Immune Regulation News Volume 14.06 | Feb 18 2022

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    Vol. 14.06 – 18 February, 2022
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    Mucosal Fungi Promote Gut Barrier Function and Social Behavior via Type 17 Immunity

    Scientists characterized the mycobiota biogeography along the gastrointestinal tract and identified a subset of fungi associated with the intestinal mucosa of mice and humans.
    [Cell]

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    The Development of Chiral Nanoparticles to Target NK Cells and CD8+ T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy

    Researchers investigated the immunological effect of chiral nanomaterials as therapeutic and preventive options against tumors.
    [Advanced Materials]

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    Normality Sensing Licenses Local T Cells for Innate-Like Tissue Surveillance

    Interruption of T cell antigen receptors-mediated ‘normality sensing’ had no impact on γδ T cell numbers but altered their signature phenotype, while the epidermal barrier function was compromised.
    [Nature Immunology]

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    Ex Vivo Enzymatic Treatment Converts Blood Type A Donor Lungs into Universal Blood Type Lungs

    Investigators studied the safety and preclinical efficacy of using these enzymes to remove A antigen from human donor lungs using ex vivo lung perfusion.
    [Science Translational Medicine]

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    LIGHT Enhanced Bispecific Antibody Armed T Cells to Treat Immunotherapy Resistant Colon Cancer

    The authors demonstrate that activated T cells armed with anti-CD3 x anti-EGFR bispecific antibody increases tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and mediate anti-tumor cytotoxicity while decreasing tumor cell viability.
    [Oncogene]

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    IL-36 Cytokines Imprint a Colitogenic Phenotype on CD4+ T Helper Cells

    Scientists reported specifically elevated expression of IL-36α, and not IL-36β or IL-36γ in the serum of newly diagnosed, treatment naïve, pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases patients and identify T cells as primary cellular mediators of IL-36 responses in the inflamed gut.
    [Mucosal Immunology]

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    Themis Is Indispensable for IL-2 and IL-15 Signaling in T Cells

    The authors investigated whether Themis plays a direct role in cytokine signaling in mature T cells.
    [Science Signaling]

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    METTL3 Overexpression Aggravates LPS-Induced Cellular Inflammation in Mouse Intestinal Epithelial Cells and DSS-Induced IBD in Mice

    Within LPS-treated MODE-K cells, METTL3 knockdown promoted cell viability, inhibited cell apoptosis, decreased apoptotic caspase3/9 cleavage, and decreased the levels of proinflammatory cytokines and inflammatory enzymes
    [Cell Death Discovery]

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    Transcriptional Changes in Dendritic Cells Underlying Allergen Specific Induced Tolerance in a Mouse Model

    Gene expression was measured in mice receiving no immunotherapy; and in which anaphylaxis could never occur.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Astragali Radix-Coptis Rhizoma Herb Pair Attenuates Atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- Mice by Regulating the M1/M2 and Th1/Th2 Immune Balance and Activating the STAT6 Signaling Pathway

    Researchers focused on the effects and mechanisms of the Astragali Radix and Coptis Rhizoma herb pair attenuation of atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE-/-) mice.
    [Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine]

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    REVIEWS

    Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Modulation and Immune Cell Trafficking in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Scientists summarizes the critical mediators and mechanisms involved in immune cell trafficking in IBD and the available evidence for efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulators in IBD and other immune-mediated disorders.
    [Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology]

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    The Consequences of Particle Uptake on Immune Cells

    The authors review the recent literature that describes the changes induced in immune cells following internalization of cargo-free particles.
    [Trends in Pharmacological Sciences]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Statera Biopharma, Inc., Announces Central Institutional Review Board Approval of Phase III Clinical Trial for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease

    Statera Biopharma, Inc. announced that it has received Central Institutional Review Board approval to conduct a Phase III clinical trial for STAT-201 in the treatment of pediatric Crohn’s Disease, a chronic relapsing inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.
    [Statera Biopharma, Inc.]

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    OSE Immunotherapeutics is Pleased to Announce that Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., its Partner in Transplantation, has Obtained FDA Fast-Track Designation for CD28 Antagonist VEL-101/FR104

    OSE Immunotherapeutics SA announced that Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has obtained fast track designation from the FDA for VEL-101/FR104, a novel investigational maintenance immunosuppressive agent being developed for prophylaxis of renal allograft rejection in recipients of kidney transplants.
    [OSE Immunotherapeutics SA]

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