Immune Regulation News Volume 14.09 | Mar 11 2022

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    Vol. 14.09 – 11 March, 2022
    TOP STORY

    Human Epigenetic and Transcriptional T Cell Differentiation Atlas for Identifying Functional T Cell-Specific Enhancers

    Researchers generated an epigenetic and transcriptional atlas of T cell differentiation from healthy humans that included exhausted CD8 T cells and applied this resource in three ways.
    [Immunity]

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    A Novel Unconventional T Cell Population Enriched in Crohn’s Disease

    The authors identified a group of clonotypes, characterized by semi-invariant T cell receptor alpha chains, to be significantly enriched in the blood of patients with Crohn’s disease and particularly expanded in the CD8+ T cell population.
    [Gut]

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    IL-15 and Anti-PD-1 Augment the Efficacy of Agonistic Intratumoral Anti-CD40 in a Mouse Model with Multiple TRAMP-C2 Tumors

    Researchers investigated the combination of IL-15 with an intratumoral anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody (mAb) in a dual tumor TRAMP-C2 murine prostate cancer model and expanded the regimen to include an anti-PD-1 mAb.
    [Clinical Cancer Research]

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    Circulating Tregs Accumulate in Omental Tumors and Acquire Adipose-Resident Features

    Investigators showed that Tregs in tumor-bearing omenta predominantly had thymus-derived characteristics.
    [Cancer Immunology Research]

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    Phosphoantigen-Stimulated γδ T Cells Suppress Natural Killer Cell-Responses to Missing-Self

    Scientists studied the consequences of pAg-stimulated γδ T cell interactions with NK cells and CD8+ T cells, major innate and adaptive effectors, respectively.
    [Cancer Immunology Research]

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    Tumor-Educated Tregs Drive Organ-Specific Metastasis in Breast Cancer by Impairing NK Cells in the Lymph Node Niche

    The authors investigated the impact of mammary tumorigenesis on regulatory T cells in distant organs and how this affected multi-organ metastatic disease.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Differential Impact of JUUL Flavors on Pulmonary Immune Modulation and Oxidative Stress Responses in Male and Female Mice

    Scientists evaluated if acute exposure to JUUL e-cigarette aerosols in three popular flavors elicited an immunomodulatory or oxidative stress response in mice.
    [Archives of Toxicology]

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    Structural and Immunoendocrine Remodeling in Gut, Pancreas and Thymus in Weaning Rats Fed Powdered Milk Diets Rich in Maillard Reactants

    Investigators described that weaning rats fed diets rich in Maillard reaction products were affected in both their immune and endocrine systems.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Link between the EZH2 Noncanonical Pathway and Microtubule Organization Center Polarization during Early T Lymphopoiesis

    Researchers investigated whether the EZH2 noncanonical pathway could be involved in early T cell maturation, which required cell polarization.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    TRAF6-Overexpressing Dendritic Cells Loaded with MUC1 Peptide Enhance Anti-Tumor Activity in B16-MUC1 Melanoma-Bearing Mice

    Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6)-overexpressing dendritic cells had increased expression of costimulatory molecules, major histocompatibility complex molecules and IL-12 expression.
    [International Immunopharmacology]

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    REVIEWS

    The Link between Circulating Follicular Helper T Cells and Autoimmunity

    The author discusses the increase in circulating follicular helper T cells seen in autoimmune settings and explores potential explanations for this phenomenon.
    [Nature Reviews Immunology]

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    Macrophage Compartmentalization in the Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid System

    Scientists review the relationships between central nervous system macrophage populations, with a focus on the origins, phenotypes, and functions of cerebrospinal fluid macrophages in health and disease.
    [Science Immunology]

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    Primary Immune Regulatory Disorders: Undiagnosed Needles in the Haystack?

    Diagnosis of primary immune regulatory disorders is a significant challenge to physicians due to their rarity, complexity, and diversity in clinical manifestations.
    [Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    aTyr Pharma Announces Positive End-of-Phase II Meeting with FDA on Efzofitimod for the Treatment of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

    aTyr Pharma, Inc. announced the positive outcome of a Type B End-of-Phase II meeting with the FDA regarding its lead therapeutic candidate, efzofitimod, for the treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis.
    [aTyr Pharma, Inc.]

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