TGF-β Regulation of T Cells

WJ Chen - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is a key cytokine regulating the development,
activation, proliferation, differentiation, and death of T cells. In CD4+ T cells, TGF-β maintains …

Repositioning TH cell polarization from single cytokines to complex help

S Tuzlak, AS Dejean, M Iannacone, FJ Quintana… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
When helper T (TH) cell polarization was initially described three decades ago, the TH cell
universe grew dramatically. New subsets were described based on their expression of few …

Repression of the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor prevents oxidative stress and ferroptosis of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes

SK Panda, V Peng, R Sudan, AU Antonova… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The aryl-hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that buoys
intestinal immune responses. AHR induces its own negative regulator, the AHR repressor …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: an environmental sensor integrating immune responses in health and disease

V Rothhammer, FJ Quintana - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
The environment, diet, microbiota and body's metabolism shape complex biological
processes in health and disease. However, our understanding of the molecular pathways …

Control of immunity by the microbiota

E Ansaldo, TK Farley, Y Belkaid - Annual review of immunology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The immune system has coevolved with extensive microbial communities living on barrier
sites that are collectively known as the microbiota. It is increasingly clear that microbial …

Gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids and colorectal cancer: Ready for clinical translation?

H Hou, D Chen, K Zhang, W Zhang, T Liu, S Wang… - Cancer Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of
cancer-related death worldwide. It involves the complex interactions between genetic …

Organoids in immunological research

YE Bar-Ephraim, K Kretzschmar… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Much of our knowledge regarding the interactions between epithelial tissues and the
immune system has been gathered from animal models and co-cultures with cell lines …

Lactobacillus reuteri induces gut intraepithelial CD4+CD8αα+ T cells

L Cervantes-Barragan, JN Chai, MD Tianero… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The small intestine contains CD4+ CD8αα+ double-positive intraepithelial lymphocytes (DP
IELs), which originate from intestinal CD4+ T cells through down-regulation of the …

Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children

JL Gehrig, S Venkatesh, HW Chang, MC Hibberd… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION There is a dimension to postnatal human development that involves
assembly of microbial communities in different body habitats, including the gut. Children with …

Gut microbial fatty acid isomerization modulates intraepithelial T cells

X Song, H Zhang, Y Zhang, B Goh, B Bao, SS Mello… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The human gut microbiome constantly converts natural products derived from the host and
diet into numerous bioactive metabolites,–. Dietary fats are essential micronutrients that …