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Jafarzadeh A, Bazargan N, Chatrabnous N, Jafarzadeh S, Nemati M. Contribution of survivin to the immune system, allergies and autoimmune diseases. Hum Immunol 2023; 84:301-310. [PMID: 36754653 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2023.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
In addition to malignancies, survivin (a member of the apoptosis inhibitor family) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders, including autoimmune and allergic diseases. Survivin is constantly expressed in the proliferating hematopoietic progenitor cells, and it is re-expressed in the mature cells of the innate and adaptive immunity, upon activation. Survivin enhances the expression of co-stimulatory molecules and MHC class II molecules in dendritic cells, and promotes the lifespan of macrophages, neutrophils, and eosinophils, while suppressing natural killer (NK) cell activity. Survivin has been implicated in T cell maturation, T cell expansion, effector CD4+ T cell differentiation, maintenance of memory CD4+ T and CD8+ T cells, as well as antibody production. Upregulated expression of survivin was indicated in the T cells as well as various samples collected from allergic patients. Survivin can contribute to the pathogenesis of allergic diseases via the promotion of the Th2 polarization, promoting IL-4 expression, compromising activation-induced cell death (AICD) in Th2 cells, and preventing apoptosis of eosinophils, as well as, amplification of eosinophilia. Moreover, survivin can interfere with clonal deletion of autoreactive T and B cells, as well as suppress Treg cell development and activity supporting the development of autoimmune diseases. This review discusses the role of survivin in immunity, allergy and autoimmunity as well as provides evidence that survivin may be considered as a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abdollah Jafarzadeh
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran; Department of Haematology and Laboratory Sciences, School of Para-Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Han X, Hu S, Yang Q, Sang X, Tang D, Cao G. Paeoniflorin ameliorates airway inflammation and immune response in ovalbumin induced asthmatic mice: From oxidative stress to autophagy. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2022; 96:153835. [PMID: 34799185 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2021.153835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Asthma characterized by airway remodeling is a multiple pulmonary disease, which is associated with various physiological processes including inflammation reaction, immune response, oxidative stress and autophagy. PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate whether these processes are modulated by the total glucosides of Paeonia lactiflora Pall (TGP), and its active compound paeoniflorin (PF) with anti-inflammatory and immune-regulatory effects could alleviate ovalbumin (OVA)-induced mouse asthma. METHODS In vivo, models of mouse asthma were established by intraperitoneally with a mixture of OVA and aluminum hydroxide, plus a single nasal injected with OVA to female C57BL/6 mice. The results were observed with PET imaging, TEM, RT-PCR, western blotting. In vitro, CD4+ T cells were isolated and detected with flow cytometry. RESULTS TGP, either in its crude or processed form, and PF effectively ameliorated lung injury in mice induced by OVA, regulated immune/inflammatory response by inhibiting the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, thereby decreasing Th2 cell proportion, inhibited oxidative stress by recovering mitochondrial membrane potential and regulating metabolic activity in dose-dependent manner. Moreover, PF could inhibit autophagy by regulating mitochondrial function. In addition, the therapeutic effects of TGP and PF on pulmonary injury in asthmatic mice were not affected by processing. CONCLUSION PF may be a valuable agent in ameliorating inflammation and immune response in asthmatic mice, and the possible mechanism involved in this response rang may from oxidative stress to autophagy.
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- Xin Han
- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Universit of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Guiyang, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
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Zhang R, Ren Z, Celedón JC, Chen W. Inference of large modified Poisson-type graphical models: Application to RNA-seq data in childhood atopic asthma studies. Ann Appl Stat 2021. [DOI: 10.1214/20-aoas1413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Rong Zhang
- Department of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
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- Department of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
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- Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
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- Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
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Everson TM, Zhang H, Lockett GA, Kaushal A, Forthofer M, Ewart SL, Burrows K, Relton CL, Sharp GC, Henderson AJ, Patil VK, Rezwan FI, Arshad SH, Holloway JW, Karmaus W. Epigenome-wide association study of asthma and wheeze characterizes loci within HK1. ALLERGY, ASTHMA, AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 15:43. [PMID: 31367216 PMCID: PMC6657035 DOI: 10.1186/s13223-019-0356-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND To identify novel epigenetic markers of adolescent asthma and replicate findings in an independent cohort, then explore whether such markers are detectable at birth, predictive of early-life wheeze, and associated with gene expression in cord blood. METHODS We performed epigenome-wide screening with recursive random forest feature selection and internal validation in the IOW birth cohort. We then tested whether we could replicate these findings in the independent cohort ALSPAC and followed-up our top finding with children of the IOW cohort. RESULTS We identified 10 CpG sites associated with adolescent asthma at a 5% false discovery rate (IOW, n = 370), five of which exhibited evidence of associations in the replication study (ALSPAC, n = 720). One site, cg16658191, within HK1 displayed particularly strong associations after cellular heterogeneity adjustments in both cohorts (ORIOW = 0.17, 95% CI 0.04-0.57) (ORALSPAC = 0.57, 95% CI 0.38-0.87). Additionally, higher expression of HK1 (OR = 3.81, 95% CI 1.41-11.77) in cord blood was predictive of wheezing in infancy (n = 82). CONCLUSION We identified novel associations between asthma and wheeze with methylation at cg16658191 and the expression of HK1, which may serve as markers of, predictors of, and potentially etiologic factors involved in asthma and early life wheeze.
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- Todd M. Everson
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
- Present Address: Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, 236A Robison Hall, Memphis, TN 38152 USA
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK
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- Center for Precision and Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
- Present Address: Department of Public Health Sciences at the College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223 USA
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN UK
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- Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN UK
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- The David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight UK
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK
- The David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight UK
- NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK
- Clinical and Experimental Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, 236A Robison Hall, Memphis, TN 38152 USA
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Datta A, Moitra S, Faruk SMO, Das PK, Mondal S, Hazra I, Basu AK, Tripathi SK, Chaudhuri S. Unravelling the apoptotic mechanisms in T-lymphocytes in an animal model for pollen induced airway allergy and studying the impact of specific immunotherapy. Immunobiology 2018; 224:183-195. [PMID: 30471949 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, increasing in prevalence worldwide. Reduced T cell apoptosis may interfere with the down-regulation of an immune response resulting in T cell accumulation contributing to the chronic inflammation of asthma. Most studies focused so far on apoptosis of eosinophils but the detailed role of T lymphocytes apoptosis in allergic diseases is unclear yet. The present experimental study was designed to discern the modulation of various apoptotic proteins of splenic T lymphocytes in a previously established rat model of Alstonia scholaris pollen induced airway allergy. Flowcytometry, immunoblotting, and immunofluorescence imaging techniques were employed for the present investigation. Annexin-V studies registered early apoptotic rate of lymphocytes with allergen sensitization and challenge which was corrected following mucosal immunotherapy. The study demonstrates that allergen sensitization and challenge reduced apoptosis of splenic T-lymphocytes via Fas mediated extrinsic pathway, Bax/Bcl2 regulated intrinsic pathway and also perforin/granzyme mediated pathway which were normalized following allergen specific intranasal immunotherapy. Inadequate T cell apoptosis in asthma appears to interfere with normal T cell elimination, resulting in T cell accumulation, which contributes to chronic inflammation and may be the major underlying cause for tissue damage which can be modulated by intranasal immunotherapy. Thus the apoptosis inducing effect of allergen immunotherapy necessitates more studies to elaborate on its effects on various effector cells of airway inflammation.
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- Ankur Datta
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India; Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India; Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biochemistry & Medical Biotechnology, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C. R. Avenue, Kolkata, 700073, West Bengal, India.
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Datta A, Moitra S, Das PK, Mondal S, Omar Faruk SM, Hazra I, Tripathi SK, Chaudhuri S. Allergen immunotherapy modulates sensitivity of Treg cells to apoptosis in a rat model of allergic asthma. Immunotherapy 2018; 9:1239-1251. [PMID: 29130799 DOI: 10.2217/imt-2017-0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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AIM To study the apoptosis of Foxp3+ Treg cells following Alstonia scholaris pollen sensitization-challenge and following allergen immunotherapy. MATERIALS & METHODS Wistar rats were sensitized-challenged with Alstonia scholaris pollen and were further given intranasal immunotherapy. For the analysis of the apoptotic proteins on Treg cells by flow cytometry, multiple gating procedures were followed. RESULTS Allergen sensitization-challenge increases Annexin-V, Fas, FasL, caspases-8, 9, 3 cytochrome-C, APAF-1, Bax, perforin-1 and granzyme-B on Treg cells which is decreased following intranasal immunotherapy. On the other hand, Bcl-2 expression is decreased in allergy and increased by immunotherapy. CONCLUSION Apoptosis of Treg cells is increased following allergen sensitization-challenge via extrinsic, intrinsic and perforin/granzyme pathways and allergen immunotherapy decreased the sensitivity to apoptosis of Treg cells.
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- Ankur Datta
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, 108 C R Avenue, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
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Orihara K, Odemuyiwa SO, Stefura WP, Ilarraza R, HayGlass KT, Moqbel R. Neurotransmitter signalling via NMDA receptors leads to decreased T helper type 1-like and enhanced T helper type 2-like immune balance in humans. Immunology 2017; 153:368-379. [PMID: 28940416 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Given the pivotal roles that CD4+ T cell imbalance plays in human immune disorders, much interest centres on better understanding influences that regulate human helper T-cell subset dominance in vivo. Here, using primary CD4+ T cells and short-term T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2-like lines, we investigated roles and mechanisms by which neurotransmitter receptors may influence human type 1 versus type 2 immunity. We hypothesized that N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDA-R), which play key roles in memory and learning, can also regulate human CD4+ T cell function through induction of excitotoxicity. Fresh primary CD4+ T cells from healthy donors express functional NMDA-R that are strongly up-regulated upon T cell receptor (TCR) mediated activation. Synthetic and physiological NMDA-R agonists elicited Ca2+ flux and led to marked inhibition of type 1 but not type 2 or interleukin-10 cytokine responses. Among CD4+ lines, NMDA and quinolinic acid preferentially reduced cytokine production, Ca2+ flux, proliferation and survival of Th1-like cells through increased induction of cell death whereas Th2-like cells were largely spared. Collectively, the findings demonstrate that (i) NMDA-R is rapidly up-regulated upon CD4+ T cell activation in humans and (ii) Th1 versus Th2 cell functions such as proliferation, cytokine production and cell survival are differentially affected by NMDA-R agonists. Differential cytokine production and proliferative capacity of Th1 versus Th2 cells is attributable in part to increased physiological cell death among fully committed Th1 versus Th2 cells, leading to increased Th2-like dominance. Hence, excitotoxicity, beyond its roles in neuronal plasticity, may contribute to ongoing modulation of human T cell responses.
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- Kanami Orihara
- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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