2024
Challenges in IBD Research 2024: Preclinical Human IBD Mechanisms
Ciorba M, Konnikova L, Hirota S, Lucchetta E, Turner J, Slavin A, Johnson K, Condray C, Hong S, Cressall B, Pizarro T, Hurtado-Lorenzo A, Heller C, Moss A, Swantek J, Garrett W. Challenges in IBD Research 2024: Preclinical Human IBD Mechanisms. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2024, 30: s5-s18. PMID: 38778627, PMCID: PMC11491665, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izae081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseasePreclinical human IBD mechanismsInflammatory bowel disease researchHuman inflammatory bowel diseaseCell statesRisk allelesUnmet medical needExtraintestinal manifestationsPrecision medicineInflammatory bowel disease complicationsPreclinical researchBowel diseasePragmatic clinical researchMultidisciplinary inputBarrier functionDisease researchEnvironmental triggersMedical needClinical researchTranslational scientistsMicrobiomeAllelesEpigeneticsGeneticsRemission“Deficiency in ELF4, X-Linked”: a Monogenic Disease Entity Resembling Behçet’s Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Olyha S, O’Connor S, Kribis M, Bucklin M, Uthaya Kumar D, Tyler P, Alam F, Jones K, Sheikha H, Konnikova L, Lakhani S, Montgomery R, Catanzaro J, Du H, DiGiacomo D, Rothermel H, Moran C, Fiedler K, Warner N, Hoppenreijs E, van der Made C, Hoischen A, Olbrich P, Neth O, Rodríguez-Martínez A, Lucena Soto J, van Rossum A, Dalm V, Muise A, Lucas C. “Deficiency in ELF4, X-Linked”: a Monogenic Disease Entity Resembling Behçet’s Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Clinical Immunology 2024, 44: 44. PMID: 38231408, PMCID: PMC10929603, DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01610-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDEX patientsClass-switched memory B cellsInborn errors of immunityTreated with anti-inflammatory agentsLow natural killerX-linkedMemory B cellsErrors of immunityCohort of patientsIncreased inflammatory cytokinesLoss-of-function variantsHeterogeneous clinical phenotypesInflammatory bowel diseaseTargeted therapeutic interventionsNatural killerAnti-inflammatory agentsAphthous ulcersTherapeutic responseAutoinflammatory syndromeInflammatory markersClinical manifestationsB cellsBehcet's syndromeGastrointestinal symptomsMechanisms of disease
2022
DOP64 Pathogenic RIPK1 Mutations Cause Infantile-onset IBD with Inflammatory and Fistulizing Features
Sultan M, Millman P, McCourt B, Kol N, Lev A, Matar M, Barel O, Shamir R, Wilschanski M, Konnikova L, Somech R, Shouval D. DOP64 Pathogenic RIPK1 Mutations Cause Infantile-onset IBD with Inflammatory and Fistulizing Features. Journal Of Crohn's And Colitis 2022, 16: i109-i109. DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab232.103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfantile-onset inflammatory bowel diseaseInflammatory bowel diseasePeripheral blood mononuclear cellsImmune cellsMass cytometry timePerianal fistulasCytometry timeSevere infantile-onset inflammatory bowel diseaseB cellsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationPatients' peripheral blood mononuclear cellsSevere inflammatory bowel diseaseHematopoietic stem cell transplantationIL-1 receptor antagonistMultiple perianal fistulasHyper-inflammatory responseIntestinal immune responsePatient's immune cellsStem cell transplantationBlood mononuclear cellsPeripheral immune dysregulationIL-6 productionRole of RIPK1Cytokine secretion analysisSanger sequencing
2020
Serum IgG4 Subclass Deficiency Defines a Distinct, Commonly Encountered, Severe Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subtype
Koutroumpakis F, Phillips AE, Yadav D, Machicado JD, Ahsan M, Rivers C, Tan X, Schwartz M, Proksell S, Johnston E, Dueker J, Hashash JG, Barrie A, Harrison J, Dunn MA, Konnikova L, Hartman DJ, Din H, Babichenko D, Tang G, Binion DG. Serum IgG4 Subclass Deficiency Defines a Distinct, Commonly Encountered, Severe Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subtype. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020, 27: 855-863. PMID: 32879976, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaa230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseIgG4 subclass deficiencyIgG4 levelsSubclass deficiencyAntibody deficiencyIgG4 deficiencyDisease severitySevere inflammatory bowel diseaseHigh serum IgG4 levelsInflammatory bowel disease subtypeCD-related surgeryIg replacement therapyLow IgG4 levelsMultiple Poisson regression analysisMore hospital admissionsPrimary sclerosing cholangitisSerum IgG4 levelsCohort of patientsIgG4 serum levelsOutpatient antibiotic prescriptionsAnti-inflammatory moleculesHumoral immune responseInflammatory disease processesPoisson regression analysisElectronic health recordsAn RTEL1 Mutation Links to Infantile-Onset Ulcerative Colitis and Severe Immunodeficiency
Ziv A, Werner L, Konnikova L, Awad A, Jeske T, Hastreiter M, Mitsialis V, Stauber T, Wall S, Kotlarz D, Klein C, Snapper SB, Tzfati Y, Weiss B, Somech R, Shouval DS. An RTEL1 Mutation Links to Infantile-Onset Ulcerative Colitis and Severe Immunodeficiency. Journal Of Clinical Immunology 2020, 40: 1010-1019. PMID: 32710398, DOI: 10.1007/s10875-020-00829-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseasePeripheral blood mononuclear cellsUlcerative colitisInfantile-onset inflammatory bowel diseasePatients' peripheral blood mononuclear cellsInnate immune subsetsPneumocystis jiroveci pneumoniaUnique clinical manifestationsBlood mononuclear cellsNaïve T cellsMass cytometry analysisHoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndromeAshkenazi Jewish patientsWhole-exome sequencingDifferent monogenic disordersImmunologic alterationsJiroveci pneumoniaBowel diseaseImmune subsetsImmunological alterationsImmune landscapeCarriage rateClinical manifestationsMononuclear cellsControl subjectsSingle-Cell Analyses of Colon and Blood Reveal Distinct Immune Cell Signatures of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease
Mitsialis V, Wall S, Liu P, Ordovas-Montanes J, Parmet T, Vukovic M, Spencer D, Field M, McCourt C, Toothaker J, Bousvaros A, Center B, Ballal S, Bonilla S, Fawaz R, Fishman L, Flores A, Fox V, Grover A, Higuchi L, Huh S, Kahn S, Lee C, Mobassaleh M, Ouahed J, Pleskow R, Regan B, Rufo P, Sabharwal S, Silverstein J, Verhave M, Wolf A, Zimmerman L, Zitomersky N, Center B, Allegretti J, De Silva P, Friedman S, Hamilton M, Korzenik J, Makrauer F, Norton B, Winter R, Shalek A, Kean L, Horwitz B, Goldsmith J, Tseng G, Snapper S, Konnikova L. Single-Cell Analyses of Colon and Blood Reveal Distinct Immune Cell Signatures of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 591-608.e10. PMID: 32428507, PMCID: PMC8166295, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.04.074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseasePeripheral blood mononuclear cellsActive Crohn's diseaseBlood mononuclear cellsColonic mucosa samplesActive ulcerative colitisPlasmacytoid dendritic cellsInnate lymphoid cellsUlcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseDendritic cellsImmune cell populationsRegulatory cellsMononuclear cellsT cellsMucosa samplesBlood samplesLymphoid cellsGroup 1 innate lymphoid cellsType 3 innate lymphoid cellsEffector memory T cellsCell populationsInactive ulcerative colitisInactive Crohn's diseaseMemory T cells
2018
Human TGF-β1 deficiency causes severe inflammatory bowel disease and encephalopathy
Kotlarz D, Marquardt B, Barøy T, Lee WS, Konnikova L, Hollizeck S, Magg T, Lehle AS, Walz C, Borggraefe I, Hauck F, Bufler P, Conca R, Wall SM, Schumacher EM, Misceo D, Frengen E, Bentsen BS, Uhlig HH, Hopfner KP, Muise AM, Snapper SB, Strømme P, Klein C. Human TGF-β1 deficiency causes severe inflammatory bowel disease and encephalopathy. Nature Genetics 2018, 50: 344-348. PMID: 29483653, PMCID: PMC6309869, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0063-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfantile inflammatory bowel diseaseInflammatory bowel diseaseTGF-β1Bowel diseaseSevere inflammatory bowel diseaseCentral nervous system diseaseNervous system diseasesRole of TGFPosterior leukoencephalopathyIntestinal immunityBrain atrophySystem diseasesTGFB1 geneBiallelic lossImpaired secretionGrowth factorTGF-β familyDiseaseTGF-β1 deficiencyNonredundant roleFunction mutationsPrototypic memberLeukoencephalopathyAtrophyEpilepsy
2017
Enhanced TH17 Responses in Patients with IL10 Receptor Deficiency and Infantile-onset IBD
Shouval DS, Konnikova L, Griffith AE, Wall SM, Biswas A, Werner L, Nunberg M, Kammermeier J, Goettel JA, Anand R, Chen H, Weiss B, Li J, Loizides A, Yerushalmi B, Yanagi T, Beier R, Conklin LS, Ebens CL, Santos FGMS, Sherlock M, Goldsmith JD, Kotlarz D, Glover SC, Shah N, Bousvaros A, Uhlig HH, Muise AM, Klein C, Snapper SB. Enhanced TH17 Responses in Patients with IL10 Receptor Deficiency and Infantile-onset IBD. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2017, 23: 1950-1961. PMID: 29023267, DOI: 10.1097/mib.0000000000001270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell proliferationDeficient patientsTh17 cellsReceptor deficiencySevere infantile-onset inflammatory bowel diseaseInfantile-onset inflammatory bowel diseaseAdaptive immune cell functionsCD4 T cell functionCD4 T cell proliferationCD4 T cell subsetsHematopoietic stem cell transplantationPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsNaive T cell proliferationSuppression of TregsGeneration of TregsInflammatory bowel diseaseRegulatory T cellsStem cell transplantationT cell subsetsBlood mononuclear cellsImmune cell defectsAnti-inflammatory macrophagesT cell functionImmune cell functionReal-time polymerase chain reaction
2016
Interleukin 1β Mediates Intestinal Inflammation in Mice and Patients With Interleukin 10 Receptor Deficiency
Shouval DS, Biswas A, Kang YH, Griffith AE, Konnikova L, Mascanfroni ID, Redhu NS, Frei SM, Field M, Doty AL, Goldsmith JD, Bhan AK, Loizides A, Weiss B, Yerushalmi B, Yanagi T, Lui X, Quintana FJ, Muise AM, Klein C, Horwitz BH, Glover SC, Bousvaros A, Snapper SB. Interleukin 1β Mediates Intestinal Inflammation in Mice and Patients With Interleukin 10 Receptor Deficiency. Gastroenterology 2016, 151: 1100-1104. PMID: 27693323, PMCID: PMC5124405, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.08.055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphateAdultAnimalsAntirheumatic AgentsCaspase 8CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedChild, PreschoolColitisGene Expression RegulationHomeodomain ProteinsHumansImmunity, InnateInflammasomesInflammatory Bowel DiseasesInterferon-gammaInterleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinInterleukin-10Interleukin-10 Receptor alpha SubunitInterleukin-17Interleukin-1betaLipopolysaccharidesMacrophagesMiceMice, KnockoutMutationNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinProtein BiosynthesisReceptors, Interleukin-10Signal TransductionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseProduction of IL1βBowel diseaseIntestinal inflammationT cellsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationInterleukin-10 Receptor DeficiencyHematopoietic stem cell transplantationStem cell transplantationInnate immune cellsActivation of CD4IL1 receptor antagonistTumor necrosis factorInterleukin-10 receptorProduction of IL1Stimulation of macrophagesImmune productionSpontaneous colitisReceptor deficiencyCell transplantationHistologic responseImmune cellsInterleukin-1βDeficient miceNecrosis factor