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Ramos-Martinez E, Falfán-Valencia R, Pérez-Rubio G, Mejia M, Buendía-Roldán I, González-Pérez MI, Mateos-Toledo HN, Rojas Serrano J. Anti-Aminoacyl Transfer-RNA-Synthetases (Anti-tRNA) Autoantibodies Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease: Pulmonary Disease Progression has a Persistent Elevation of the Th17 Cytokine Profile. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9051356. [PMID: 32384594 PMCID: PMC7290669 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9051356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Anti-tRNA autoantibodies are associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD), in at least two clinical scenarios: the anti-synthetase syndrome (ASSD) and interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF). Under pathological conditions, cytokines indicate the participating elements and the course of inflammatory phenomena. We aimed to quantify serum concentrations of different inflammatory cytokines profiles in patients with anti-tRNA associated ILD (anti-tRNA-ILD) and estimate the association between these and ILD improvement and progression. Serum levels of 18 cytokines from baseline and after six months of treatment of ILD patients’ positives to anti-tRNA were included in the current study. At six months, patients were classified as with or without ILD progression. A total of 39 patients were included (10 anti-Jo1, eight anti-PL7, 11 anti-PL12, and 10 anti-Ej). Three patients (7.6%) had ILD progression (progressors patients, PP) and showed statistically higher levels in IL-4, IL-10, IL-17A, IL-22, GM-CSF, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12, IL-18, and TNF-α, compared to patients without disease progression (no progressors patients, NPP). IL-17A, IL-1β, and IL-6 (T-helper-lymphocyte (Th)17 inflammatory cytokine profile) were elevated and had a high discriminatory capacity in distinguishing ILD PP of those NPP at follow-up. Overall, there is an association between the cytokines of the Th17 inflammatory profile and the ASSD progression.
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- Espiridión Ramos-Martinez
- Experimental Medicine Research Unit, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 06720, Mexico;
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- HLA Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City 14080, Mexico; (R.F.-V.); (G.P.-R.)
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- HLA Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City 14080, Mexico; (R.F.-V.); (G.P.-R.)
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- Interstitial Lung Disease and Rheumatology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City 14080, Mexico; (M.M.); (M.I.G.-P.); (H.N.M.-T.)
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- Translational Research Laboratory on Aging and Pulmonary Fibrosis, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City 14080, Mexico;
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- Interstitial Lung Disease and Rheumatology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City 14080, Mexico; (M.M.); (M.I.G.-P.); (H.N.M.-T.)
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- Interstitial Lung Disease and Rheumatology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City 14080, Mexico; (M.M.); (M.I.G.-P.); (H.N.M.-T.)
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- Interstitial Lung Disease and Rheumatology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City 14080, Mexico; (M.M.); (M.I.G.-P.); (H.N.M.-T.)
- Profesor, Programa de Maestría y Doctorado en Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 14080, Mexico
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Prommersberger S, Höfflin S, Schuler-Thurner B, Schuler G, Schaft N, Dörrie J. A new method to monitor antigen-specific CD8+ T cells, avoiding additional target cells and the restriction to human leukocyte antigen haplotype. Gene Ther 2015; 22:516-20. [DOI: 10.1038/gt.2015.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Al‐Hassi HO, Mann ER, Sanchez B, English NR, Peake ST, Landy J, Man R, Urdaci M, Hart AL, Fernandez‐Salazar L, Lee GH, Garrote JA, Arranz E, Margolles A, Stagg AJ, Knight SC, Bernardo D. Altered human gut dendritic cell properties in ulcerative colitis are reversed by
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extracellular encrypted peptide STp. Mol Nutr Food Res 2013; 58:1132-43. [PMID: 24347371 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201300596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Hafid O. Al‐Hassi
- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
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- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
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- Nutrition and Bromatology Group Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry Food Science and Technology Faculty University of Vigo Ourense Campus Ourense Spain
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- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
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- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
- St. Mark's Hospital North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Harrow UK
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- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
- St. Mark's Hospital North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Harrow UK
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- St. Mark's Hospital North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Harrow UK
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biochimie Appliquee Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux Gradignan France
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- St. Mark's Hospital North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Harrow UK
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- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
- St. Mark's Hospital North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Harrow UK
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology Clinical Laboratory Service Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega Valladolid Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics and Immunology Mucosal Immunology Service Universidad de Valladolid IBGM‐CSIC Valladolid Spain
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- Departmento de Microbiologia y Bioquimica de Productos Lacteos Instituto de Productos Lacteos de Asturias Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Villaviciosa Spain
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- Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science Queen Mary University of London UK
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- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
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- Antigen Presentation Research Group Imperial College London Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus Harrow UK
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Cools N, Van Camp K, Van Tendeloo V, Berneman Z. mRNA electroporation as a tool for immunomonitoring. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 969:293-303. [PMID: 23296941 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-260-5_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Monitoring the immune response is an essential aspect of numerous clinical vaccination trials in order to evaluate the efficacy. In these clinical vaccination trials, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are isolated at different time points from patient blood samples and subsequently cryopreserved to allow batch analysis at a later time point. Here, we present a newly developed short-time assay which allows direct ex vivo analysis of multi-epitope antigen-specific immune responses using mRNA electroporation of cryopreserved PBMC. This novel method is a rapid and elegant tool and will be convenient for monitoring the cellular immune status of patients in clinical vaccination settings.
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- Nathalie Cools
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
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Mittal R, Gonzalez-Gomez I, Prasadarao NV. Escherichia coli K1 promotes the ligation of CD47 with thrombospondin-1 to prevent the maturation of dendritic cells in the pathogenesis of neonatal meningitis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 185:2998-3006. [PMID: 20675593 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional APCs providing a critical link between adaptive and innate immune responses. Our previous studies have shown that Escherichia coli K1 internalization of myeloid DCs suppressed the maturation of the cells for which outer membrane protein A (OmpA) expression is essential. In this study, we demonstrate that infection of DCs with OmpA(+) E. coli significantly upregulates the expression of CD47, an integrin-associated protein, and its natural ligand thrombospondin 1 (TSP-1). Pretreatment of DCs with anti-CD47 blocking Ab or knocking down the expression of CD47 or TSP-1, but not signal regulatory protein alpha by small interfering RNA, abrogated the suppressive effect of E. coli K1. Ligation of CD47 with a mAb prevented the maturation and cytokine production by DCs upon stimulation with LPS similar to the inhibitory effect induced by OmpA(+) E. coli. In agreement with the in vitro studies, suppression of CD47 or TSP-1 expression in newborn mice by a novel in vivo small interfering RNA technique protected the animals against E. coli K1 meningitis. Reconstitution of CD47 knockdown mice with CD47(+) DCs renders the animals susceptible to meningitis by E. coli K1, substantiating the role of CD47 expression in DCs for the occurrence of meningitis. Our results demonstrate a role for CD47 for the first time in bacterial pathogenesis and may be a novel target for designing preventive approaches for E. coli K1 meningitis.
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- Rahul Mittal
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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Van Camp K, Cools N, Stein B, Van de Velde A, Goossens H, Berneman Z, Van Tendeloo V. Efficient mRNA electroporation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to detect memory T cell responses for immunomonitoring purposes. J Immunol Methods 2010; 354:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2010.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Revised: 12/01/2009] [Accepted: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bedford PA, Burke F, Stagg AJ, Knight SC. Dendritic cells derived from bone marrow cells fail to acquire and present major histocompatibility complex antigens from other dendritic cells. Immunology 2008; 124:542-52. [PMID: 18266716 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02808.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells stimulate primary T-cell responses and a major activation route is via presentation of antigens pre-processed by other dendritic cells. This presentation of pre-processed antigens most likely proceeds through transfer of functional major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens through exosomes, 'live nibbling' or apoptotic vesicles. We hypothesized that not all dendritic cell populations may both donate MHC antigen to dendritic cells and present antigens acquired from other dendritic cells. All populations tested, including those derived from bone marrow precursor cells stimulated primary, allogeneic T-cell responses and acted as accessory cells for mitogen stimulation. Populations of responder type, splenic dendritic cells promoted allogeneic responses indirectly but those derived from bone marrow cells blocked rather than promoted T-cell proliferation. To identify mechanisms underlying this difference we studied transfer of I-A antigens between cells. Active, two-way transfer of allogeneic I-A occurred between splenic primary antigen presenting cells including CD8alpha+ lymphoid dendritic cells, CD8alpha- myeloid dendritic cells and B220+ cells; all these cell types donated as well as acquired MHC molecules. By contrast, the bone marrow-derived dendritic cells donated I-A antigens but acquired negligible amounts. Thus, dendritic cells derived directly from bone marrow cells may stimulate primary T-cell responses through transferring functional MHC to other dendritic cells but may not be able to acquire and present antigens from other dendritic cells. The evidence suggests that T-cell activation may be blocked by the presence of dendritic cells that have not matured through lymphoid tissues which are unable to acquire and present antigens pre-processed by other dendritic cells.
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- Penelope A Bedford
- Antigen Presentation Research Group, Imperial College London, North West London Hospitals Campus, Harrow, London, UK
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Li W, Krishnadas DK, Kumar R, Tyrrell DLJ, Agrawal B. Priming and stimulation of hepatitis C virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells against HCV antigens NS4, NS5a or NS5b from HCV-naive individuals: implications for prophylactic vaccine. Int Immunol 2007; 20:89-104. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxm121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Fajardo-Moser M, Berzel S, Moll H. Mechanisms of dendritic cell-based vaccination against infection. Int J Med Microbiol 2007; 298:11-20. [PMID: 17719274 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Due to their unique capacity to initiate and regulate adaptive immune responses, dendritic cells (DC) represent the most potent antigen-presenting cells of the immune system. Immature DC reside in peripheral tissues, where they sample and process antigens and efficiently sense a large variety of signals from the surrounding environment. Toll-like receptors (TLR) expressed by DC play a critical role in the detection of invading pathogens as well as in triggering the subsequent immune responses. The differential expression of TLR by different DC subsets may correlate with the induction of different patterns of adaptive immune responses. The rapidly expanding and fundamental knowledge of DC biology furthers promising perspectives for the development of vaccination strategies in different fields. For example, the immunotherapeutic potential of antigen-pulsed DC for the treatment of cancer has been confirmed in a number of experimental tumour models. Furthermore, DC have been shown to serve as natural adjuvants in different models of infectious diseases, mediating protection against various types of pathogens. Using murine leishmaniasis as an example, we have demonstrated that DC, once properly conditioned ex vivo, mediate complete and durable protection against infection. Critical parameters determining the efficiency of DC-based vaccination against microbial pathogens include the origin of DC, the choice of antigen to be used for DC loading, the route of immunization and the state of DC maturation and activation. In the present review, we discuss the necessity to define the mechanisms responsible for the immunostimulatory capacity of DC in vivo, in order to exploit their full potential as vaccination tools.
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- Marcela Fajardo-Moser
- Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany.
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Li W, Krishnadas DK, Li J, Tyrrell DLJ, Agrawal B. Induction of Primary Human T Cell Responses against Hepatitis C Virus-Derived Antigens NS3 or Core by Autologous Dendritic Cells Expressing Hepatitis C Virus Antigens: Potential for Vaccine and Immunotherapy. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:6065-75. [PMID: 16670315 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.10.6065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific T cell responses have been suggested to play significant role in viral clearance. Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional APCs that play a major role in priming, initiating, and sustaining strong T cell responses against pathogen-derived Ags. DCs also have inherent capabilities of priming naive T cells against given Ags. Recombinant adenoviral vectors containing HCV-derived Core and NS3 genes were used to endogenously express HCV Core and NS3 proteins in human DCs. These HCV Ags expressing DCs were used to prime and stimulate autologous T cells obtained from uninfected healthy donors. The DCs expressing HCV Core or NS3 Ags were able to stimulate T cells to produce various cytokines and proliferate in HCV Ag-dependent manner. Evidence of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell responses against HCV Core and NS3 generated in vitro were obtained by flow cytometry and Ab blocking experiments. Further, in secondary assays, the T cells primed in vitro exhibited HCV Ag-specific proliferative responses against recombinant protein Ags and also against immunodominant permissive peptide epitopes from HCV Ags. In summary, we demonstrate that the dendritic cells expressing HCV Ags are able to prime the Ag-specific T cells from uninfected healthy individuals in vitro. These studies have implications in designing cellular vaccines, T cell adoptive transfer therapy or vaccine candidates for HCV infection in both prophylactic and therapeutic settings.
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- Wen Li
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 720 Heritage Medical Research Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Schwartz M, Yoles E. Immune-Based Therapy for Spinal Cord Repair: Autologous Macrophages and Beyond. J Neurotrauma 2006; 23:360-70. [PMID: 16629622 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Spinal cord injury is a devastating condition of the central nervous system (CNS), often resulting in severe loss of tissue, functional impairment, and only limited repair. Studies over the last few years have shown that response to the insult and spontaneous attempts at repair are multiphasic processes, with varying and sometimes conflicting requirements. This knowledge has led to novel strategies of therapeutic intervention. Our view is that a pivotal role in repair, maintenance, healing, and cell renewal in the CNS, as in other tissues, is played by the immune system. The mode and timing of intervention must be carefully selected, however, as the capacity of the CNS to tolerate local repair mechanisms is limited. Studies have shown that the spontaneously evoked early innate response to CNS injury is characterized by invasion of neutrophils and is unfavorable for cell survival. This is followed by a response of the resident innate immune cells (microglia), which however cannot supply all the needs of the damaged tissue; moreover, once evoked, and for as long as the damage persists, the microglial response remains beyond the capacity of the CNS to tolerate it. Immune-based clinical intervention is most effective in improving functional and morphological recovery when delayed for a certain period. Effective intervention might be in the form of (1) local injection of "alternatively activated" macrophages, (2) systemic injection of dendritic cells specific to CNS antigens, or (3) T-cell-based vaccination. The treatment of choice depends on the severity of the insult, the site of injury, the therapeutic window, and safety considerations.
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- Michal Schwartz
- Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Elafin and SLPI (secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor) have multiple important roles both in normal homoeostasis and at sites of inflammation. These include antiprotease and antimicrobial activity as well as modulation of the response to LPS (lipopolysaccharide) stimulation. Elafin and SLPI are members of larger families of proteins secreted predominantly at mucosal sites, and have been shown to be modulated in multiple pathological conditions. We believe that elafin and SLPI are important molecules in the controlled functioning of the innate immune system, and may have further importance in the integration of this system with the adaptive immune response. Recent interest has focused on the influence of inflamed tissues on the recruitment and phenotypic modulation of cells of the adaptive immune system and, indeed, the local production of elafin and SLPI indicate that they are ideally placed in this regard. Functionally related proteins, such as the defensins and cathelicidins, have been shown to have direct effects upon dendritic cells with potential alteration of their phenotype towards type I or II immune responses. This review addresses the multiple functions of elafin and SLPI in the inflammatory response and discusses further their roles in the development of the adaptive immune response.
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- Steven E Williams
- Rayne Laboratory, Respiratory Medicine Unit, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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Fogar P, Sperti C, Basso D, Sanzari MC, Greco E, Davoli C, Navaglia F, Zambon CF, Pasquali C, Venza E, Pedrazzoli S, Plebani M. Decreased total lymphocyte counts in pancreatic cancer: an index of adverse outcome. Pancreas 2006; 32:22-8. [PMID: 16340740 DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000188305.90290.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES An impaired host immunity might concur in determining the dismal prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC). Our aim was to ascertain whether the immunophenotype pattern of blood lymphocytes in PC correlates with tumor stage, grade, or survival. METHODS We studied 115 patients with PC, 44 with chronic pancreatitis (CP), 23 with tumors of the pancreatico-biliary tract, and 34 healthy controls (CS). Survival data were available for 77 patients with PC. Lymphocyte subsets were determined by fluorescent activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis. RESULTS In patients with PC, total lymphocyte counts were lower than in CP or CS, and CD8 lymphocyte subset levels were higher with respect to CS. Lower circulating lymphocytes were found in advanced PC stages (IIB-IV; chi2 = 11.55, P < 0.05) compared with stages 0 to IIA. Cox regression analysis, made considering total lymphocyte counts and tumor stage as covariates, was found to be significant for both tumor stage (P < 0.001) and total lymphocyte counts (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The reduction of total lymphocytes in blood is the main immunologic change in advanced PC. The survival of these patients depends mainly on tumor stage, but it is also affected by the number of circulating lymphocytes, suggesting that the immune system plays an important role in pancreatic adenocarcinoma immunosurveillance and immunoediting.
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- Paola Fogar
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Cox K, North M, Burke M, Singhal H, Renton S, Aqel N, Islam S, Knight SC. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDC) are the major DC subset innately producing cytokines in human lymph nodes. J Leukoc Biol 2005; 78:1142-52. [PMID: 16260587 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1103532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDC) constitute a distinct subset of DC found in human peripheral lymph nodes (LN), but little is known about their function. Cell suspensions were prepared from tumor draining LN (n=20) and control LN (n=11) of women undergoing surgical resection for primary breast cancer and elective surgery for benign conditions, respectively. Using four-color flow cytometry, human leukocyte antigen-DR+ DC subsets were identified phenotypically. The proportions and numbers of cells innately producing interleukin (IL)-4, IL-10, IL-12, and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were also measured from intracellular accumulation of cytokine after blocking with monensin. All flow cytometry data were collected without compensation and were compensated off-line using the Winlist algorithm (Verity software). This package also provided the subtraction program to calculate percentage positive cells and intensity of staining. PDC (CD11c-, CD123+) expressed more cytokines than did myeloid DC (CD11c+) or CD1a+ putative "migratory" DC (P<0.001). LN PDC from patients with a good prognosis (px; n=11) demonstrated a relative increase in IL-12 and IFN-gamma expression (median IL-10:IL-12 ratio=0.78 and median IL-4:IFN-gamma ratio=0.7), and PDC from LN draining poor px cancer (n=9) showed a relative increase in IL-10 and IL-4 expression (median IL-10:IL-12 ratio=1.31 and median IL-4:IFN-gamma ratio=2.6). The difference in IL-4:IFN-gamma expression between good and poor px cancer groups was significant (P<0.05). Thus, PDC innately producing cytokines were identified in cell suspensions from human LN, and the character of PDC cytokine secretion may differ between two breast cancer prognostic groups. We speculate that a shift towards PDC IL-10 and IL-4 expression could promote tumor tolerance in LN draining poor px breast cancer.
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- Karina Cox
- Antigen Presentation Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Northwick Park and St. Marks Campus, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Panoskaltsis N. Dendritic cells in MDS and AML--cause, effect or solution to the immune pathogenesis of disease? Leukemia 2005; 19:354-7. [PMID: 15674424 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- N Panoskaltsis
- Department of Haematology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is common, and current therapies may not be suitable for the majority of patients with advanced disease. Cases of spontaneous regression suggest that immune mechanisms are important in the control of HCC. Experiments in animal models have shown that tolerance to HCC associated antigens can be overcome and using a number of different techniques researchers have been able to prevent the growth of implanted tumours. The most promising of these techniques is based on the use of dendritic cells, which are able to process and present antigens to activate naive T cells and, when loaded with tumour antigens, can stimulate a specific and durable anti-tumour response. The success of animal studies has led to interest in the clinical applicability of HCC immunotherapy. Non-specific adoptive immunotherapy has been successful in preventing disease recurrence after resection and cellular vaccines based on dendritic cells are now entering clinical trials. The use of dendritic-cell vaccination raises exciting possibilities of preventing the formation of HCC in high-risk individuals such as those with cirrhosis.
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- James P O'Beirne
- Department of Liver Studies & Transplantation, King's College, London, UK.
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Vaccination with dendritic cells pulsed with peptides of myelin basic protein promotes functional recovery from spinal cord injury. J Neurosci 2003. [PMID: 14507981 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-25-08808.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Injury-induced self-destructive processes cause significant functional loss after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Cellular elements of both the innate (macrophage) and the adaptive (T-cell) immune response can, if properly activated and controlled, promote post-traumatic regrowth and protection after SCI. Dendritic cells (DCs) trigger activation of effector and regulatory T-cells, providing a link between the functions of the innate and the adaptive immune systems. They also initiate and control the body's response to pathogenic agents and regulate immune responses to both foreign and self-antigens. Here we show that post-injury injection of bone marrow-derived DCs pulsed with encephalitogenic or nonencephalitogenic peptides derived from myelin basic protein, when administered (either systemically or locally by injection into the lesion site) up to 12 d after the injury, led to significant and pronounced recovery from severe incomplete SCI. No significant protection was seen in DC recipients deprived of mature T-cells. Flow cytometry, RT-PCR, and proliferation assays indicated that the DCs prepared and used here were mature and immunogenic. Taken together, the results suggest that the DC-mediated neuroprotection was achieved via the induction of a systemic T-cell-dependent immune response. Better preservation of neural tissue and diminished formation of cysts and scar tissue accompanied the improved functional recovery in DC-treated rats. The use of antigen-specific DCs may represent an effective way to obtain, via transient induction of an autoimmune response, the maximal benefit of immune-mediated repair and maintenance as well as protection against self-destructive compounds.
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