Distinct microbial and immune niches of the human colon

KR James, T Gomes, R Elmentaite, N Kumar… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Gastrointestinal microbiota and immune cells interact closely and display regional
specificity; however, little is known about how these communities differ with location. Here …

Comparative transcriptional and functional profiling defines conserved programs of intestinal DC differentiation in humans and mice

PB Watchmaker, K Lahl, M Lee, D Baumjohann… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) that orchestrate mucosal immunity have been studied in mice. Here we
characterized human gut DC populations and defined their relationship to previously studied …

[HTML][HTML] Intestinal epithelial cells promote colitis-protective regulatory T-cell differentiation through dendritic cell conditioning

ID Iliev, E Mileti, G Matteoli, M Chieppa… - Mucosal …, 2009 - nature.com
Intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) have been shown to display specialized functions, including
the ability to promote gut tropism to lymphocytes, to polarize noninflammatory responses …

Single-cell atlas of colonic CD8+ T cells in ulcerative colitis

D Corridoni, A Antanaviciute, T Gupta… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Colonic antigen-experienced lymphocytes such as tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells can
respond rapidly to repeated antigen exposure. However, their cellular phenotypes and the …

[HTML][HTML] CD4+ T cells persist for years in the human small intestine and display a TH1 cytokine profile

R Bartolomé-Casado, OJB Landsverk, SK Chauhan… - Mucosal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies in mice and humans have shown that CD8+ T cell immunosurveillance in non-
lymphoid tissues is dominated by resident populations. Whether CD4+ T cells use the same …

Focused specificity of intestinal TH17 cells towards commensal bacterial antigens

Y Yang, MB Torchinsky, M Gobert, H Xiong, M Xu… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract T-helper-17 (TH17) cells have critical roles in mucosal defence and in autoimmune
disease pathogenesis,,. They are most abundant in the small intestine lamina propria, where …

Innate lymphoid cells regulate CD4+ T-cell responses to intestinal commensal bacteria

MR Hepworth, LA Monticelli, TC Fung, CGK Ziegler… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a recently characterized family of immune cells that have
critical roles in cytokine-mediated regulation of intestinal epithelial cell barrier integrity …

[HTML][HTML] The transcription factor T-bet is induced by IL-15 and thymic agonist selection and controls CD8αα+ intraepithelial lymphocyte development

CSN Klose, K Blatz, Y d'Hargues, PP Hernandez… - Immunity, 2014 - cell.com
CD8αα+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) are instrumental in maintaining the epithelial
barrier in the intestine. Similar to natural killer cells and other innate lymphoid cells, CD8αα+ …

A RORγt+ cell instructs gut microbiota-specific Treg cell differentiation

R Kedmi, TA Najar, KR Mesa, A Grayson, L Kroehling… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The mutualistic relationship of gut-resident microbiota and the host immune system
promotes homeostasis that ensures maintenance of the microbial community and of a …

CD8+ recent thymic emigrants home to and efficiently repopulate the small intestine epithelium

TL Staton, A Habtezion, MM Winslow, T Sato… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Prevailing knowledge dictates that naive αβ T cells require activation in lymphoid tissues
before differentiating into effector or memory T cells capable of trafficking to nonlymphoid …