abstract：:Caspases are an evolutionary conserved family of cysteine proteases that are centrally involved in cell death and inflammation responses. A wealth of foundational insight into the molecular mechanisms that control caspase activation has emerged in recent years. Important advancements include the identification of addi...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Van Opdenbosch N,Lamkanfi M

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Helping B cells and antibody responses is a major function of CD4+ T cells. It has been 10 years since the publication of Bcl6 as the lineage-defining transcription factor for T follicular helper (Tfh) differentiation and the requirement of Tfh cells as the specialized subset of CD4+ T cells needed for germinal center...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Crotty S

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The β common chain cytokines GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-5 regulate varied inflammatory responses that promote the rapid clearance of pathogens but also contribute to pathology in chronic inflammation. Therapeutic interventions manipulating these cytokines are approved for use in some cancers as well as allergic and autoimmu...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Dougan M,Dranoff G,Dougan SK

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease associated with type 2 cytokines interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-5, and IL-13, which promote airway eosinophilia, mucus overproduction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR), and immunogloubulin E (IgE) synthesis. However, only half of asthma patients exhibit signs of an exacerba...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Lambrecht BN,Hammad H,Fahy JV

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor ligand Amphiregulin has a well-documented role in the restoration of tissue homeostasis after injury; however, the mechanism by which Amphiregulin contributes to wound repair remains unknown. Here we show that Amphiregulin functioned by releasing bioactive transforming growth facto...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Minutti CM,Modak RV,Macdonald F,Li F,Smyth DJ,Dorward DA,Blair N,Husovsky C,Muir A,Giampazolias E,Dobie R,Maizels RM,Kendall TJ,Griggs DW,Kopf M,Henderson NC,Zaiss DM

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Curing HIV infection has been impossible, with the exception of the "Berlin Patient." Martinez-Navio et al. (2019) in Miami herein present a rare monkey whose virus was controlled for >3 years after a single genetic intervention that led to persistent production of HIV-neutralizing antibodies in vivo. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Liberatore RA,Ho DD

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The tolerogenic microenvironment of the liver is associated with impaired hepatic T cell function. Here, we examined the contribution of liver-resident natural killer (LrNK) cells, a prominent hepatic NK cell compartment, to T cell antiviral responses in the liver. The number of virus-specific T cells increased in LrN...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Zhou J,Peng H,Li K,Qu K,Wang B,Wu Y,Ye L,Dong Z,Wei H,Sun R,Tian Z

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling is important for multiple potentially pathogenic processes in the central nervous system (CNS), but the cell-type-specific roles of IL-1 signaling are unclear. We used a genetic knockin reporter system in mice to track and reciprocally delete or express IL-1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1) in specif...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Liu X,Nemeth DP,McKim DB,Zhu L,DiSabato DJ,Berdysz O,Gorantla G,Oliver B,Witcher KG,Wang Y,Negray CE,Vegesna RS,Sheridan JF,Godbout JP,Robson MJ,Blakely RD,Popovich PG,Bilbo SD,Quan N

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ T helper (Th) differentiation is regulated by diverse inputs, including the vitamin A metabolite retinoic acid (RA). RA acts through its receptor RARα to repress transcription of inflammatory cytokines, but is also essential for Th-mediated immunity, indicating complex effects of RA on Th specification and the ou...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Schwartz DM,Farley TK,Richoz N,Yao C,Shih HY,Petermann F,Zhang Y,Sun HW,Hayes E,Mikami Y,Jiang K,Davis FP,Kanno Y,Milner JD,Siegel R,Laurence A,Meylan F,O'Shea JJ

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As long-lived post-mitotic cells, neurons employ unique strategies to resist pathogen infection while preserving cellular function. Here, using a murine model of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, we identified an innate immune pathway that restricts ZIKV replication in neurons and is required for survival upon ZIKV infecti...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Daniels BP,Kofman SB,Smith JR,Norris GT,Snyder AG,Kolb JP,Gao X,Locasale JW,Martinez J,Gale M Jr,Loo YM,Oberst A

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a unique sentinel cell type that can detect pathogen-derived nucleic acids and respond with rapid and massive production of type I interferon. This review summarizes our current understanding of pDC biology, including transcriptional regulation, heterogeneity, role in antiviral ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Reizis B

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic engagement is intrinsic to immune cell function. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has been shown to modulate macrophage activation, yet how PGE2 might affect metabolism is unclear. Here, we show that PGE2 caused mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm) to dissipate in interleukin-4-activated (M(IL-4)) macrophages. Effe...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Sanin DE,Matsushita M,Klein Geltink RI,Grzes KM,van Teijlingen Bakker N,Corrado M,Kabat AM,Buck MD,Qiu J,Lawless SJ,Cameron AM,Villa M,Baixauli F,Patterson AE,Hässler F,Curtis JD,O'Neill CM,O'Sullivan D,Wu D,Mittler

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In allergic patients, small amounts of allergen activate mast cells and trigger an immune cascade that can result in anaphylactic shock. In a recent issue of Science, Choi et al. (2018) show that dendritic cells sample the lumen of blood vessels and use microvesicles to trigger mast cell degranulation and anaphylaxis....

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Sallis BF,Fiebiger E

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) results from a dysregulated interaction between the microbiota and a genetically susceptible host. Genetic studies have linked TNFSF15 polymorphisms and its protein TNF-like ligand 1A (TL1A) with IBD, but the functional role of TL1A is not known. Here, we found that adherent IBD-associ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Castellanos JG,Woo V,Viladomiu M,Putzel G,Lima S,Diehl GE,Marderstein AR,Gandara J,Perez AR,Withers DR,Targan SR,Shih DQ,Scherl EJ,Longman RS

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful organ transplantation requires an optimal innate immune response to avoid tissue injury. In this issue of Immunity, Braza et al. (2018) inhibit pro-inflammatory activation of infiltrating graft macrophages using nanotechnology tools to promote immune tolerance, leading to long-term transplant acceptance in ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Pascual-Gil S,Epelman S

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and downstream transcription factor STAT5 are important for maintaining regulatory T (Treg) cell homeostasis and function. Treg cells can respond to low IL-2 levels, but the mechanisms of STAT5 activation during partial IL-2 deficiency remain uncertain. We identified the serine-threonine kinase Ms...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Shi H,Liu C,Tan H,Li Y,Nguyen TM,Dhungana Y,Guy C,Vogel P,Neale G,Rankin S,Feng Y,Peng J,Tao W,Chi H

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of immune cells with antimicrobial activities is essential to fight local infections but has the potential to trigger immunopathology. Whether the immune system has the ability to sense inflammation intensity and self-adjust accordingly to limit tissue damage remains to be fully established. During local i...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Postat J,Olekhnovitch R,Lemaître F,Bousso P

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-resident mast cells are associated with many inflammatory and physiological processes. Although mast cells arise from the yolk sac, the exact ontogeny of adult mast cells remains unclear. Here we have investigated the hematopoietic origin of mast cells using fate-mapping systems. We have shown that early erythr...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Li Z,Liu S,Xu J,Zhang X,Han D,Liu J,Xia M,Yi L,Shen Q,Xu S,Lu L,Cao X

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-evolution with their bacterial hosts has led to viral countermeasures against CRISPR-mediated immunity. In a recent issue of Cell, Landsberger et al. (2018) and Borges et al. (2018) report that cooperation among bacteriophages and multiple infection events are necessary to overcome CRISPR immune responses. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： van Gent M,Gack MU

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The NF-κB pathway plays a crucial role in supporting tumor initiation, progression, and radioresistance of tumor cells. However, the role of the NF-κB pathway in radiation-induced anti-tumor host immunity remains unclear. Here we demonstrated that inhibiting the canonical NF-κB pathway dampened the therapeutic effect ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Hou Y,Liang H,Rao E,Zheng W,Huang X,Deng L,Zhang Y,Yu X,Xu M,Mauceri H,Arina A,Weichselbaum RR,Fu YX

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 Envelope (Env) mediates viral-host membrane fusion after binding host-receptor CD4 and coreceptor. Soluble envelopes (SOSIPs), designed to mimic prefusion conformational states of virion-bound envelopes, are proposed immunogens for eliciting neutralizing antibodies, yet only static structures are available. To e...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Stadtmueller BM,Bridges MD,Dam KM,Lerch MT,Huey-Tubman KE,Hubbell WL,Bjorkman PJ

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Nature, Borges da Silva et al. (2018) reveal that P2RX7, a receptor for extracellular ATP, promotes CD8 T cell memory by enhancing metabolic fitness. This work links an ancient "danger" signal with long-term immunity. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Greene TT,Labarta-Bajo L,Zuñiga EI

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is mostly refractory to immunotherapies. In this issue of Immunity, Li et al. (2018) generate a library of clonal PDAC tumors to examine the tumor-intrinsic features shaping the anti-tumor immune response and find that tumor cell-derived CXCL1 directly blunts T cell infiltration and re...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Horton B,Spranger S

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory T cells provide long-lasting protective immunity, and distinct subpopulations of memory T cells drive chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma. Asthma is a chronic allergic inflammatory disease with airway remodeling including fibrotic changes. The immunological mechanisms that induce airway fibrotic change...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Morimoto Y,Hirahara K,Kiuchi M,Wada T,Ichikawa T,Kanno T,Okano M,Kokubo K,Onodera A,Sakurai D,Okamoto Y,Nakayama T

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella pathogenesis has confounded researchers for years because of its narrow host selectivity and extraordinary infectious capability. In this issue of Immunity, Xu et al. (2018) identify a cunning mechanism whereby Shigella hijacks human α-defensin 5 to enhance its adhesion and subsequent invasion. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Murphy AG,Maloy KJ

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:PKCβ-null (Prkcb-/-) mice are severely immunodeficient. Here we show that mice whose B cells lack PKCβ failed to form germinal centers and plasma cells, which undermined affinity maturation and antibody production in response to immunization. Moreover, these mice failed to develop plasma cells in response to viral inf...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Tsui C,Martinez-Martin N,Gaya M,Maldonado P,Llorian M,Legrave NM,Rossi M,MacRae JI,Cameron AJ,Parker PJ,Leitges M,Bruckbauer A,Batista FD

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of Th17 cells in autoimmune diseases, it remains unclear how they control other inflammatory cells in autoimmune tissue damage. Using a model of spontaneous autoimmune arthritis, we showed that arthritogenic Th17 cells stimulated fibroblast-like synoviocytes via interleukin-17 (IL-17) to secrete...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Hirota K,Hashimoto M,Ito Y,Matsuura M,Ito H,Tanaka M,Watanabe H,Kondoh G,Tanaka A,Yasuda K,Kopf M,Potocnik AJ,Stockinger B,Sakaguchi N,Sakaguchi S

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian gut microbiota provides essential metabolites to the host and promotes the differentiation and accumulation of extrathymically generated regulatory T (pTreg) cells. To explore the impact of these cells on intestinal microbial communities, we assessed the composition of the microbiota in pTreg cell-defici...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Campbell C,Dikiy S,Bhattarai SK,Chinen T,Matheis F,Calafiore M,Hoyos B,Hanash A,Mucida D,Bucci V,Rudensky AY

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Immunity, Trompette et al. (2018) show that dietary fiber and short chain fatty acids reduce influenza A virus-associated immunopathology by enhancing CD8+ T cell effector function and by promoting the differentiation of alternatively activated macrophages. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Castillo PAC,Hand TW

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary fiber protects against chronic inflammatory diseases by dampening immune responses through short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). Here we examined the effect of dietary fiber in viral infection, where the anti-inflammatory properties of SCFAs in principle could prevent protective immunity. Instead, we found that fer...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Trompette A,Gollwitzer ES,Pattaroni C,Lopez-Mejia IC,Riva E,Pernot J,Ubags N,Fajas L,Nicod LP,Marsland BJ

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed an extensive immunogenomic analysis of more than 10,000 tumors comprising 33 diverse cancer types by utilizing data compiled by TCGA. Across cancer types, we identified six immune subtypes-wound healing, IFN-γ dominant, inflammatory, lymphocyte depleted, immunologically quiet, and TGF-β dominant-character...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Thorsson V,Gibbs DL,Brown SD,Wolf D,Bortone DS,Ou Yang TH,Porta-Pardo E,Gao GF,Plaisier CL,Eddy JA,Ziv E,Culhane AC,Paull EO,Sivakumar IKA,Gentles AJ,Malhotra R,Farshidfar F,Colaprico A,Parker JS,Mose LE,Vo NS,L

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory diseases represent an increasing medical burden, yet neither tools to predict the individual disease course nor causal cures are at hand. We discuss opportunities for systems medicine to derive precise, individualized disease models and outline the European consortium SYSCID as part of the roadmap...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Schultze JL,SYSCID consortium.,Rosenstiel P

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher- or lower-affinity germinal center (GC) B cells are directed either to plasma cell or GC recycling, respectively; however, how commitment to the plasma cell fate takes place is unclear. We found that a population of light zone (LZ) GC cells, Bcl6loCD69hi expressing a transcription factor IRF4 and higher-affinit...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Ise W,Fujii K,Shiroguchi K,Ito A,Kometani K,Takeda K,Kawakami E,Yamashita K,Suzuki K,Okada T,Kurosaki T

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolysis is linked to the rapid response of memory CD8+ T cells, but the molecular and subcellular structural elements enabling enhanced glucose metabolism in nascent activated memory CD8+ T cells are unknown. We found that rapid activation of protein kinase B (PKB or AKT) by mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Bantug GR,Fischer M,Grählert J,Balmer ML,Unterstab G,Develioglu L,Steiner R,Zhang L,Costa ASH,Gubser PM,Burgener AV,Sauder U,Löliger J,Belle R,Dimeloe S,Lötscher J,Jauch A,Recher M,Hönger G,Hall MN,Romero P,Frez

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nervous system undergoes extensive postnatal synapse remodeling that is critical for the formation of mature neural circuits. In a recent issue of Science, Vainchtein et al. (2018) describe an additional role for astrocyte-derived interleukin-33 (IL-33) in promoting synapse refinement by microglia in the d...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Delmas C,Dalmas E

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Immunity, Mrdjen et al. (2018) use high-dimensional single-cell proteomics and high parametric mass cytometry to provide insight into the long-lasting issue of how to identify and characterize both resident and recruited leukocyte populations in healthy, aged, and diseased CNS. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Villacampa N,Heneka MT

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic viral infections remain a global health concern. The early events that facilitate viral persistence have been linked to the activity of the immunoregulatory cytokine IL-10. However, the mechanisms by which IL-10 facilitates the establishment of chronic infection are not fully understood. Herein, we demonstrate...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Smith LK,Boukhaled GM,Condotta SA,Mazouz S,Guthmiller JJ,Vijay R,Butler NS,Bruneau J,Shoukry NH,Krawczyk CM,Richer MJ

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) sense pathogen-associated molecular patterns to activate the production of inflammatory mediators. TLR4 recognizes lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and drives the secretion of inflammatory cytokines, often contributing to sepsis. We report that transient receptor potential melastatin-like 7 (TRPM7),...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Schappe MS,Szteyn K,Stremska ME,Mendu SK,Downs TK,Seegren PV,Mahoney MA,Dixit S,Krupa JK,Stipes EJ,Rogers JS,Adamson SE,Leitinger N,Desai BN

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hepatitis A (AHA) involves severe CD8+ T cell-mediated liver injury. Here we showed during AHA, CD8+ T cells specific to unrelated viruses became activated. Hepatitis A virus (HAV)-infected cells produced IL-15 that induced T cell receptor (TCR)-independent activation of memory CD8+ T cells. TCR-independent acti...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Kim J,Chang DY,Lee HW,Lee H,Kim JH,Sung PS,Kim KH,Hong SH,Kang W,Lee J,Shin SY,Yu HT,You S,Choi YS,Oh I,Lee DH,Lee DH,Jung MK,Suh KS,Hwang S,Kim W,Park SH,Kim HJ,Shin EC

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant RAS is a major oncoprotein in human cancer and PD-L1 is a key driver of cancer immune evasion. In this issue of Immunity, Coelho et al. (2017) demonstrate that oncogenic RAS signaling promotes tumor immune escape by stabilizing PD-L1 mRNA. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Glodde N,Hölzel M

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00