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Focused Ultrasound for Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment
ANTIGEN RECOGNITION AND RESPONSES
The FcγRIIa–Syk Axis Controls Human Dendritic Cell Activation and T Cell Response Induced by Infliximab Aggregates
Infliximab aggregates induce dendritic cell maturation and CD4 T cell activation.
Aggregate-induced immune response is mediated via the FcγRIIa–Syk axis.
B Cell Subsets Differentially Contribute to the T Cell–Independent Memory Pool
B-1b cells mount superior TI-2 responses despite sharing the same BCR as B-2 cells.
B-1b and B-2 cells generate a TI-2 memory pool expressing CD80, PDL2, and CD73.
Ag-specific IgG and CD80 limit secondary Ab responses by memory B-1b cells.
CLINICAL AND HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY
Characterization of Clozapine-Responsive Human T Cells
Clozapine binds HLA class II at therapeutic concentrations to activate CD4+ T cells.
Clozapine and olanzapine interact with HLA class II in similar conformations.
Greater T cell protein expression changes are induced by clozapine.
IMMUNE REGULATION
Efficient Expansion of Human Granzyme B–Expressing B Cells with Potent Regulatory Properties
Circulating plasmablasts are a major B cell subpopulation that expresses GZMB.
GZMB+ B cells can be efficiently expanded ex vivo from total B cells.
GZMB+ B cells strongly suppress both autologous and allogenic T cell proliferation.
IgIT-Mediated Signaling Inhibits the Antimicrobial Immune Response in Oyster Hemocytes
CgIgIT was able to bind the hemolymph microbes and recruit CgSHP2.
IgIT-SHP2 pathway inhibited MAPK activities.
IgIT-SHP2 pathway protected microbes from ROS- and CgDef2-mediated elimination.
TL1A Promotes Lung Tissue Fibrosis and Airway Remodeling
Disrupting TL1A–DR3 interactions abrogates mouse lung fibrosis and airway remodeling.
Airway fibroblasts and epithelial cells express DR3 and respond to TL1A.
Neutralizing TL1A might be a therapy for airway remodeling in asthma, SSc, and IPF.
IMMUNE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
Pleiotropic Roles of VEGF in the Microenvironment of the Developing Thymus
VEGF acts directly and indirectly on stromal compartments of the neonatal thymus.
VEGF mediates its pleiotropic effects via both VEGFR2 and NRP1.
VEGF inhibition induces phenotypic and transcriptional neonatal thymic maturation.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND HOST RESPONSE
Expansion of SARS-CoV-2–Specific Antibody-Secreting Cells and Generation of Neutralizing Antibodies in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
SARS-CoV-2–specific Ab-secreting cells expand in acute COVID-19.
SARS-CoV-2–specific Ab levels correlate with neutralizing Ab titers.
HIV Infection Is Associated with Loss of Anti-Inflammatory Alveolar Macrophages
HIV infection is associated with the loss of CD163+CD206+ AM.
Smoking increases surface expression of several activation markers on AM.
CyTOF is a valuable tool for evaluating the phenotypic profile of BALF from smokers.
TRIM21 Is Targeted for Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy during Salmonella Typhimurium Infection
IFN-I–inducible TRIM21 is degraded via CMA.
S. Typhimurium activates mTORC2/Akt to impair CMA resulting in TRIM21 accumulation.
High levels of TRIM21 contribute to S. Typhimurium–induced macrophage death.
INNATE IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION
A Critical Role for the CXCL3/CXCL5/CXCR2 Neutrophilic Chemotactic Axis in the Regulation of Type 2 Responses in a Model of Rhinoviral-Induced Asthma Exacerbation
This study explores a pathway that promotes Th2 cell inflammation in RV exacerbation.
Inhibiting factors in this pathway could potentially benefit asthmatic patients.
Identification of a Distal Locus Enhancer Element That Controls Cell Type–Specific TNF and LTA Gene Expression in Human T Cells
Epigenetic changes predict cell type–specific TNF/LT locus gene expression.
Distal element hHS-8 regulates TNF and LTA gene expression in activated T cells.
Hepcidin Is Essential for Alveolar Macrophage Function and Is Disrupted by Smoke in a Murine Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Model
Cigarette Smoke reduces hepcidin levels in the lung, plasma, and urine of mice.
Cigarette smoke inhibits hepcidin production by murine AMs.
AMs from smokers and individuals with COPD have higher ferroportin.
Lipopolysaccharide Induces GFAT2 Expression to Promote O-Linked β-N-Acetylglucosaminylation and Attenuate Inflammation in Macrophages
LPS stimulates GFAT2 expression in macrophages via a FoxO1-dependent mechanism.
LPS-induced GFAT activity promotes a general increase in protein O-GlcNAcylation.
Protein O-GlcNAcylation limits excessive LPS-triggered inflammation in macrophages.
IgG Immune Complexes Break Immune Tolerance of Human Microglia
In brain tissue of the majority of MS patients, myelin is bound by IgG Abs.
IgG immune complexes break immune tolerance of primary human microglia.
Breaking of immune tolerance of microglia is dependent on FcγRI and IIa.
TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY
Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cell Depletion after Nonablative Oligofractionated Irradiation Boosts the Abscopal Effects in Murine Malignant Mesothelioma
Tregs rapidly rise in the tumor microenvironment after nonablative irradiation.
Transient Treg depletion increases the efficiency of nonablative irradiation.
Treg depletion after three fractions of radiation induces systemic antitumor immunity.
NOVEL IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
Engineered Pigs Carrying a Gain-of-Function NLRP3 Homozygous Mutation Can Survive to Adulthood and Accurately Recapitulate Human Systemic Spontaneous Inflammatory Responses
NLRP3 R259W homozygous pigs can be generated by somatic cell nuclear transfer.
NLRP3 R259W homozygous pigs can survive to adulthood and give birth to offspring.
Both homozygous- and heterozygous-mutated pigs show systemic spontaneous inflammation.
A Genetic Model of Constitutively Active Integrin CD11b/CD18
Genetic activation of CD11b reduces leukocyte recruitment in acute peritonitis.
Genetic activation of CD11b decreases atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic animals.
CD11bI332G mice provide a system to study the pathways of active Mac-1 in vivo.
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On the cover: Atherosclerotic lesion in the brachiocephalic trunk of a CD11b knock-in mouse, which has an activating mutation in CD11b. Smooth muscle cells appear in green (SMA+), macrophages in yellow (Mac2+), and cell nuclei in blue. Knock-in mice have smaller plaque size and a lower number of plaque macrophages than wild-type controls. Martinez, L., X. Li, G. Ramos-Echazabal, H. Faridi, Z. M. Zigmond, N. Santos Falcon, D. R. Hernandez, S. A. Shehadeh, O. C. Velazquez, V. Gupta, and R. I. Vazquez-Padron. 2020. A genetic model of constitutively active integrin CD11b/CD18. J. Immunol. 205: 2545–2553.
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