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Hao L, Zhong W, Woo J, Wei X, Ma H, Dong H, Guo W, Sun X, Yue R, Zhao J, Zhang Q, Zhou Z. Conventional type 1 dendritic cells protect against gut barrier disruption via maintaining Akkermansia muciniphila in alcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology 2023; 78:896-910. [PMID: 36626632 PMCID: PMC11140646 DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Alcohol-perturbed gut immune homeostasis is associated with the development of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). However, the role of intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) in ALD progression is still unknown. This study aimed to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms through which intestinal DCs respond to alcohol exposure and contribute to the pathogenesis of ALD. APPROACH AND RESULTS After 8 weeks of alcohol consumption, the number of basic leucine zipper transcription factor ATF-like 3 ( Batf3 )-dependent conventional type 1 DCs (cDC1s) was dramatically decreased in the intestine but not the liver. cDC1 deficient Batf3 knockout mice along with wild-type mice were subjected to chronic-binge ethanol feeding to determine the role of intestinal cDC1s reduction in ALD. cDC1s deficiency exacerbated alcohol-induced gut barrier disruption, bacterial endotoxin translocation into the circulation, and liver injury. Adoptive transfer of cDC1s to alcohol-fed mice ameliorated alcohol-mediated gut barrier dysfunction and liver injury. Further studies revealed that intestinal cDC1s serve as a positive regulator of Akkermansia muciniphila ( A. muciniphila ). Oral administration of A. muciniphila markedly reversed alcoholic steatohepatitis in mice. Mechanistic studies revealed that cDC1s depletion exacerbated alcohol-downregulated intestinal antimicrobial peptides which play a crucial role in maintaining A. muciniphila abundance, by disrupting the IL-12-interferon gamma signaling pathway. Lastly, we identified that intestinal cDC1s were required for the protective role of Lactobacillus reuteri in alcoholic steatohepatitis. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that cDC1s protect alcohol-induced liver injury by maintaining A. muciniphila abundance in mice. Targeting cDC1s may serve as a promising therapeutic approach for treating ALD.
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- Liuyi Hao
- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Nutrition, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Nutrition, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
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The immune system employs recognition tools to communicate with its microbial evolutionary partner. Among all the methods of microbial perception, T cells enable the widest spectrum of microbial recognition resolution, ranging from the crudest detection of whole groups of microbes to the finest detection of specific antigens. The application of this recognition capability to the crucial task of combatting infections has been the focus of classical immunology. We now appreciate that the coevolution of the immune system and the microbiota has led to development of a lush immunological decision tree downstream of microbial recognition, of which an inflammatory response is but one branch. In this review we discuss known T cell-microbe interactions in the gut and place them in the context of an algorithmic framework of recognition, context-dependent interpretation, and response circuits across multiple levels of microbial recognition resolution. The malleability of T cells in response to the microbiota presents an opportunity to edit immune response cellularity, identity, and functionality by utilizing microbiota-controlled pathways to promote human health.
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- Ivaylo I Ivanov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Immunology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan;
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The immune system employs recognition tools to communicate with its microbial evolutionary partner. Among all the methods of microbial perception, T cells enable the widest spectrum of microbial recognition resolution, ranging from the crudest detection of whole groups of microbes to the finest detection of specific antigens. The application of this recognition capability to the crucial task of combatting infections has been the focus of classical immunology. We now appreciate that the coevolution of the immune system and the microbiota has led to development of a lush immunological decision tree downstream of microbial recognition, of which an inflammatory response is but one branch. In this review we discuss known T cell-microbe interactions in the gut and place them in the context of an algorithmic framework of recognition, context-dependent interpretation, and response circuits across multiple levels of microbial recognition resolution. The malleability of T cells in response to the microbiota presents an opportunity to edit immune response cellularity, identity, and functionality by utilizing microbiota-controlled pathways to promote human health.
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- Ivaylo I Ivanov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Immunology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan;
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Sasaki T, Nagashima H, Okuma A, Yamauchi T, Yamasaki K, Aiba S, So T, Ishii N, Owada Y, MaruYama T, Kobayashi S. Functional Analysis of the Transcriptional Regulator IκB-ζ in Intestinal Homeostasis. Dig Dis Sci 2022; 67:1252-1259. [PMID: 33818662 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-021-06958-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Toll-like receptor signaling pathway contributes to the regulation of intestinal homeostasis through interactions with commensal bacteria. Although the transcriptional regulator IκB-ζ can be induced by Toll-like receptor signaling, its role in intestinal homeostasis is still unclear. AIMS To investigate the role of IκB-ζ in gut homeostasis. METHODS DSS-administration induced colitis in control and IκB-ζ-deficient mice. The level of immunoglobulins in feces was detected by ELISA. The immunological population in lamina propria (LP) was analyzed by FACS. RESULTS IκB-ζ-deficient mice showed severe inflammatory diseases with DSS administration in the gut. The level of IgM in the feces after DSS administration was less in IκB-ζ-deficient mice compared to control mice. Upon administration of DSS, IκB-ζ-deficient mice showed exaggerated intestinal inflammation (more IFN-g-producing CD4+ T cells in LP), and antibiotic treatment canceled this inflammatory phenotype. CONCLUSION IκB-ζ plays a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis in the gut.
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- Tomoki Sasaki
- Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Response, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Response, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Organ Anatomy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Response, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,Mucosal Immunology Unit, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Response, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. .,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. .,Department of Organ Anatomy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
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Genetic and commensal induction of IL-18 drive intestinal epithelial MHCII via IFNγ. Mucosal Immunol 2021; 14:1100-1112. [PMID: 34103660 PMCID: PMC8562907 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-021-00419-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) is dynamically expressed on intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) throughout the intestine, but its regulation remains poorly understood. We observed that spontaneous upregulation of IEC MHCII in locally bred Rag1-/- mice correlated with serum Interleukin (IL)-18, was transferrable via co-housing to commercially bred immunodeficient mice and could be inhibited by both IL-12 and IL-18 blockade. Overproduction of intestinal IL-18 due to an activating Nlrc4 mutation upregulated IEC MHCII via classical inflammasome machinery independently of immunodeficiency or dysbiosis. Immunodeficient dysbiosis increased Il-18 transcription, which synergized with NLRC4 inflammasome activity to drive elevations in serum IL-18. This IL-18-MHCII axis was confirmed in several other models of intestinal and systemic inflammation. Elevated IL-18 reliably preceded MHCII upregulation, suggesting an indirect effect on IECs, and mice with IL-18 overproduction showed activation or expansion of type 1 lymphocytes. Interferon gamma (IFNg) was uniquely able to upregulate IEC MHCII in enteroid cultures and was required for MHCII upregulation in several in vivo systems. Thus, we have linked intestinal dysbiosis, systemic inflammation, and inflammasome activity to IEC MHCII upregulation via an intestinal IL-18-IFNg axis. Understanding this process may be crucial for determining the contribution of IEC MHCII to intestinal homeostasis, host defense, and tolerance.
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Galen JE, Wahid R, Buskirk AD. Strategies for Enhancement of Live-Attenuated Salmonella-Based Carrier Vaccine Immunogenicity. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:162. [PMID: 33671124 PMCID: PMC7923097 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9020162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The use of live-attenuated bacterial vaccines as carriers for the mucosal delivery of foreign antigens to stimulate the mucosal immune system was first proposed over three decades ago. This novel strategy aimed to induce immunity against at least two distinct pathogens using a single bivalent carrier vaccine. It was first tested using a live-attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain in clinical trials in 1984, with excellent humoral immune responses against the carrier strain but only modest responses elicited against the foreign antigen. Since then, clinical trials with additional Salmonella-based carrier vaccines have been conducted. As with the original trial, only modest foreign antigen-specific immunity was achieved in most cases, despite the incorporation of incremental improvements in antigen expression technologies and carrier design over the years. In this review, we will attempt to deconstruct carrier vaccine immunogenicity in humans by examining the basis of bacterial immunity in the human gastrointestinal tract and how the gut detects and responds to pathogens versus benign commensal organisms. Carrier vaccine design will then be explored to determine the feasibility of retaining as many characteristics of a pathogen as possible to elicit robust carrier and foreign antigen-specific immunity, while avoiding over-stimulation of unacceptably reactogenic inflammatory responses.
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- James E. Galen
- Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA;
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- Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA;
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Office of Process and Facilities, Division of Microbiology Assessment II, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA;
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Cetin B, Gumusay O. Understanding relevant immune mechanisms in gastrointestinal oncology. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2021; 27:1222-1234. [PMID: 33557689 DOI: 10.1177/1078155221992862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rapid and successful drug development has resulted in multiple treatment options for gastrointestinal cancer, requiring careful decision making for individual patients. The general theme in modern immunology is that the field is moving beyond establishing the fundamental principles of immune response mechanisms to applying these propositions to understand human diseases and develop new therapies. Immunotherapy has contributed enormously to cancer treatments with a virtual explosion in novel therapeutics including checkpoint inhibitors and other recently developed immunomodulators and the development of novel therapeutic approaches. Although the majority of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are generally considered poorly immunogenic, clinical trials have revealed that some of the patients with various gastrointestinal cancers are highly responsive to immune checkpoint inhibition-based therapies. We paid special attention to the clinical relevance of immunology and emphasized how newly developed therapies work, including what their strengths and pitfalls are. This review aims to enhance the interest of practitioners in the many specialties and subspecialties that the discipline influences and to assist them in understanding this increasing complexity.
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- Bulent Cetin
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Faluyi OO, Hull MA, Markham AF, Bonifer C, Coletta PL. Reduction in the resident intestinal myelomonocytic cell population occurs during ApcMin/+ mouse intestinal tumorigenesis. Oncol Lett 2021; 21:263. [PMID: 33664826 PMCID: PMC7884874 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.12524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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With its significant contribution to cancer mortality globally, advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) requires new treatment strategies. However, despite recent good results for mismatch repair (MMR)-deficient CRC and other malignancies, such as melanoma, the vast majority of MMR-proficient CRCs are resistant to checkpoint inhibitor (CKI) therapy. MMR-proficient CRCs commonly develop from precursor adenomas with enhanced Wnt-signalling due to adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mutations. In melanomas with enhanced Wnt signalling due to stabilized β-catenin, immune anergy and resistance to CKI therapy has been observed, which is dependent on micro-environmental myelomonocytic (MM) cell depletion in melanoma models. However, MM populations of colorectal adenomas or CRC have not been studied. To characterize resident intestinal MM cell populations during the early stages of tumorigenesis, the present study utilized the ApcMin/+ mouse as a model of MMR-proficient CRC, using enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) expression in the mouse lysozyme (M-lys) lys-EGFP/+ mouse as a pan-myelomonocytic cell marker and a panel of murine macrophage surface markers. Total intestinal lamina propria mononuclear cell (LPMNC) numbers significantly decreased with age (2.32±1.39×107 [n=4] at 33 days of age vs. 1.06±0.24×107 [n=8] at 109 days of age) during intestinal adenoma development in ApcMin/+ mice (P=0.05; unpaired Student's t-test), but not in wild-type littermates (P=0.35). Decreased total LPMNC numbers were associated with atrophy of intestinal lymphoid follicles and the absence of MM/lymphoid cell aggregates in ApcMin/+ mouse intestine, but not spleen, compared with wild-type mice. Furthermore, during the early stage of intestinal adenoma development, there was a two-fold reduction of M-lys expressing cells (P=0.05) and four-fold reduction of ER-HR3 (macrophage sub-set) expressing cells (P=0.05; two tailed Mann-Whitney U test) in mice with reduced total intestinal LPMNCs (n=3). Further studies are necessary to determine the relevance of these findings to immune-surveillance of colorectal adenomas or MMR-proficient CRC CKI therapy resistance.
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- Olusola O Faluyi
- Section of Molecular Gastroenterology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire LS9 7TF, UK.,Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside CH63 4JY, UK.,Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 3BX, UK
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- Section of Molecular Gastroenterology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire LS9 7TF, UK
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- Section of Molecular Gastroenterology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire LS9 7TF, UK
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- Section of Experimental Haematology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire LS9 7TF, UK
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- Section of Molecular Gastroenterology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire LS9 7TF, UK
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Chiaranunt P, Burrows K, Ngai L, Mortha A. Isolation of mononuclear phagocytes from the mouse gut. Methods Enzymol 2019; 632:67-90. [PMID: 32000915 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2019.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The intestinal tract is home to trillions of microbes that make up the gut microbiota and is a major source of environmental antigens that can be derived from food, commensal microorganisms, and potential pathogens. Amidst this complex environment, myeloid cells, including macrophages (MPs) and dendritic cells (DCs), are key immunological sentinels that locally maintain both tissue and immune homeostasis. Recent research has revealed substantial functional and developmental heterogeneity within the intestinal DC and MP compartments, with evidence pointing to their regulation by the microbiota. DCs are classically divided into three subsets based on their CD103 and CD11b expression: CD103+CD11b-(XCR1+) cDC1s, CD103+CD11b+ cDC2s, and CD103-CD11b+ cDC2s. Meanwhile, mature gut MPs have recently been classified by their expression of Tim-4 and CD4 into a long-lived, self-maintaining Tim-4+CD4+ population and short-lived, monocyte-derived Tim-4-CD4+ and Tim-4-CD4- populations. In this chapter, we provide experimental procedures to classify and isolate these myeloid subsets from the murine intestinal lamina propria for functional characterization.
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- Pailin Chiaranunt
- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Tissue-Specific Immunity at the Oral Mucosal Barrier. Trends Immunol 2017; 39:276-287. [PMID: 28923364 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The oral mucosal barrier is constantly exposed to a plethora of triggers requiring immune control, including a diverse commensal microbiome, ongoing damage from mastication, and dietary and airborne antigens. However, how these tissue-specific cues participate in the training of immune responsiveness at this site is minimally understood. Moreover, the mechanisms mediating homeostatic immunity at this interface are not yet fully defined. Here we present basic aspects of the oral mucosal barrier and discuss local cues that may modulate and train local immune responsiveness. We particularly focus on the immune cell network mediating immune surveillance at a specific oral barrier, the gingiva - a constantly stimulated and dynamic environment where homeostasis is often disrupted, resulting in the common inflammatory disease periodontitis.
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Moingeon P, Mascarell L. Differences and similarities between sublingual immunotherapy of allergy and oral tolerance. Semin Immunol 2017; 30:52-60. [PMID: 28760498 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Allergen immunotherapy is the only treatment altering the natural course of IgE-mediated allergies. Whereas the subcutaneous route for immunotherapy (SCIT) has been historically considered as a reference, we discuss herein the relative advantages of the sublingual and oral routes as alternatives to SCIT in order to elicit allergen-specific tolerance. The buccal and gut immune systems are similarly organized to favor immune tolerance to antigens/allergens, due to the presence of tolerogenic dendritic cells and macrophages promoting the differentiation of CD4+ regulatory T cells. Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) is now established as a valid treatment option, with clinical efficacy demonstrated in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (to either grass, tree, weed pollens or mite allergens) and encouraging results obtained in the management of mild/moderate allergic asthma. While still exploratory, oral immunotherapy (OIT) has shown promising results in the desensitization of patients with food allergies. We review at both biological and clinical levels the perspectives currently pursued for those two mucosal routes.
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- Philippe Moingeon
- Research Department, Stallergenes Greer, 6 rue Alexis de Tocqueville, 92160 Antony, France.
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- Research Department, Stallergenes Greer, 6 rue Alexis de Tocqueville, 92160 Antony, France
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Wehner S, Engel DR. Resident macrophages in the healthy and inflamed intestinal muscularis externa. Pflugers Arch 2017; 469:541-552. [PMID: 28236119 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-017-1948-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Macrophages reside in a dense cellular network in the intestinal muscularis externa, and there is emerging evidence that the functionality of these cells determines the local microenvironment. Inflammatory responses during intestinal diseases change the homeostatic functionality of these cells causing inflammation and intestinal dysmotility. Such disturbances are not only induced by a change in the cellular composition in the intestinal muscularis but also by an altered crosstalk with the peripheral and central nervous system. In this review, we summarize the role of muscularis macrophages in the intestine in homeostasis and inflammation. We compare the functionality, the phenotype, and the origin of muscularis macrophages to their neighboring counterparts within the different layers of the intestine. We outline the cellular crosstalk with the enteric and the peripheral nervous system and summarize the current therapeutic approaches to modulate the functionality of these phagocytes.
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- Sven Wehner
- Department of Surgery/Immune Pathophysiology, University of Bonn, 53121, Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute for Experimental Immunology and Imaging, Department of Immunodynamics, University Duisburg-Essen and University Hospital Essen, 45147, Essen, Germany.
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El-Zaatari M, Kao JY. Role of Dietary Metabolites in Regulating the Host Immune Response in Gastrointestinal Disease. Front Immunol 2017; 8:51. [PMID: 28191010 PMCID: PMC5269446 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The host immune response to gastrointestinal (GI) infections, hypersensitivity reactions, or GI cancers comprises numerous pathways that elicit responses on different host cells. Some of these include (1) the stimulation of mast cells via their IgE receptor, (2) the production of antibodies leading to antibody-mediated cytotoxic T/natural killer cell killing, (3) the activation of the complement pathway, and (4) the activation of the adaptive immune response via antigen-presenting cell, T cell, and B cell interactions. Within the plethora of these different responses, several host immune cells represent major key players such as those of myeloid lineage (including neutrophils, macrophages, myeloid-derived suppressor cells) or lymphoid lineage (including T and B cells). In this review, we focus on newly identified metabolites and metabolite receptors that are expressed by either myeloid or lymphoid lineages. Irrespective of their source, these metabolites can in certain instances elicit responses on a wide range of cell types. The myeloid-expressed metabolic enzymes and receptors which we will discuss in this review include arginase 2 (Arg2), indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (Hcar2; also called GPR109A), and immunoresponsive gene 1 (Irg1). We will also review the role of the lymphoid-expressed metabolite receptor that binds to the sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) sphingolipid. Moreover, we will describe the synthesis and metabolism of retinoic acid, and its effect on T cell activation. The review will then discuss the function of these metabolites in the context of GI disease. The review provides evidence that metabolic pathways operate in a disease- and context-dependent manner-either independently or concomitantly-in the GI tract. Therefore, an integrated approach and combinatorial analyses are necessary to devise new therapeutic strategies that can synergistically improve prognoses.
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- Mohamad El-Zaatari
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Vitamin D on Human Immune Cells in the Context of Bacterial Infection. Nutrients 2016; 8:nu8120806. [PMID: 27973447 PMCID: PMC5188461 DOI: 10.3390/nu8120806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Revised: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Vitamin D induces a diverse range of biological effects, including important functions in bone health, calcium homeostasis and, more recently, on immune function. The role of vitamin D during infection is of particular interest given data from epidemiological studies suggesting that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of infection. Vitamin D has diverse immunomodulatory functions, although its role during bacterial infection remains unclear. In this study, we examined the effects of 1,25(OH)₂D₃, the active metabolite of vitamin D, on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and purified immune cell subsets isolated from healthy adults following stimulation with the bacterial ligands heat-killed pneumococcal serotype 19F (HK19F) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We found that 1,25(OH)₂D₃ significantly reduced pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-1β as well as the chemokine IL-8 for both ligands (three- to 53-fold), while anti-inflammatory IL-10 was increased (two-fold, p = 0.016) in HK19F-stimulated monocytes. Levels of HK19F-specific IFN-γ were significantly higher (11.7-fold, p = 0.038) in vitamin D-insufficient adults (<50 nmol/L) compared to sufficient adults (>50 nmol/L). Vitamin D also shifted the pro-inflammatory/anti-inflammatory balance towards an anti-inflammatory phenotype and increased the CD14 expression on monocytes (p = 0.008) in response to LPS but not HK19F stimulation. These results suggest that 1,25(OH)₂D₃ may be an important regulator of the inflammatory response and supports further in vivo and clinical studies to confirm the potential benefits of vitamin D in this context.
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Shen L, Krauthäuser S, Fischer K, Hobernik D, Abassi Y, Dzionek A, Nikolaev A, Voltz N, Diken M, Krummen M, Montermann E, Tubbe I, Lorenz S, Strand D, Schild H, Grabbe S, Bros M. Vaccination with trifunctional nanoparticles that address CD8 + dendritic cells inhibits growth of established melanoma. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2016; 11:2647-2662. [PMID: 27628310 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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AIM We wanted to assess the potency of a trifunctional nanoparticle (NP) that targeted and activated CD8+ dendritic cells (DC) and delivered an antigen to induce antitumor responses. MATERIALS & METHODS The DC targeting and activating properties of ferrous NPs conjugated with immunostimulatory CpG-oligonucleotides, anti-DEC205 antibody and ovalbumin (OVA) as a model antigen to induce antigen-specific T-cell responses and antitumor responses were analyzed. RESULTS OVA-loaded NP conjugated with immunostimulatory CpG-oligonucleotides and anti-DEC205 antibody efficiently targeted and activated CD8+ DC in vivo, and induced strong OVA-specific T-cell activation. Vaccination of B16/OVA tumor-burdened mice with this NP formulation resulted in tumor growth arrest. CONCLUSION CD8+ DC-targeting trifunctional nanocarriers bear significant potential for antitumor immunotherapy.
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- Limei Shen
- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Translational & Experimental Oncology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- TRON-Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University gGmbH, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Imaging Core Facility, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Imaging Core Facility, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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Ohta T, Sugiyama M, Hemmi H, Yamazaki C, Okura S, Sasaki I, Fukuda Y, Orimo T, Ishii KJ, Hoshino K, Ginhoux F, Kaisho T. Crucial roles of XCR1-expressing dendritic cells and the XCR1-XCL1 chemokine axis in intestinal immune homeostasis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:23505. [PMID: 27005831 PMCID: PMC4804307 DOI: 10.1038/srep23505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Intestinal immune homeostasis requires dynamic crosstalk between innate and adaptive immune cells. Dendritic cells (DCs) exist as multiple phenotypically and functionally distinct sub-populations within tissues, where they initiate immune responses and promote homeostasis. In the gut, there exists a minor DC subset defined as CD103(+)CD11b(-) that also expresses the chemokine receptor XCR1. In other tissues, XCR1(+) DCs cross-present antigen and contribute to immunity against viruses and cancer, however the roles of XCR1(+) DCs and XCR1 in the intestine are unknown. We showed that mice lacking XCR1(+) DCs are specifically deficient in intraepithelial and lamina propria (LP) T cell populations, with remaining T cells exhibiting an atypical phenotype and being prone to death, and are also more susceptible to chemically-induced colitis. Mice deficient in either XCR1 or its ligand, XCL1, similarly possess diminished intestinal T cell populations, and an accumulation of XCR1(+) DCs in the gut. Combined with transcriptome and surface marker expression analysis, these observations lead us to hypothesise that T cell-derived XCL1 facilitates intestinal XCR1(+) DC activation and migration, and that XCR1(+) DCs in turn provide support for T cell survival and function. Thus XCR1(+) DCs and the XCR1/XCL1 chemokine axis have previously-unappreciated roles in intestinal immune homeostasis.
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- Tomokazu Ohta
- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.,Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.,Laboratory for Host Defence, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.,Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.,Laboratory for Host Defence, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory for Host Defence, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.,Laboratory for Host Defence, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.,Laboratory for Host Defence, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.,Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Adjuvant Innovation, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan.,Laboratory of Vaccine Science, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.,Laboratory for Host Defence, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138648, Singapore
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- Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.,Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.,Laboratory for Host Defence, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Fonseca DMD, Hand TW, Han SJ, Gerner MY, Glatman Zaretsky A, Byrd AL, Harrison OJ, Ortiz AM, Quinones M, Trinchieri G, Brenchley JM, Brodsky IE, Germain RN, Randolph GJ, Belkaid Y. Microbiota-Dependent Sequelae of Acute Infection Compromise Tissue-Specific Immunity. Cell 2016; 163:354-66. [PMID: 26451485 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Infections have been proposed as initiating factors for inflammatory disorders; however, identifying associations between defined infectious agents and the initiation of chronic disease has remained elusive. Here, we report that a single acute infection can have dramatic and long-term consequences for tissue-specific immunity. Following clearance of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, sustained inflammation and associated lymphatic leakage in the mesenteric adipose tissue deviates migratory dendritic cells to the adipose compartment, thereby preventing their accumulation in the mesenteric lymph node. As a consequence, canonical mucosal immune functions, including tolerance and protective immunity, are persistently compromised. Post-resolution of infection, signals derived from the microbiota maintain inflammatory mesentery remodeling and consequently, transient ablation of the microbiota restores mucosal immunity. Our results indicate that persistent disruption of communication between tissues and the immune system following clearance of an acute infection represents an inflection point beyond which tissue homeostasis and immunity is compromised for the long-term. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
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- Denise Morais da Fonseca
- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Immunity at Barrier Sites Initiative, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14049-900, Brazil
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- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Immunity at Barrier Sites Initiative, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Immunity at Barrier Sites Initiative, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Systems Biology, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Immunity at Barrier Sites Initiative, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Immunity at Barrier Sites Initiative, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Department of Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Immunity at Barrier Sites Initiative, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Program in Tissue Immunity and Repair and Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Bioscience Branch, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Program in Tissue Immunity and Repair and Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Systems Biology, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Immunity at Barrier Sites Initiative, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Steinmeyer S, Lee K, Jayaraman A, Alaniz RC. Microbiota metabolite regulation of host immune homeostasis: a mechanistic missing link. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2015; 15:24. [PMID: 26139332 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-015-0524-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Metazoans predominantly co-exist with symbiotic microorganisms called the microbiota. Metagenomic surveys of the microbiota reveal a diverse ecosystem of microbes particularly in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Perturbations in the GI microbiota in higher mammals (i.e., humans) are linked to diseases with variegated symptomology including inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, and auto-inflammatory disorders. Indeed, studies using germ-free mice (lacking a microbiota) confirm that host development and homeostasis are dependent on the microbiota. A long-known key feature of the GI tract microbiota is metabolizing host indigestible dietary matter for maximum energy extraction; however, host signaling pathways are greatly influenced by the microbiota as well. In line with these observations, recent research has revealed that metabolites produced strictly by select microbiota members are mechanistic regulators of host cell functions. In this review, we discuss two major classes of microbiota-produced metabolites: short-chain fatty acids and tryptophan metabolites. We describe the known important roles for these metabolites in shaping host immunity and comment on the current status and future directions for microbiota metabolomics research.
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- S Steinmeyer
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, 77843, USA,
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How commensal-specific T cells are controlled in the periphery is poorly understood. In a recent issue of Science, Hepworth et al. (2015) show that ILC3s induce apoptosis of microbiota-specific CD4 T cells in a form of extrathymic negative selection.
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- Adam M Farkas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Panea C, Farkas AM, Goto Y, Abdollahi-Roodsaz S, Lee C, Koscsó B, Gowda K, Hohl TM, Bogunovic M, Ivanov II. Intestinal Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Control Commensal-Specific Th17 Responses. Cell Rep 2015; 12:1314-24. [PMID: 26279572 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Generation of different CD4 T cell responses to commensal and pathogenic bacteria is crucial for maintaining a healthy gut environment, but the associated cellular mechanisms are poorly understood. Dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages (Mfs) integrate microbial signals and direct adaptive immunity. Although the role of DCs in initiating T cell responses is well appreciated, how Mfs contribute to the generation of CD4 T cell responses to intestinal microbes is unclear. Th17 cells are critical for mucosal immune protection and at steady state are induced by commensal bacteria, such as segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB). Here, we examined the roles of mucosal DCs and Mfs in Th17 induction by SFB in vivo. We show that Mfs, and not conventional CD103(+) DCs, are essential for the generation of SFB-specific Th17 responses. Thus, Mfs drive mucosal T cell responses to certain commensal bacteria.
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- Casandra Panea
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Abdi K, Singh NJ. Making many from few: IL-12p40 as a model for the combinatorial assembly of heterodimeric cytokines. Cytokine 2015; 76:53-7. [PMID: 26242928 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2015.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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How dendritic cells (DCs) gather information from the local milieu at a site of infection or injury and communicate this to influence adaptive immunity is not well understood. We and others have reported that soon after microbial encounter, DCs secrete the p40 subunit of IL-12, by itself, in a monomeric form. Based on recent data that this p40 monomer subsequently associates with p35 released from other cells to generate functional IL-12, we proposed that p40 can function as a DC-derived probe which samples the composition of the local milieu by looking for other binding partners. In this opinion, we discuss how such a sampling function might generate an elaborate combinatorial "code" of heterodimeric cytokines, capable of conveying location-specific information to cells downstream of DC activation, including NK and T cells.
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- Kaveh Abdi
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Twinbrook II 12441 Parklawn Dr., Rockville, MD 20852, United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 W Baltimore St, HSF1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We conducted a systematic literature search for studies investigating the link between atopic dermatitis and food sensitization or clinically significant allergy (FA) in adults, to assess the strength of the association between the two diseases in both general and selected populations. RECENT FINDINGS Around 10% of adults with FA have concomitant atopic dermatitis at the population level. Adult atopic dermatitis patients show much higher rates of sensitization to foods than healthy individuals, in particular to food proteins cross-reactive with airborne allergens, rather than the food allergens that typically predominate amongst children with atopic dermatitis. When food challenges have been performed, rather than relying on questionnaire information and specific IgE testing alone, they often do not confirm eczematous reactions. Only half of patients who have challenge-proven FA improve on a strict elimination diet. SUMMARY Challenge-proven FA in adults with atopic dermatitis is uncommon. The incidence of new-onset FA in adult atopic dermatitis patients is currently unknown, as are the main routes of sensitization. There is increasing evidence from studies in infants that sensitization to food protein can occur across the skin barrier, in particular in the presence of eczematous skin inflammation. Carefully conducted large longitudinal studies amongst adults that take into account skin barrier function and genetics are required.
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Ferris ST, Carrero JA, Mohan JF, Calderon B, Murphy KM, Unanue ER. A minor subset of Batf3-dependent antigen-presenting cells in islets of Langerhans is essential for the development of autoimmune diabetes. Immunity 2015; 41:657-69. [PMID: 25367577 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Autoimmune diabetes is characterized by inflammatory infiltration; however, the initiating events are poorly understood. We found that the islets of Langerhans in young nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice contained two antigen-presenting cell (APC) populations: a major macrophage and a minor CD103(+) dendritic cell (DC) population. By 4 weeks of age, CD4(+) T cells entered islets coincident with an increase in CD103(+) DCs. In order to examine the role of the CD103(+) DCs in diabetes, we examined Batf3-deficient NOD mice that lacked the CD103(+) DCs in islets and pancreatic lymph nodes. This led to a lack of autoreactive T cells in islets and, importantly, no incidence of diabetes. Additional examination revealed that presentation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I epitopes in the pancreatic lymph nodes was absent with a partial impairment of MHC class II presentation. Altogether, this study reveals that CD103(+) DCs are essential for autoimmune diabetes development.
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- Stephen T Ferris
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Baird FJ, Lopata AL. The dichotomy of pathogens and allergens in vaccination approaches. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:365. [PMID: 25076945 PMCID: PMC4100532 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Traditional prophylactic vaccination to prevent illness is the primary objective of many research activities worldwide. The golden age of vaccination began with an approach called variolation in ancient China and the evolution of vaccines still continues today with modern developments such as the production of Gardasil(TM) against HPV and cervical cancer. The historical aspect of how different forms of vaccination have changed the face of medicine and communities is important as it dictates our future approaches on both a local and global scale. From the eradication of smallpox to the use of an experimental vaccine to save a species, this review will explore these successes in infectious disease vaccination and also discuss a few significant failures which have hampered our efforts to eradicate certain diseases. The second part of the review will explore designing a prophylactic vaccine for the growing global health concern that is allergy. Allergies are an emerging global health burden. Of particular concern is the rise of food allergies in developed countries where 1 in 10 children is currently affected. The formation of an allergic response results from the recognition of a foreign component by our immune system that is usually encountered on a regular basis. This may be a dust-mite or a prawn but this inappropriate immune response can result in a life-time of food avoidance and lifestyle restrictions. These foreign components are very similar to antigens derived from infectious pathogens. The question arises: should the allergy community be focussing on protective measures rather than ongoing therapeutic interventions to deal with these chronic inflammatory conditions? We will explore the difficulties and benefits of prophylactic vaccination against various allergens by means of genetic technology that will dictate how vaccination against allergens could be utilized in the near future.
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- Fiona J. Baird
- Centre for Biodiscovery & Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Centre for Biosecurity in Tropical Infectious Diseases, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, James Cook UniversityTownsville, QLD, Australia
- Molecular Immunology Group, School of Pharmacy and Molecular Biology, James Cook UniversityTownsville, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiscovery & Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Centre for Biosecurity in Tropical Infectious Diseases, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, James Cook UniversityTownsville, QLD, Australia
- Molecular Immunology Group, School of Pharmacy and Molecular Biology, James Cook UniversityTownsville, QLD, Australia
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Chai JN, Zhou YW, Hsieh CS. T cells and intestinal commensal bacteria--ignorance, rejection, and acceptance. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:4167-75. [PMID: 24997344 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Trillions of commensal bacteria cohabit our bodies to mutual benefit. In the past several years, it has become clear that the adaptive immune system is not ignorant of intestinal commensal bacteria, but is constantly interacting with them. For T cells, the response to commensal bacteria does not appear uniform, as certain commensal bacterial species appear to trigger effector T cells to reject and control them, whereas other species elicit Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells to accept and be tolerant of them. Here, we review our current knowledge of T cell differentiation in response to commensal bacteria, and how this process leads to immune homeostasis in the intestine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jiani N Chai
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63132, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63132, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63132, United States.
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