Immune Regulation News Volume 14.07 | Feb 26 2022

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    Vol. 14.07 – 25 February, 2022
    TOP STORY

    A Trispecific Antibody Targeting HER2 and T Cells Inhibits Breast Cancer Growth via CD4 Cells

    Scientists demonstrated that a trispecific antibody to HER2, CD3 and CD28 stimulated regression of breast cancers in a humanized mouse model through a mechanism involving CD4-dependent inhibition of tumor cell cycle progression.
    [Nature]

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    Batf-Mediated Epigenetic Control of Effector CD8+ T Cell Differentiation

    Researchers investigated how changes to naive CD8+ T cell gene expression depended on the basic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor Batf, which was essential for the early phases of the process.
    [Science Immunology]

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    An IL-9–Pulmonary Macrophage Axis Defines the Allergic Lung Inflammatory Environment

    The authors reported the identification of hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitors Pibrentasvir and Ombitasvir as SARS-CoV-2 exonuclease inhibitors.
    [Communications Biology]

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    Modifying the Maternal Microbiota Alters the Gut–Brain Metabolome and Prevents Emotional Dysfunction in the Adult Offspring of Obese Dams

    Scientists tested whether perinatal intake of a multispecies probiotic could mitigate the abnormal emotional behavior in the juvenile and adult offspring of obese dams.
    [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]

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    Dephosphorylation Accelerates the Dissociation of ZAP70 from the T Cell Receptor

    Investigators used modeling to show that the unbinding rate of tandem, but not single, Src homology 2 domains could be accelerated by phosphatases.
    [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]

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    Redox Regulation of Age-Associated Defects in Generation and Maintenance of T Cell Self-Tolerance and Immunity to Foreign Antigens

    Researchers found that diminished expression of a model tissue-restricted antigen gene in aged thymic stromal cells correlated with impaired clonal deletion of cognate T cells recognizing an autoantigen involved in atherosclerosis.
    [Cell Reports]

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    MicroRNA-142 Guards against Autoimmunity by Controlling Treg Cell Homeostasis and Function

    Scientists reported that mice with Treg cell–specific ablation of miR-142 developed a fatal systemic autoimmune disorder due to a breakdown in peripheral T cell tolerance.
    [PLoS Biology]

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    18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid Suppresses Allergic Airway Inflammation through NF-κB and Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Pathways in Asthma Mice

    Investigators evaluated the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of 18β-GA in an ovalbumin-induced asthma mouse model, and examined the role of NF-κB and Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathways.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Local Inhibition of TGF-β1 Signaling Improves Th17/Treg Balance but Not Joint Pathology during Experimental Arthritis

    Murine splenocytes were differentiated into T helper 17 cells, and the effect of the TGF-βRI inhibitor SB-505124 was studied.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    REVIEWS

    Engineering IL-2 for Immunotherapy of Autoimmunity and Cancer

    IL-2 biologics have proven to be effective in preclinical studies and clinical assessment of some is now underway.
    [Nature Reviews Immunology]

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    Regulation of Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells by the Microbiota

    Investigators hypothesize that memory responses to antigens from the microbiota must be ‘licensed’ by inflammatory signals activated by invasion of the host by microorganisms.
    [Mucosal Immunology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    MyMD Pharmaceuticals Enrolls First Patient in Phase II Clinical Trial of MYMD-1 as a Therapy for Delaying Aging and Extending Healthy Lifespan

    MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s Phase II clinical trial of lead candidate MYMD-1, an oral immune regulator drug, as a therapy for delaying aging and expanding healthy lifespan.
    [MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BusinessWire, Inc.)]

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    Vishva M. Dixit: A Scientist Who Swings for the Fences

    Dr. Vishva Dixit has received the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science for his groundbreaking discoveries on the mechanism of apoptosis.
    [The Vilceck Foundation]

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