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Li X, Tan J, Zhang Z. cRARα: Derailleur nuclear retinoic acid chain to TCR. Allergy 2024; 79:1383-1385. [PMID: 38240138 DOI: 10.1111/all.16034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Xingjie Li
- Inflammation and Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
- The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Inflammation and Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
- The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Inflammation and Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
- The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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Falduto GH, Schwartz DM. Stepping off the beaten path: A multiomic atlas uncovers novel trajectories of T-cell exhaustion. Allergy 2023; 78:2802-2804. [PMID: 37191851 DOI: 10.1111/all.15770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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- Guido H Falduto
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Polak D, Vollmann U, Grilo J, Bogdanov IV, Aglas L, Ovchinnikova TV, Ferreira F, Bohle B. Bet v 1-independent sensitization to major allergens in Fagales pollen: Evidence at the T-cell level. Allergy 2023; 78:743-751. [PMID: 36424884 DOI: 10.1111/all.15594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND In birch-dominated areas, allergies to pollen from trees of the order Fagales are considered to be initiated by the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1. However, the sensitizing activity of Bet v 1-homologs in Fagales pollen might be underestimated. Allergen-specific T-cells are crucial in the sensitization process. The T-cell response to major allergens from alder, hazel, oak, hornbeam, chestnut, beech, and chestnut pollen has not yet been analyzed. Here, we characterized the cellular cross-reactivity of major allergens in Fagales pollen with Bet v 1. METHODS T-cell-lines (TCL) were established from allergic individuals with Aln g 1, Car b 1, Ost c 1, Cor a 1, Fag s 1, Cas s 1, and Que a 1, and tested for reactivity with Bet v 1 and synthetic overlapping 12-mer peptides representing its primary sequence. Aln g 1-specific TCL was additionally tested with Aln g 1-derived peptides and all allergens. IgE-competition experiments with Aln g 1 and Bet v 1 were performed. RESULTS T-cell-lines initiated with Fagales pollen allergens varied strongly in their reactivity with Bet v 1 and by the majority responded stronger to the original stimulus. Cross-reactivity was mostly restricted to the epitope Bet v 1142-153 . No distinct cross-reactivity of Aln g 1-specific T-cells with Bet v 1 was detected. Among 22 T-cell epitopes, Aln g 1 contained two immunodominant epitopes. Bet v 1 inhibited IgE-binding to Aln g 1 less potently than Aln g 1 itself. CONCLUSION The cellular cross-reactivity of major Fagales pollen allergens with Bet v 1 was unincisive, particularly for Aln g 1, most akin to Bet v 1. Our results indicate that humoral and cellular responses to these allergens are not predominantly based on cross-reactivity with the major birch pollen allergen but suggest a Bet v 1-independent sensitization in individuals from birch tree-dominated areas.
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- Dominika Polak
- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Science-Educational Center, M. M. Shemyakin & Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Science-Educational Center, M. M. Shemyakin & Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Pessina B, Guarnieri V, Scarallo L. Entering the era of phage therapy: A 'happy hour' for inflammatory bowel diseases. Allergy 2023; 78:889-891. [PMID: 36600597 DOI: 10.1111/all.15636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Benedetta Pessina
- Department of Health Sciences, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Martín-Cruz L, Sevilla-Ortega C, Angelina A, Domínguez-Andrés J, Netea MG, Subiza JL, Palomares O. From trained immunity in allergy to trained immunity-based allergen vaccines. Clin Exp Allergy 2023; 53:145-155. [PMID: 36494877 DOI: 10.1111/cea.14261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Innate immune cells experience long lasting metabolic and epigenetic changes after an encounter with specific stimuli. This facilitates enhanced immune responses upon secondary exposition to both the same and unrelated pathogens, a process termed trained immunity. Trained immunity-based vaccines (TIbV) are vaccines able to induce innate immune memory, thus conferring heterologous protection against a broad range of pathogens. While trained immunity has been well documented in the context of infections and multiple immune-mediated diseases, the role of innate immune memory and its contribution to the initiation and maintenance of chronic allergic diseases remains poorly understood. Over the last years, different studies attempting to uncover the role of trained immunity in allergy have emerged. Exposition to environmental factors impacting allergy development such as allergens or viruses induces the reprogramming of innate immune cells to acquire a more pro-inflammatory phenotype in the context of asthma or food allergy. Several studies have convincingly demonstrated that prevention of viral infections using TIbV contributes to reduce wheezing attacks in children, which represent a high-risk factor for asthma development later in life. Innate immune cells trained with specific stimuli might also acquire anti-inflammatory features and promote tolerance, which may have important implications for chronic inflammatory diseases such as allergies. Recent findings showed that allergoid-mannan conjugates, which are next generation vaccines for allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT), are able to reprogram monocytes into tolerogenic dendritic cells by mechanisms depending on metabolic and epigenetic rewiring. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of trained immunity in allergy will pave the way for the design of novel trained immunity-based allergen vaccines as potential alternative strategies for the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases.
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- Leticia Martín-Cruz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Immunology and Metabolism, Life & Medical Sciences Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Verah Harper
- Department of Allergy, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Allergy, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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Sadlier C, Albrich WC, Neogi U, Lunjani N, Horgan M, O’Toole PW, O’Mahony L. Metabolic rewiring and serotonin depletion in patients with postacute sequelae of COVID-19. Allergy 2022; 77:1623-1625. [PMID: 35150456 PMCID: PMC9111264 DOI: 10.1111/all.15253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Corinna Sadlier
- Department of Medicine University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
- Department of Infectious Diseases Cork University Hospital Cork Ireland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen St. Gallen Switzerland
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- The Systems Virology Lab Division of Clinical Microbiology Department of Laboratory Medicine Karolinska InstituteANA FuturaCampus Flemingsberg Stockholm Sweden
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- APC Microbiome Ireland University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
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- Department of Medicine University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
- Department of Infectious Diseases Cork University Hospital Cork Ireland
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- APC Microbiome Ireland University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
- School of Microbiology University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
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- Department of Medicine University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
- APC Microbiome Ireland University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
- School of Microbiology University College CorkNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
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Fernandez‐Santamaria R, Ariza A, Fernandez TD, Cespedes JA, Labella M, Mayorga C, Torres MJ. Advances and highlights in T and B cell responses to drug antigens. Allergy 2022; 77:1129-1138. [PMID: 34617287 DOI: 10.1111/all.15126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The immunological mechanisms involved in drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) are complex, and despite important advances, multiple aspects remain poorly understood. These not fully known aspects are mainly related to the factors that drive towards either a tolerant or a hypersensitivity response and specifically regarding the role of B and T cells. In this review, we focus on recent findings on this knowledge area within the last 2 years. We highlight new evidences of covalent and non-covalent interactions of drug antigen with proteins, as well as the very first characterization of naturally processed flucloxacillin-haptenated human leukocyte antigen (HLA) ligands. Moreover, we have analysed new insights into the identification of risk factors associated with the development of DHRs, such as the role of oxidative metabolism of drugs in the activation of the immune system and the discovery of new associations between DHRs and HLA variants. Finally, evidence of IgG-mediated anaphylaxis in humans and the involvement of specific subpopulations of effector cells associated with different clinical entities are also topics explored in this review. All these recent findings are relevant for the underlying pathology mechanisms and advance the field towards a more precise diagnosis, management and treatment approach for DHRs.
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- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
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- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
- Departamento de Biología Celular Genética y Fisiología Universidad de Málaga Málaga Spain
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- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
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- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
- Allergy Unit Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
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- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
- Allergy Unit Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
- Andalusian Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology‐BIONAND Málaga Spain
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- Allergy Research Group Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga‐IBIMA‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
- Allergy Unit Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga‐ARADyAL Málaga Spain
- Andalusian Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology‐BIONAND Málaga Spain
- Departamento de Medicina Universidad de Málaga Málaga Spain
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Wu R, Yuan X, Li X, Ma N, Jiang H, Tang H, Xu G, Liu Z, Zhang Z. The bile acid-activated retinoic acid response in dendritic cells is involved in food allergen sensitization. Allergy 2022; 77:483-498. [PMID: 34365653 DOI: 10.1111/all.15039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alteration of commensal microbiota is highly correlated with the prevalence of allergic reactions to food in the gastrointestinal tract. The mechanisms by which microbiota modulate food allergen sensitization in the mucosal site are not fully understood. METHODS We generate DCs specific knockout of retinoic acid receptor α (Rara) gene mice (DC KO Rara) to evaluate food sensitization. The bile acid-activated retinoic acid response was evaluated by flow cytometry, real-time RT-PCR and Illumina transcriptome sequencing. The global effect of Abx treatment on BA profiles in the mucosal lymph tissue mLN in mice was examined by UPLC-MS analysis. RESULTS In this study, we demonstrate that depletion of commensal gut bacteria leads to enhanced retinoic acid (RA) signaling in mucosal dendritic cells (DCs). RA signaling in DCs is required for the production of food allergen-specific IgE and IgG1. Antibiotics induced an enlarged bile acid (BA) pool, and dysregulated BA profiles contributed to enhanced RA signaling in mucosal DCs. BA-activated RA signaling promoted DC upregulation of interferon I signature, RA signature, OX40L, and PDL2, which may lead to T helper 2 differentiation of CD4+ T cells. BA-activated RA signaling involved the farnesoid X receptor and RA receptor α (RARa) interaction. Depletion of bile acid reduces food allergen specific IgE and IgG1 levels in mice. CONCLUSION Our research unveils a mechanism of food sensitization modulated by BA-RA signaling in DCs, which suggests a potential new approach for the intervention of food allergic reactions.
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- Renlan Wu
- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
- Model Animal Research Center Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
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- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
- The School of Basic Medical Sciences Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
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- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
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- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
- The School of Basic Medical Sciences Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
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- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
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- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease for Allergy at Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen University School of Medicine Shenzhen China
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- Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Unit Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
- The School of Basic Medical Sciences Southwest Medical University Sichuan China
- Model Animal Research Center Nanjing University Nanjing China
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Boyle RJ, Shamji MH. Developments in the field of allergy in 2020 through the eyes of Clinical and Experimental Allergy. Clin Exp Allergy 2021; 51:1531-1537. [PMID: 34750898 DOI: 10.1111/cea.14046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
While 2020 will be remembered for the global coronavirus pandemic, there were also important advances in the field of allergy. In this review article, we summarize key findings reported in Clinical and Experimental Allergy during 2020. We hope this provides readers with an accessible snapshot of the work published in our journal during this time.
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- Robert J Boyle
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.,NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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Jahnsen FL, Johansen F. Legends of allergology and immunology: Per Brandtzaeg - Pillar of mucosal immunology. Allergy 2021; 76:2634-2635. [PMID: 33752264 DOI: 10.1111/all.14824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Frode L. Jahnsen
- Department of Pathology University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway
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Venter C, O’Mahony L. Immunonutrition: The importance of a new European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology working group addressing a significant burden and unmet need. Allergy 2021; 76:2303-2305. [PMID: 33594668 DOI: 10.1111/all.14781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Carina Venter
- Section of Allergy and Immunology University of Colorado School of Medicine Colorado USA
- Children's Hospital Colorado Colorado USA
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- APC Microbiome IrelandNational University of Ireland Cork Ireland
- Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork Ireland
- School of Microbiology National University of Ireland Cork Ireland
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Wang Y, Matsushita K, Jackson J, Numata T, Zhang Y, Zhou G, Tsai M, Galli SJ. Transcriptome programming of IL-3-dependent bone marrow-derived cultured mast cells by stem cell factor (SCF). Allergy 2021; 76:2288-2291. [PMID: 33683709 DOI: 10.1111/all.14808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Pathology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Pathology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Pathology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Pathology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Pathology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Pathology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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Philpott H, Lee SZ, Arrington A, McGee SJ, Dellon ES. Impact of food challenge on local oesophageal immunophenotype in eosinophilic oesophagitis. Clin Exp Allergy 2021; 50:463-470. [PMID: 32012383 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is caused by the ingestion of food antigens. Dietary avoidance can result in clinical and histological remission, while food reintroduction can cause recurrence. It is uncertain if food antigen processing and immune activation occurs locally, in the oesophagus. Therefore, we performed a comparative study of the density of cell surface proteins (known to be involved with antigen presentation) on oesophageal tissue prior to, and following food antigen induced disease recurrence. A secondary aim was to consider novel biomarkers. METHOD Adult patients with a diagnosis of EoE, who had achieved histological remission with an elimination diet (<15 eosinophils per high power field at oesophageal biopsy), and who underwent food challenge with proven recurrence were included. Immunohistochemistry/immunofluorescence for CD1a, CD3, CD28, CD40, CD69, CD80, CD138, CXCR3 and HLA-DR was performed. Staining intensity of each biomarker (pixels/mm2 ) was quantified by semi-automated analysis (Studio-FL software). RESULTS Fourteen cases of EoE (pre and post food challenge), 6 GORD and 5 healthy controls were included. HLA-DR, CD3, CD28, CD40 and CD 138 significantly increased with food reintroduction (P = <0.05). CD1a, CD 69, CD 80 and CXCR3 did not measurably change. CONCLUSION The presence of cell surface proteins typically associated with antigen presentation (following food antigen induced recurrence) suggests immune activation occurs in the oesophagus, and the relative lack of langerhans cells (CD1a) may indicate this cell type is unimportant. The cell surface protein CD 138 increases with disease recurrence, is not elevated in GORD or healthy controls, and has promise as a biomarker.
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- Hamish Philpott
- Department of Gastroenterology NALHN, Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology NALHN, Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Mjösberg J, Roncarolo MG, Blom B. Hergen Spits-A legend at the top of his career. Allergy 2021; 76:1925-1928. [PMID: 33751599 DOI: 10.1111/all.14788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Jenny Mjösberg
- Center for Infectious Medicine Department of Medicine Huddinge Karolinska InstitutetKarolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
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- Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine (CDCM) Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Experimental Immunology Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity (AII)Cancer Center AmsterdamAmsterdam UMC, location AMC Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Neeland MR, Andorf S, Dang TD, McWilliam VL, Perrett KP, Koplin JJ, Saffery R. Altered immune cell profiles and impaired CD4 T-cell activation in single and multi-food allergic adolescents. Clin Exp Allergy 2021; 51:674-684. [PMID: 33626189 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Approximately 5% of adolescents have a food allergy, with peanut and tree nut allergies the most common. Having two or more food allergies in adolescence also doubles the risk of any adverse food reaction, and is associated with increased dietary and social burden. Investigations of immune function in persistently food allergic children are rare. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we aimed to investigate the immune mechanisms that underlie food allergy in adolescence. METHODS We used high-dimensional flow cytometry, unsupervised computational analysis and functional studies to comprehensively phenotype a range of non-antigen-specific immune parameters in a group of well-characterized adolescents with clinically defined single peanut allergy, multi-food allergy and aged-matched non-food allergic controls. RESULTS We show that food allergic adolescents have higher circulating proportions of dendritic cells (p = .0084, FDR-adjusted p = .087, median in no FA: 0.63% live cells, in FA: 0.93%), and higher frequency of activated, memory-like Tregs relative to non-food allergic adolescents (p = .011, FDR-adjusted p = .087, median in no FA: 0.49% live cells, in FA: 0.65%). Cytokine profiling revealed that CD3/CD28 stimulated naïve CD4 T cells from food allergic adolescents produced less IL-6 (p = .0020, FDR-adjusted p = .018, median log2 fold change [stimulated/unstimulated] in no FA: 3.03, in FA: 1.92) and TNFα (p = .0044, FDR-adjusted p = .020, median in no FA: 9.16, in FA: 8.64) and may secrete less IFNγ (p = .035, FDR-adjusted p = .11, median in no FA: 6.29, in FA: 5.67) than naïve CD4 T cells from non-food allergic controls. No differences between clinical groups were observed for LPS-stimulated monocyte secretion of cytokines. CONCLUSIONS These results have important implications for understanding the evolution of the immune response in food allergy throughout childhood, revealing that dendritic cell and T-cell signatures previously identified in early life may persist through to adolescence.
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- Melanie R Neeland
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.,Divisions of Biomedical Informatics and Allergy & Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.,Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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Kerr SC, Gonzalez JR, Schanin J, Peters MC, Lambrecht BN, Brock EC, Charbit A, Ansel KM, Youngblood BA, Fahy JV. An anti-siglec-8 antibody depletes sputum eosinophils from asthmatic subjects and inhibits lung mast cells. Clin Exp Allergy 2020; 50:904-914. [PMID: 32542913 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec)-8 is expressed on mast cells and eosinophils, but information about Siglec-8 expression and function in the lung is limited. A humanized antibody, AK002, targeting Siglec-8 is undergoing development for treatment of diseases associated with mast cell and eosinophil-driven inflammation. OBJECTIVE To characterize Siglec-8 expression in the airway in asthma and determine whether antibodies that target Siglec-8 (S8mAbs) can decrease airway eosinophils in asthma or inhibit lung mast cell activation. METHODS Gene expression profiling and flow cytometry were used to characterize Siglec-8 expression in sputum cells from stable asthma. An antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) assay was used to determine whether an S8mAb can decrease eosinophils in sputum from asthma patients ex vivo. A mast cell activation assay was used to determine whether an S8mAb can inhibit mast cell activation in human lung tissue ex vivo. RESULTS Gene expression for Siglec-8 is increased in sputum cells in asthma and correlates with gene expression for eosinophils and mast cells. Gene expression for Siglec-8 is inversely and significantly correlated with measures of airflow obstruction in asthma patients. Siglec-8 is prominently expressed on the surface of eosinophils and mast cells in sputum. S8mAbs decrease eosinophils in sputum from patients with asthma and inhibit FcεR1-activated mast cells in lung tissues. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Siglec-8 is highly expressed on eosinophils and mast cells in asthmatic sputum and targeting Siglec-8 with an antibody is a plausible strategy to decrease sputum eosinophils and inhibit lung mast cells in asthma.
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- Sheena C Kerr
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Rauber MM, Roßbach A, Jung A, Müller S, Möbs C, Pfützner W, Miehe M, Spillner E, Jakob T. The honey bee venom allergen Api m 10 displays one major IgE epitope, Api m 10 160-174. Allergy 2020; 75:1756-1759. [PMID: 31957885 DOI: 10.1111/all.14187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Michèle Myriam Rauber
- Experimental Dermatology and Allergy Research Group Department of Dermatology and Allergology Justus‐Liebig‐University Gießen Gießen Germany
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- Experimental Dermatology and Allergy Research Group Department of Dermatology and Allergology Justus‐Liebig‐University Gießen Gießen Germany
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- Experimental Dermatology and Allergy Research Group Department of Dermatology and Allergology Justus‐Liebig‐University Gießen Gießen Germany
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- Department of Dermatology Medical Centre‐University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Clinical & Experimental Allergology Department of Dermatology and Allergology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Clinical & Experimental Allergology Department of Dermatology and Allergology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Immunological Biotechnology Department of Engineering Aarhus University Aarhus Denmark
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- Immunological Biotechnology Department of Engineering Aarhus University Aarhus Denmark
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- Experimental Dermatology and Allergy Research Group Department of Dermatology and Allergology Justus‐Liebig‐University Gießen Gießen Germany
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Grigolato F, Egholm C, Impellizzieri D, Arosio P, Boyman O. Establishment of a scalable microfluidic assay for characterization of population-based neutrophil chemotaxis. Allergy 2020; 75:1382-1393. [PMID: 31971608 DOI: 10.1111/all.14195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Regulation of neutrophil chemotaxis and activation plays crucial roles in immunity, and dysregulated neutrophil responses can lead to pathology as seen in neutrophilic asthma. Neutrophil recruitment is key for initiating immune defense and inflammation, and its modulation is a promising therapeutic target. Microfluidic technology is an attractive tool for characterization of neutrophil migration. Compared to transwell assays, microfluidic approaches could offer several advantages, including precis e control of defined chemokine gradients in space and time, automated quantitative analysis of chemotaxis, and high throughput. METHODS We established a microfluidic device for fully automated, quantitative assessment of neutrophil chemotaxis. Freshly isolated mouse neutrophils from bone marrow or human neutrophils from peripheral blood were assessed in real time using an epifluorescence microscope for their migration toward the potent chemoattractants C-X-C-motif ligand 2 (CXCL2) and CXCL8, without or with interleukin-4 (IL-4) pre-incubation. RESULTS Our microfluidic device allowed the precise and reproducible determination of the optimal CXCL2 and CXCL8 concentrations for mouse and human neutrophil chemotaxis, respectively. Furthermore, our microfluidic assay was able to measure the equilibrium and real-time dynamic effects of specific modulators of neutrophil chemotaxis. We demonstrated this concept by showing that IL-4 receptor signaling in mouse and human neutrophils inhibited their migration toward CXCL2 and CXCL8, respectively, and this inhibition was time-dependent. CONCLUSION Collectively, our microfluidic device shows several advantages over traditional transwell migration assays and its design is amenable to future integration into multiplexed high-throughput platforms for screening of molecules that modulate the chemotaxis of different immune cells.
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- Fulvio Grigolato
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Immunology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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Sin BA, Tutkak H, Birben E, Köse K, Mısırlıgil Z. Cytokine genes show distinct polymorphism pattern in Hymenoptera venom allergy. Allergy 2019; 74:1020-1022. [PMID: 30592056 DOI: 10.1111/all.13706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Betül Ayşe Sin
- Division of Immunology & Allergy School of Medicine Ankara University Ankara Turkey
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- Immunology Laboratory School of Medicine Ankara University AnkaraTurkey
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit School of Medicine Hacettepe University AnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Biostatistics School of Medicine Ankara University AnkaraTurkey
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- Division of Immunology & Allergy School of Medicine Ankara University Ankara Turkey
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Hwang SM, Kim HJ, Kim SM, Jung Y, Park SW, Chung IY. Lysophosphatidylserine receptor P2Y10: A G protein-coupled receptor that mediates eosinophil degranulation. Clin Exp Allergy 2018; 48:990-999. [PMID: 29700886 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND P2Y10, along with GPR34 and GPR174, is a G protein-coupled receptor that is activated by an endogenous lipid mediator lysophosphatidylserine (LysoPS). Its expression pattern and its function are completely unknown. We have previously shown that P2Y10 is one of the highly up-regulated genes at the late differentiation stage during in vitro eosinophilopoiesis. OBJECTIVE We explored the expression and functions of P2Y10 in human cord blood (CB)-derived and peripheral blood (PB) eosinophils. METHODS Real-time PCR, FACS, Western blot, ELISA, and chemotaxis assays were performed to determine the expression and function of P2Y10. RESULTS As CB cells differentiated towards eosinophils, P2Y10 mRNA and protein were abundantly expressed. P2Y10 was the most highly expressed in the granulocytes from PB, to a lesser extent in monocytes, and least in lymphocytes. Further fractionation of granulocytes revealed that eosinophils express P2Y10 much more strongly than do neutrophils. PB eosinophils solely expressed P2Y10 among the three LysoPS receptors, while PB neutrophils expressed the three at comparable levels. LysoPS activated both CB and PB eosinophils to induce a robust ERK phosphorylation. Importantly, LysoPS was capable of triggering degranulation of ECP in PB eosinophils. This response was significantly reduced by pharmacological inhibitors of TNF-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and ERK1/2, which were known to be required in P2Y10-mediated signalling pathways. However, LysoPS had no effect on chemotaxis, differentiation, or eosinophil survival. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE LysoPS provokes eosinophil degranulation through P2Y10. Therefore, P2Y10 is a potential therapeutic target to control eosinophil-associated diseases.
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- S M Hwang
- Department of Bionano Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Bionano Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Bionano Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Bionano Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.,Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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Ravanetti L, Dijkhuis A, Sabogal Pineros YS, Bal SM, Dierdorp BS, Dekker T, Logiantara A, Adcock IM, Rao NL, Boon L, Villetti G, Sterk PJ, Facchinetti F, Lutter R. An early innate response underlies severe influenza-induced exacerbations of asthma in a novel steroid-insensitive and anti-IL-5-responsive mouse model. Allergy 2017; 72:737-753. [PMID: 27696462 DOI: 10.1111/all.13057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute worsening of asthma symptoms (exacerbation) is predominantly triggered by respiratory viruses, with influenza causing the most severe exacerbations. The lack of an adequate animal model hampers mechanistic insight and the development of new therapeutics. AIM We developed and characterized a robust, consistent, and reproducible mouse model of severe exacerbation of chronic allergic asthma. METHODS Chronic allergic airway inflammation was induced following a house dust mite (HDM) sensitization protocol. HDM-sensitized mice and controls were infected with influenza virus A/X31 H3N2 and either or not treated with inhaled fluticasone propionate (FP), systemic corticosteroids (Pred), or anti-IL-5. Mice were killed at different time points after infection: Cellular accumulation and cytokines levels in the airways, PenH as a measure of airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR), and lung histology and viral replication were assessed. RESULTS Infection with low-dose A/X31 H3N2 led to prolonged deterioration of lung function, aggravated mucus production, peri-vascular, peri-bronchial, and allergic inflammation that was unresponsive to inhaled corticosteroids, but responsive to systemic corticosteroids. The exacerbation was preceded at 14 h after virus exposure by a marked innate, but no Th2 and Th1 response subsequently followed by enhanced numbers of eosinophils, neutrophils, dendritic, and T cells into the lung lumen, parenchyma, and draining lymph nodes in HDM-sensitized mice. Anti-IL-5 treatment attenuated eosinophils and prevented the X31-induced exacerbation. CONCLUSIONS Together, these findings indicate that an early innate response that involves eosinophils underlies the exacerbation. This model recapitulates all major features of severe asthma exacerbations and can serve to discern driving mechanisms and promote the development of novel therapeutics.
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- L. Ravanetti
- Department of Experimental Immunology; Academic Medical Centre
- Department of Respiratory Medicine; Academic Medical Centre
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- Department of Experimental Immunology; Academic Medical Centre
- Department of Respiratory Medicine; Academic Medical Centre
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- Department of Experimental Immunology; Academic Medical Centre
- Department of Respiratory Medicine; Academic Medical Centre
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- Department of Cell Biology and Histology; Academic Medical Centre; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunology; Academic Medical Centre
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- Department of Experimental Immunology; Academic Medical Centre
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- Department of Experimental Immunology; Academic Medical Centre
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- Airway Disease Section; National Heart & Lung Institute; Imperial College London; Royal Brompton Campus; London UK
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- Immunology Discovery; Janssen Research and Development LLC; San Diego CA USA
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- Bioceros; Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Pulmonary Pharmacology Unit; Corporate Pre-Clinical R&D; Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.; Parma Italy
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine; Academic Medical Centre
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- Pulmonary Pharmacology Unit; Corporate Pre-Clinical R&D; Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.; Parma Italy
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- Department of Experimental Immunology; Academic Medical Centre
- Department of Respiratory Medicine; Academic Medical Centre
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Strömbeck A, Nordström I, Andersson K, Andersson H, Johansen S, Maglio C, Rabe H, Adlerberth I, Wold AE, Hesselmar B, Rudin A, Lundell AC. Allergic disease in 8-year-old children is preceded by delayed B cell maturation. Clin Exp Allergy 2017; 47:918-928. [PMID: 28295779 DOI: 10.1111/cea.12922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND We previously reported that exposure to a farming environment is allergy-protective, while high proportions of neonatal immature/naïve CD5+ B cells and putative regulatory T cells (Tregs) are risk factors for development of allergic disease and sensitization up to 3 years of age. OBJECTIVE To examine if B and T cell maturation are associated with allergic disease and farming environment over the first 8 years in life. METHODS In the prospective FARMFLORA study, including both farming and non-farming families, 48 of 65 children took part in the 8-year follow-up study. Various B and T cell maturation variables were examined in blood samples obtained at several occasions from birth to 8 years of age and related to doctors' diagnosed allergic disease and sensitization, and to farming environment. RESULTS We found that the incidence of allergic disease was lower among farmers' compared to non-farmers' children during the 8-year follow-up period, and that farmers' children had higher proportions of memory B cells at 8 years of age. Moreover, a high proportion of neonatal CD5+ B cells was a risk factor for and may predict development of allergic disease at 8 years of age. A high proportion of Tregs was not protective against development of these conditions. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE High proportions of neonatal naïve B cells remained as a risk factor for allergic disease in school-aged children. Thus, the accelerated B cell maturation observed among farmers' children may be crucial for the allergy-protective effect of a farming environment.
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- A Strömbeck
- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Pediatric Clinic, Skaraborg Hospital, Lidköping, Sweden
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- Pediatric Clinic, Skaraborg Hospital, Lidköping, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Nestor CE, Dadfar E, Ernerudh J, Gustafsson M, Björkander J, Benson M, Zhang H. Sublingual immunotherapy alters expression of IL-4 and its soluble and membrane-bound receptors. Allergy 2014; 69:1564-6. [PMID: 25130266 DOI: 10.1111/all.12505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) is a disease of increasing prevalence, which results from an inappropriate T helper cell, type 2 (Th2) response to pollen. Specific immunotherapy (SIT) involves repeated treatment with small doses of pollen and can result in complete and lasting reversal of SAR. Here, we assayed the key Th2 cytokine, IL-4, and its soluble and membrane-bound receptor in patients with SAR before and after SIT. Using allergen-challenge assays, we found that SIT treatment decreased IL-4 cytokine levels, as previously reported. We also observed a significant decrease in the IL-4 membrane-bound receptor (mIL4R) at the level of both mRNA and protein. SIT treatment resulted in a significant increase in the inhibitory soluble IL-4 receptor (sIL4R). Reciprocal changes in mIL4R and sIL4R were also observed in patient serum. Altered mIL4R and sIL4R is a novel explanation for the positive effects of immunotherapy with potential basic and clinical research implications.
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- C. E. Nestor
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
- CIMed, Centre for Individualised Medicine; Faculty of Health Sciences; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
- CIMed, Centre for Individualised Medicine; Faculty of Health Sciences; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
- CIMed, Centre for Individualised Medicine; Faculty of Health Sciences; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
- Department of Internal Medicine; Ryhov County Hospital; Jonkoping Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
- CIMed, Centre for Individualised Medicine; Faculty of Health Sciences; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
- CIMed, Centre for Individualised Medicine; Faculty of Health Sciences; Linkoping University; Linkoping Sweden
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Human eosinophils display directed chemotactic activity toward an array of soluble chemokines. Eosinophils have been observed to migrate to draining lymph nodes in experimental models of allergic inflammation, yet it is unknown whether eosinophils express CCR7, a key chemokine receptor in coordinating leukocyte trafficking to lymph nodes. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate expression of CCR7 by human eosinophils and functional responses to CCL19 and CCL21, the known ligands of CCR7. Human eosinophils were purified by negative selection from healthy donors. CCR7 expression of freshly purified, unstimulated eosinophils and of IL-5-primed eosinophils was determined by flow cytometry and Western blot. Chemotaxis to CCL19 and CCL21 was measured in transwell assays. Shape changes to CCL19 and CCL21 were analyzed by flow cytometry and microscopy. Calcium fluxes of fluo-4 AM-loaded eosinophils were recorded by flow cytometry after chemokine stimulation. ERK phosphorylation of CCL19- and CCL21-stimulated eosinophils was measured by Western blot and Luminex assay. Human eosinophils expressed CCR7 as demonstrated by flow cytometry and Western blots. Eosinophils exhibited detectable cell surface expression of CCR7. IL-5-primed eosinophils exhibited chemotaxis toward CCL19 and CCL21 in a dose-dependent fashion. Upon stimulation with CCL19 or CCL21, IL-5-primed eosinophils demonstrated dose-dependent shape changes with polarization of F-actin and exhibited calcium influxes. Finally, primed eosinophils stimulated with CCL19 or CCL21 exhibited increased phosphorylation of ERK in response to both CCR7 ligands. We demonstrate that human eosinophils express CCR7 and have multipotent responses to the known ligands of CCR7.
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- Praveen Akuthota
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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