2022
Cholinergic control of Th17 cell pathogenicity in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Nechanitzky R, Nechanitzky D, Ramachandran P, Duncan G, Zheng C, Göbl C, Gill K, Haight J, Wakeham A, Snow B, Bradaschia-Correa V, Ganguly M, Lu Z, Saunders M, Flavell R, Mak T. Cholinergic control of Th17 cell pathogenicity in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Cell Death & Differentiation 2022, 30: 407-416. PMID: 36528755, PMCID: PMC9950465, DOI: 10.1038/s41418-022-01092-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisTh17 cellsMultiple sclerosisAutoimmune encephalomyelitisChAT expressionBrain-infiltrating immune cellsStrong TCR signalingCholinergic controlTherapeutic immunomodulationCholine acetyltransferaseImmune cellsCell pathogenicityDisease progressionChronic activationMouse modelTranscription factor Bhlhe40Novel targetAcetylcholineMRNA levelsPathogenic determinantsTCR signalingEncephalomyelitisCellsExpressionIL17
2020
Evidence for a pathogenic role of extrafollicular, IL-10–producing CCR6+B helper T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Facciotti F, Larghi P, Bosotti R, Vasco C, Gagliani N, Cordiglieri C, Mazzara S, Ranzani V, Rottoli E, Curti S, Penatti A, Karnani B, Kobayashi Y, Crosti M, Bombaci M, van Hamburg JP, Rossetti G, Gualtierotti R, Gerosa M, Gatti S, Torretta S, Pignataro L, Tas SW, Abrignani S, Pagani M, Grassi F, Meroni PL, Flavell RA, Geginat J. Evidence for a pathogenic role of extrafollicular, IL-10–producing CCR6+B helper T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 7305-7316. PMID: 32184325, PMCID: PMC7132288, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1917834117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusHelper T cellsT cellsIL-10Pathogenic roleSLE patientsLupus erythematosusIL-7RB cellsPathogenic anti-dsDNA antibodiesFollicular helper T cellsAnti-dsDNA antibodiesLupus-like diseaseT cell populationsB cell responsesProduction ex vivoCytokine reporter miceProminent pathogenic roleImmunoglobulin G productionNaïve B cellsIL-17Antiinflammatory cytokinesLymph nodesInterleukin-10Peripheral blood