Dex-induced apoptosis. The highest dose of IL-2 prevented apoptosis on all FOXP3+CD4+ T cells. Meanwhile, the lowest dose only rescued activated Tregs (aTregs), probably related to their CD25 higher expression. Because Dex did not affect the suppressor capacity of aTregs either, our results support the notion that under Dex treatment, the regulatory T-cell compartment maintains its homeostasis.
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Jawa V, Cousens LP, Awwad M, Wakshull E, Kropshofer H, De Groot AS. T-cell dependent immunogenicity of protein therapeutics: Preclinical assessment and mitigation. Clin Immunol 2013; 149:534-55. [PMID: 24263283 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2013.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/14/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protein therapeutics hold a prominent and rapidly expanding place among medicinal products. Purified blood products, recombinant cytokines, growth factors, enzyme replacement factors, monoclonal antibodies, fusion proteins, and chimeric fusion proteins are all examples of therapeutic proteins that have been developed in the past few decades and approved for use in the treatment of human disease. Despite early belief that the fully human nature of these proteins would represent a significant advantage, adverse effects associated with immune responses to some biologic therapies have become a topic of some concern. As a result, drug developers are devising strategies to assess immune responses to protein therapeutics during both the preclinical and the clinical phases of development. While there are many factors that contribute to protein immunogenicity, T cell- (thymus-) dependent (Td) responses appear to play a critical role in the development of antibody responses to biologic therapeutics. A range of methodologies to predict and measure Td immune responses to protein drugs has been developed. This review will focus on the Td contribution to immunogenicity, summarizing current approaches for the prediction and measurement of T cell-dependent immune responses to protein biologics, discussing the advantages and limitations of these technologies, and suggesting a practical approach for assessing and mitigating Td immunogenicity.
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Enhanced killing activity of regulatory T cells ameliorates inflammation and autoimmunity. Autoimmun Rev 2013; 12:972-5. [PMID: 23684702 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2013.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Regulatory T cells (Treg) are pivotal suppressor elements in immune homeostasis with potential therapeutic applications in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Using Treg as vehicles for targeted immunomodulation, a short-lived Fas-ligand (FasL) chimeric protein (killer Treg) was found efficient in preventing the progression of autoimmune insulitis in NOD mice, and amelioration of chronic colitis and graft versus host disease. The main mechanisms of disease suppression by killer Treg are: a) in the acute phase induction of apoptosis in effector cells at the site of inflammation decreases the pathogenic burden, and b) persistent increase in FoxP3⁺ Treg with variable CD25 co-expression induced by FasL sustains disease suppression over extended periods of time. Reduced sensitivity of Treg to receptor-mediated apoptosis under inflammatory conditions makes them optimal vehicles for targeted immunotherapy using apoptotic agents.
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Is autoimmune diabetes caused by aberrant immune activity or defective suppression of physiological self-reactivity? Autoimmun Rev 2012; 12:633-7. [PMID: 23277162 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Two competing hypotheses are proposed to cause autoimmunity: evasion of a sporadic self-reactive clone from immune surveillance and ineffective suppression of autoreactive clones that arise physiologically. We question the relevance of these hypotheses to the study of type 1 diabetes, where autoreactivity may accompany the cycles of physiological adjustment of β-cell mass to body weight and nutrition. Experimental evidence presents variable and conflicting data concerning the activities of both effector and regulatory T cells, arguing in favor and against: quantitative dominance and deficit, aberrant reactivity and expansion, sensitivity to negative regulation and apoptosis. The presence of autoantibodies in umbilical cord blood of healthy subjects and low incidence of the disease following early induction suggest that suppression of self-reactivity is the major determinant factor.
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Kaur S, Zilmer K, Leping V, Zilmer M. Comparative study of systemic inflammatory responses in psoriasis vulgaris and mild to moderate allergic contact dermatitis. Dermatology 2012; 225:54-61. [PMID: 22890310 DOI: 10.1159/000339866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Psoriasis vulgaris (PV) is associated with low-grade systemic inflammation. OBJECTIVE Cytokines' and growth factors' serum patterns in patients with PV, allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and healthy subjects were investigated to describe and compare systemic inflammatory responses in these diseases. METHODS A total of 12 inflammation-sensitive biomarkers were analyzed simultaneously by means of the Evidence Investigator™ biochip technology. RESULTS In PV, proinflammatory tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukins (IL)-1β, -2, -6, -8, and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 were elevated. In ACD, 2 markers, TNF-α and MCP-1, were increased, and regulatory cytokine IL-10 was decreased. Proinflammatory IL-2 had the strongest correlations with other pro- as well as anti-inflammatory cytokines in PV and ACD, whilst IL-6 correlated positively with the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index. Growth factors' levels correlated with MCP-1, but only in PV. CONCLUSION Although psoriasis induces a more variegated proinflammatory systemic response, ACD is likewise associated with a systemic increase in inflammatory mediators.
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- S Kaur
- Clinic of Dermatology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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IL-2–Targeted Therapy Ameliorates the Severity of Graft-versus-Host Disease: Ex Vivo Selective Depletion of Host-Reactive T Cells and In Vivo Therapy. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2012; 18:523-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kaminitz A, Yolcu ES, Stein J, Yaniv I, Shirwan H, Askenasy N. Killer Treg restore immune homeostasis and suppress autoimmune diabetes in prediabetic NOD mice. J Autoimmun 2011; 37:39-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 03/13/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Kaminitz A, Yolcu ES, Askenasy EM, Stein J, Yaniv I, Shirwan H, Askenasy N. Effector and naturally occurring regulatory T cells display no abnormalities in activation induced cell death in NOD mice. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21630. [PMID: 21738739 PMCID: PMC3124542 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Disturbed peripheral negative regulation might contribute to evolution of autoimmune insulitis in type 1 diabetes. This study evaluates the sensitivity of naïve/effector (Teff) and regulatory T cells (Treg) to activation-induced cell death mediated by Fas cross-linking in NOD and wild-type mice. Principal Findings Both effector (CD25−, FoxP3−) and suppressor (CD25+, FoxP3+) CD4+ T cells are negatively regulated by Fas cross-linking in mixed splenocyte populations of NOD, wild type mice and FoxP3-GFP tranegenes. Proliferation rates and sensitivity to Fas cross-linking are dissociated in Treg cells: fast cycling induced by IL-2 and CD3/CD28 stimulation improve Treg resistance to Fas-ligand (FasL) in both strains. The effector and suppressor CD4+ subsets display balanced sensitivity to negative regulation under baseline conditions, IL-2 and CD3/CD28 stimulation, indicating that stimulation does not perturb immune homeostasis in NOD mice. Effective autocrine apoptosis of diabetogenic cells was evident from delayed onset and reduced incidence of adoptive disease transfer into NOD.SCID by CD4+CD25− T cells decorated with FasL protein. Treg resistant to Fas-mediated apoptosis retain suppressive activity in vitro. The only detectable differential response was reduced Teff proliferation and upregulation of CD25 following CD3-activation in NOD mice. Conclusion These data document negative regulation of effector and suppressor cells by Fas cross-linking and dissociation between sensitivity to apoptosis and proliferation in stimulated Treg. There is no evidence that perturbed AICD in NOD mice initiates or promotes autoimmune insulitis.
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- Ayelet Kaminitz
- Frankel Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Kaminitz A, Askenasy EM, Yaniv I, Stein J, Askenasy N. Apoptosis of purified CD4+ T cell subsets is dominated by cytokine deprivation and absence of other cells in new onset diabetic NOD mice. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15684. [PMID: 21209873 PMCID: PMC3013115 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Regulatory T cells (Treg) play a significant role in immune homeostasis and self-tolerance. Excessive sensitivity of isolated Treg to apoptosis has been demonstrated in NOD mice and humans suffering of type 1 diabetes, suggesting a possible role in the immune dysfunction that underlies autoimmune insulitis. In this study the sensitivity to apoptosis was measured in T cells from new onset diabetic NOD females, comparing purified subsets to mixed cultures. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Apoptotic cells are short lived in vivo and death occurs primarily during isolation, manipulation and culture. Excessive susceptibility of CD25(+) T cells to spontaneous apoptosis is characteristic of isolated subsets, however disappears when death is measured in mixed splenocyte cultures. In variance, CD25(-) T cells display balanced sensitivity to apoptosis under both conditions. The isolation procedure removes soluble factors, IL-2 playing a significant role in sustaining Treg viability. In addition, pro- and anti-apoptotic signals are transduced by cell-to-cell interactions: CD3 and CD28 protect CD25(+) T cells from apoptosis, and in parallel sensitize naïve effector cells to apoptosis. Treg viability is modulated both by other T cells and other subsets within mixed splenocyte cultures. Variations in sensitivity to apoptosis are often hindered by fast proliferation of viable cells, therefore cycling rates are mandatory to adequate interpretation of cell death assays. CONCLUSIONS The sensitivity of purified Treg to apoptosis is dominated by cytokine deprivation and absence of cell-to-cell interactions, and deviate significantly from measurements in mixed populations. Balanced sensitivity of naïve/effector and regulatory T cells to apoptosis in NOD mice argues against the concept that differential susceptibility affects disease evolution and progression.
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- Ayelet Kaminitz
- Frankel Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Soroka Medical School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Frankel Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Frankel Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Frankel Laboratory, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Parvizi P, Andrzejewski K, Read LR, Behboudi S, Sharif S. Expression profiling of genes associated with regulatory functions of T-cell subsets in Marek's disease virus-infected chickens. Avian Pathol 2010; 39:367-73. [DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.508776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Immunosuppressive therapy exacerbates autoimmunity in NOD mice and diminishes the protective activity of regulatory T cells. J Autoimmun 2010; 35:145-52. [PMID: 20638242 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2010.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 06/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mounting evidence indicates that immunosuppressive therapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation are relatively inefficient approaches to treat autoimmune diabetes. In this study we assessed the impact of immunosuppression on inflammatory insulitis in NOD mice, and the effect of radiation on immunomodulation mediated by adoptive transfer of various cell subsets. Sublethal radiation of NOD females at the age of 14 weeks (onset of hyperglycemia) delayed the onset of hyperglycemia, however two thirds of the mice became diabetic. Adoptive transfer of splenocytes into irradiated NON and NOD mice precipitated disease onset despite increased contents of CD25(+)FoxP3(+) T cells in the pancreas and regional lymphatics. Similar phenotypic changes were observed when CD25(+) T cells were infused after radiation, which also delayed disease onset without affecting its incidence. Importantly, irradiation increased the susceptibility to diabetes in NOD and NON mice (71-84%) as compared to immunomodulation with splenocytes and CD25(+) T cells in naïve recipients (44-50%). Although irradiation had significant and durable influence on pancreatic infiltrates and the fractions of functional CD25(+)FoxP3(+) Treg cells were elevated by adoptive cell transfer, this approach conferred no protection from disease progression. Irradiation was ineffective both in debulking of pathogenic clones and in restoring immune homeostasis, and the consequent homeostatic expansion evolves as an unfavorable factor in attempts to restore self-tolerance and might even provoke uncontrolled proliferation of pathogenic clones. The obstacles imposed by immunosuppression on abrogation of autoimmune insulitis require replacement of non-specific immunosuppressive therapy by selective immunomodulation that does not cause lymphopenia.
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Yarkoni S, Kaminitz A, Sagiv Y, Askenasy N. Targeting of IL-2 receptor with a caspase fusion protein disrupts autoimmunity in prediabetic and diabetic NOD mice. Diabetologia 2010; 53:356-68. [PMID: 19946662 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1604-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2009] [Accepted: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Interruption of IL-2 signalling is an attractive therapeutic target in autoimmune disorders. In this study we evaluated the effect of a fusion protein composed of IL-2 and caspase-3 (IL2-cas) on NOD mice, as compared with disease induction by cyclophosphamide. METHODS IL2-cas was assessed in NOD mice at various ages and in conjunction with cyclophosphamide administration. The effect of IL2-cas on diabetogenic cells was evaluated in adoptive transfer experiments and in cell suspension in vitro. RESULTS IL2-cas induced apoptosis in T cells expressing the alpha chain of the IL-2 receptor (cluster of differentiation [CD]25) in vitro, with superior survival of T cells expressing CD4 and forkhead box P3 (FOXP3). The fusion protein decreased mixed lymphocyte reactivity, and pretreatment with IL2-cas decreased the efficacy of adoptive transfer of diabetes into NOD severe combined immunodeficiency mice. Administration of one dose of IL2-cas decreased the incidence of diabetes in NOD mice, showing a superior beneficial effect when administered at young age, and effectively blocked induction of hyperglycaemia by cyclophosphamide, reducing the severity of islet inflammation. Administration of IL2-cas caused an acute increase in CD25(-)FOXP3(+) T cells in the lymph nodes, pancreas and thymus in NOD mice, with similar effects in wild-type mice. Administration of IL2-cas after onset of hyperglycaemia resulted in superior survival. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Targeted elimination of cells expressing the IL-2 receptor by this fusion protein disrupts the autoimmune pathogenesis in prediabetic and diabetic NOD mice, despite depletion of CD25(+) regulatory T cells. Furthermore, this particular fusion protein is permissive to the development of FOXP3(+) T cells that might contribute to protracted protection from the progression of insulitis and overt hyperglycaemia.
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- S Yarkoni
- GASR Biotechnology, Kfar-Saba 44395, Israel
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Stroopinsky D, Avivi I, Rowe JM, Avigan D, Katz T. Allogeneic induced human FOXP3(+)IFN-gamma(+) T cells exhibit selective suppressive capacity. Eur J Immunol 2009; 39:2703-15. [PMID: 19634189 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200839097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Human induced CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells have been shown to express FOXP3, similar to naturally occurring Treg cells (nTreg). However, the suppressive capacity of these cells is still under debate. The current study was designed to investigate functional characteristics of CD25(+)FOXP3(+) derived from CD25(-) T cells. Stimulation of CD25(-) PBMC with allogeneic PBMC resulted in production of CD4(+)CD25(high) T cells. This process was more rapid and prominent when highly mature DC were used for stimulation. The resultant CD4(+)CD25(high) population concurrently exhibited regulatory markers FOXP3, CTLA-4, GITR, and inflammatory cytokines IL-2 and IFN-gamma. These human-induced FOXP3(+)IFN-gamma(+) T cells were shown, for the first time, to markedly inhibit alloreactive T-cell expansion, similar to nTreg. However, in contrast to nTreg, the induced CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) cells did not suppress proliferation against a third party donor stimulus or CMV. This suggested that the cell population possessed a more selective suppressive capacity targeted against the original stimulus only. The induced human CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) subset derived from CD25(-) T cells, while expressing inflammatory cytokines, exhibits a suppressive cell contact-dependent effect, restricted against T cells responding to the original stimulus. Such unique properties suggest that these cells are potentially ideal for the use as post-transplant GVH disease prophylaxis.
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- Dina Stroopinsky
- Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Yaniv I, Ash S, Farkas DL, Askenasy N, Stein J. Consideration of strategies for hematopoietic cell transplantation. J Autoimmun 2009; 33:255-9. [PMID: 19800763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2009.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Bone marrow transplantation has been adoptively transferred from oncology to the treatment of autoimmune disorders. Along with extension of prevalent transplant-related concepts, the assumed mechanism that arrests autoimmunity involves elimination of pathogenic cells and resetting of immune homeostasis. Similar to graft versus tumor (GVT) reactivity, allogeneic transplants are considered to provide a better platform of immunomodulation to induce a graft versus autoimmunity reaction (GVA). It is yet unclear whether recurrence of autoimmunity in both autologous and allogeneic settings reflects relapse of the disease, transplant-associated immune dysfunction or insufficient immune modulation. Possible causes of disease recurrence include reactivation of residual host pathogenic cells and persistence of memory cells, genetic predisposition to autoimmunity and pro-inflammatory characteristics of the target tissues. Most important, there is little evidence that autoimmune disorders are indeed abrogated by current transplant procedures, despite reinstitution of both peripheral and thymic immune homeostasis. It is postulated that non-specific immunosuppressive therapy that precedes and accompanies current bone marrow transplant strategies is detrimental to the active immune process that restores self-tolerance. This proposition refocuses the need to develop strategies of immunomodulation without immunosuppression.
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- Isaac Yaniv
- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
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Yarkoni S, Sagiv Y, Kaminitz A, Farkas DL, Askenasy N. Targeted therapy to the IL-2R using diphtheria toxin and caspase-3 fusion proteins modulates Treg and ameliorates inflammatory colitis. Eur J Immunol 2009; 39:2850-64. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.200839190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Kaminitz A, Mizrahi K, Yaniv I, Farkas DL, Stein J, Askenasy N. Low levels of allogeneic but not syngeneic hematopoietic chimerism reverse autoimmune insulitis in prediabetic NOD mice. J Autoimmun 2009; 33:83-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2009.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Sagiv Y, Kaminitz A, Lorberboum-Galski H, Askenasy N, Yarkoni S. A Fusion Protein Composed of IL-2 and Caspase-3 Ameliorates the Outcome of Experimental Inflammatory Colitis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1173:791-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04877.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Yolcu ES, Ash S, Kaminitz A, Sagiv Y, Askenasy N, Yarkoni S. Apoptosis as a mechanism of T‐regulatory cell homeostasis and suppression. Immunol Cell Biol 2008; 86:650-8. [DOI: 10.1038/icb.2008.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Esma S Yolcu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of LouisvilleLouisvilleKYUSA
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- Frankel Laboratory for Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of IsraelPetach TikvaIsrael
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- Frankel Laboratory for Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of IsraelPetach TikvaIsrael
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- Frankel Laboratory for Experimental Bone Marrow Transplantation, Center for Stem Cell Research, Schneider Children's Medical Center of IsraelPetach TikvaIsrael
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