Human Immunology News Volume 11.44 | Nov 07 2023

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    2023-11-07 | HIN 11.44


    Human Immunology News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 11.44 – 7 November, 2023
    TOP STORY

    IL-1β+ Macrophages Fuel Pathogenic Inflammation in Pancreatic Cancer

    Investigators uncovered an inflammatory loop between tumor cells and interleukin-1β-expressing tumor-associated macrophages, a subset of macrophages elicited by a local synergy between prostaglandin E2, and tumor necrosis factor.
    [Nature]

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    Chimeric Autoantibody Receptor T Cells Deplete NMDA Receptor-Specific B Cells

    Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-specific chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells recognized a large panel of human patient-derived autoantibodies, released effector molecules, proliferated, and selectively killed antigen-specific target cell lines even in the presence of high autoantibody concentrations.
    [Cell]

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    Harnessing CD3 Diversity to Optimize CAR T Cells

    Scientists systematically engineered new CD3 chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), each containing only one of the CD3 intracellular domains. CARs containing CD3δ, CD3ε, or CD3γ cytoplasmic tails outperformed the conventional ζ CAR T cells in vivo.
    [Nature Immunology]

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    Development of Functional Resident Macrophages in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Colonic Organoids and Human Fetal Colon

    Researchers described that pluripotent stem cell-derived human colonic organoids co-developped a diverse population of immune cells, including those that undergo stereotypical steps in differentiation, resulting in the generation of functional macrophages.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    First-in-Human Therapy with Treg Produced from Thymic Tissue (thyTreg) in a Heart Transplant Infant

    The authors developed a new approach that provided large quantities of Tregs with high purity and excellent features, sourced from thymic tissue routinely removed during pediatric cardiac surgeries (thyTregs).
    [Journal Of Experimental Medicine]

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    Inhibition of Polyamine Biosynthesis Preserves β Cell Function in Type 1 Diabetes

    Investigators showed that mice with β cell ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) deletion were protected against toxin-induced diabetes, suggesting a cell-autonomous role of ODC during β cell stress.
    [Cell Reports Medicine]

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    Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveal a Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Subset in HNSCC That Restricts Infiltration and Anti-Tumor Activity of CD8+ T Cells

    Scientists performed spatial transcriptomic analysis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) specimens with differing immune infiltration and single-cell RNA sequencing of five pairs of tumor and adjacent tissues.
    [Cancer Research]

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    mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles for Ex Vivo Engineering of Immunosuppressive T Cells for Autoimmunity Therapies

    Researchers successfully engineered CD4+ T cells into Foxp3-T cells that transiently exhibited an immunosuppressive phenotype and functionally suppressed the proliferation of effector T cells
    [Nano Letters]

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    Single-Cell Characterization of Macrophages in Uveal Melanoma Uncovers Transcriptionally Heterogeneous Subsets Conferring Poor Prognosis and Aggressive Behavior

    Scientists found that MΦ-C4 exhibited relatively low expression of both M1 and M2 signature genes, loss of inflammatory pathways, and antigen presentation, instead demonstrating enhanced signaling for proliferation, mitochondrial functions, and metabolism.
    [Experimental & Molecular Medicine]

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    REVIEWS

    Role of the Microbiota in Response to and Recovery from Cancer Therapy

    The authors synthesize the evidence showing that the microbiota is an important determinant of both cancer treatment efficacy and treatment-induced acute and long-term toxicity, and discuss the complex and inter-related mechanisms involved.
    [Nature Reviews Immunology]

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    Mitochondrial DNA-Triggered Innate Immune Response: Mechanisms and Diseases

    Investigators focus on the mechanisms underlying the mitochondrial DNA-triggered activation of the cGAS-MITA/STING pathway.
    [Cellular & Molecular Immunology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Kyverna Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with Charité to Fund Research into B Cell and Plasma Cell-Targeting Therapies in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases

    Kyverna Therapeutics announced the signing of a multi-year research funding agreement with Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin to investigate the impact of B- and plasma cell-targeting therapies on the immunologic profile and clinical outcomes of patients with systemic autoimmune diseases.
    [Kyverna Therapeutics]

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