Immunology

Cytotoxic CD4+ T cells driven by T-cell intrinsic IL-18R/MyD88 signaling predominantly infiltrate Trypanosoma cruzi-infected hearts

1. Carlos-Henrique D Barbosa
2. Fábio B Canto
3. Ariel Gomes
4. Layza M Brandao
5. Jéssica R Lima
6. Guilherme A Melo
7. Alessandra Granato
8. Eula GA Neves
9. Walderez O Dutra
10. Ana-Carolina Oliveira
11. Alberto Nóbrega
12. Maria Bellio

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This is an interesting study, conducted in mice, that demonstrates for the first time the presence of a large population of cytotoxic CD4+ T lymphocytes in infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, a relevant human pathogen. At present, the relevance of these cells in protective immunity engendered by the host remains unclear. Additional experiments are needed to characterize the functionality of these cytotoxic CD4 T cells vis-a-vis the canonical Th1 T cells. This paper can be of interest to scientists interested in immune responses to parasitic infections.

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Transcriptome network analysis implicates CX3CR1-positive type 3 dendritic cells in non-infectious uveitis

1. Sanne Hiddingh
2. Aridaman Pandit
3. Fleurieke Verhagen
4. Rianne Rijken
5. Nila Hendrika Servaas
6. Rina CGK Wichers
7. Ninette H ten Dam-van Loon
8. Saskia M Imhof
9. Timothy RDJ Radstake
10. Joke H de Boer
11. Jonas JW Kuiper

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  Evaluation Summary:

  The authors provide evidence suggesting the gene expression profile of a specific subset of dendritic cells define features of specific forms of non-infectious uveitis. This work suggests specific pathways in these cells that may have mechanistic import in inflammatory eye disease. This manuscript is of interested to immunologists studying autoimmunity and ocular immunity. While the paper is largely descriptive, the data it presents should serve as a valuable resource for generating hypotheses about the pathogenesis of ocular autoimmune disease.

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Analysis of allelic cross-reactivity of monoclonal IgG antibodies by a multiplexed reverse FluoroSpot assay

1. Henriette Hoffmann-Veltung
2. Nsoh Godwin Anabire
3. Michael Fokuo Ofori
4. Peter Janhmatz
5. Niklas Ahlborg
6. Lars Hviid
7. Maria del Pilar Quintana

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This manuscript describes a fluorospot-based assay as a model for a methodical, step-wise and rigorous approach - that combines multiple reagents in a complex system - to study the cross-reactivity of antibody to polymorphic antigens using the malaria vaccine candidate, VAR2CSA, as a model. The authors apply monoclonal antibodies and the corresponding B cells to validate their multiplexed assay before testing small number of samples from malaria exposed donors in a pilot application of the assay. The data support the conclusions. This information will attract the attention of immunologists and vaccinologists, who are primarily but not exclusively, involved in research on malaria.

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Engineered natural killer cells impede the immunometabolic CD73-adenosine axis in solid tumors

1. Andrea M Chambers
2. Kyle B Lupo
3. Jiao Wang
4. Jingming Cao
5. Sagar Utturkar
6. Nadia Lanman
7. Victor Bernal-Crespo
8. Shadia Jalal
9. Sharon R Pine
10. Sandra Torregrosa-Allen
11. Bennett D Elzey
12. Sandro Matosevic

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  Evaluation Summary:

  The authors have engineered an anti-CD73 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that they express in NK cells to counteract tumors bearing CD73, which contributes to the generation of immunosuppressive adenosine in the tumor microenvironment. This is a promising approach for a new anti-cancer immunotherapy and will be of interest to oncologists and cancer immunologists. The CAR-bearing NK cells show slightly enhanced tumor killing in vitro, but preliminary data show more promising results in mice. This could be due to the CD73 CAR blocking catalytic activity in the tumor microenvironment more effectively than directly promoting cytotoxicity responses.

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The cIAP ubiquitin ligases sustain type 3 γδ T and innate lymphoid cells during aging to allow normal cutaneous and mucosal responses

1. John Rizk
2. Urs M. Mörbe
3. Rasmus Agerholm
4. Isabel Ulmert
5. Elisa Catafal Tardos
6. Darshana Kadekar
7. Maria V. Baglioni
8. Monica Torrellas Viñals
9. Vasileios Bekiaris

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Neuron-associated macrophage proliferation in the sensory ganglia is associated with peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain involving CX3CR1 signaling

1. Rafaela M Guimarães
2. Conceição E Aníbal-Silva
3. Marcela Davoli-Ferreira
4. Francisco Isaac F Gomes
5. Atlante Mendes
6. Maria CM Cavallini
7. Miriam M Fonseca
8. Samara Damasceno
9. Larissa P Andrade
10. Marco Colonna
11. Cyril Rivat
12. Fernando Q Cunha
13. José C Alves-Filho
14. Thiago M Cunha

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  Evaluation Summary:

  Guimaraes et al address the origin of the macrophage increase in sensory ganglia after peripheral nerve injury. The authors show that there is no major influx by blood-derived monocytes into ganglia after injury and that resident macrophages proliferate, which is dependent on CX3CR1 signaling. Overall the work is clear and sound and should be of interest to immunologists and neurobiologists.

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The Nucleocapsid Protein Of SARS-CoV-2, Combined With ODN-39M, Is A Potential Component For An Intranasal Bivalent Pancorona Vaccine

1. Yadira Lobaina
2. Rong Chen
3. Edith Suzarte
4. Panchao Ai
5. Vivian Huerta
6. Alexis Musacchio
7. Ricardo Silva
8. Changyuan Tan
9. Alejandro Martin
10. Laura Lazo
11. Gerardo Guillén
12. Ke Yang
13. Yasser Perera
14. Lisset Hermida

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Antiviral immune responses, cellular metabolism and adhesion are differentially modulated by SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a or ORF7b

1. Tránsito García-García
2. Raúl Fernández-Rodríguez
3. Natalia Redondo
4. Ana de Lucas-Rius
5. Sara Zaldívar-López
6. Blanca Dies López-Ayllón
7. José M. Suárez-Cárdenas
8. Ángeles Jiménez-Marín
9. María Montoya
10. Juan J. Garrido

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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells regulate megakaryocyte and platelet homeostasis

1. Florian Gaertner
2. Hellen Ishikawa-Ankerhold
3. Susanne Stutte
4. Wenwen Fu
5. Chenglong Guo
6. Jutta Weitz
7. Anne Dueck
8. Zhe Zhang
9. Dominic van den Heuvel
10. Valeria Fumagalli
11. Michael Lorenz
12. Louisa von Baumgarten
13. Konstantin Stark
14. Tobias Straub
15. Saskia von Stillfried
16. Peter Boor
17. Marco Colonna
18. Christian Schulz
19. Thomas Brocker
20. Barbara Walzog
21. Christoph Scheiermann
22. Stefan Engelhardt
23. William C. Aird
24. Tobias Petzold
25. Michael Sixt
26. Martina Rudelius
27. Claus Nerlov
28. Matteo Iannacone
29. Robert A. J. Oostendorp
30. Steffen Massberg

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Potentiating the cross-reactive IFN-γ T cell and polyfunctional T cell responses by heterologous GX-19N DNA booster in mice primed with either a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or inactivated vaccine

1. Yong Bok Seo
2. Ara Ko
3. Duckhyang Shin
4. Junyoung Kim
5. You Suk Suh
6. Juyoung Na
7. Ji In Ryu
8. Young Chul Sung

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