2022
Commensal microbiota from patients with inflammatory bowel disease produce genotoxic metabolites
Cao Y, Oh J, Xue M, Huh WJ, Wang J, Gonzalez-Hernandez JA, Rice TA, Martin AL, Song D, Crawford JM, Herzon SB, Palm NW. Commensal microbiota from patients with inflammatory bowel disease produce genotoxic metabolites. Science 2022, 378: eabm3233. PMID: 36302024, PMCID: PMC9993714, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm3233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerInflammatory bowel disease patientsBowel disease patientsInflammatory bowel diseaseIndigenous gut microbesBowel diseaseDisease patientsCommensal microbiotaDNA damageColon tumorigenesisElicit DNA damageGut microbesGenotoxic metabolitesGut commensalsMorganella morganiiPatientsGenotoxic chemicalsDiseaseMicrobiotaMetabolitesGenotoxicityCancerMiceFull spectrumDamage
2021
Neoantigen-driven B cell and CD4 T follicular helper cell collaboration promotes anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses
Cui C, Wang J, Fagerberg E, Chen PM, Connolly KA, Damo M, Cheung JF, Mao T, Askari AS, Chen S, Fitzgerald B, Foster GG, Eisenbarth SC, Zhao H, Craft J, Joshi NS. Neoantigen-driven B cell and CD4 T follicular helper cell collaboration promotes anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses. Cell 2021, 184: 6101-6118.e13. PMID: 34852236, PMCID: PMC8671355, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD8 TB cellsTfh cellsLung adenocarcinomaTfh-B cell interactionsTumor-specific B cellsFollicular helper cellsAnti-tumor immunityB cell signaturesCell effector functionsGerminal center formationGC B cellsCD4 THelper cellsTumor controlTumor neoantigensEffector functionsCell collaborationCell responsesCell signatureTumor cellsSignature correlatesNeoantigensCell functionCD4A reservoir of stem-like CD8+ T cells in the tumor-draining lymph node preserves the ongoing anti-tumor immune response
Connolly KA, Kuchroo M, Venkat A, Khatun A, Wang J, William I, Hornick NI, Fitzgerald BL, Damo M, Kasmani MY, Cui C, Fagerberg E, Monroy I, Hutchins A, Cheung JF, Foster GG, Mariuzza DL, Nader M, Zhao H, Cui W, Krishnaswamy S, Joshi NS. A reservoir of stem-like CD8+ T cells in the tumor-draining lymph node preserves the ongoing anti-tumor immune response. Science Immunology 2021, 6: eabg7836. PMID: 34597124, PMCID: PMC8593910, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abg7836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-specific CD8T cellsTumor microenvironmentOngoing anti-tumor immune responseChronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infectionTumor-draining lymph nodesAnti-tumor immune responseLymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infectionIntratumoral T cellsEfficacy of immunotherapyT cell responsesTumor-draining lymphAntitumor T cellsT cell terminal differentiationStem-like CD8Immunologic shiftGene expression signaturesLymph nodesTerminal differentiationLung tumorsVirus infectionLung adenocarcinomaImmune responseCD8Cell responses
2020
CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells optimize the influenza virus–specific B cell response
Lu Y, Jiang R, Freyn AW, Wang J, Strohmeier S, Lederer K, Locci M, Zhao H, Angeletti D, O’Connor K, Kleinstein SH, Nachbagauer R, Craft J. CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells optimize the influenza virus–specific B cell response. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2020, 218: e20200547. PMID: 33326020, PMCID: PMC7748821, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20200547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibody FormationAntigensB-LymphocytesCD4 AntigensDisease Models, AnimalEpitopesForkhead Transcription FactorsGerminal CenterHumansImmunityImmunologic MemoryInfluenza, HumanInfluenzavirus BIntegrasesMice, Inbred C57BLOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSpecies SpecificityT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryVaccinationConceptsB cell responsesGerminal center B cell responsesFollicular regulatory T cellsRegulatory T cellsTfr cellsCell responsesT cellsViral challengeHumoral memoryVirus-specific B cell responsesAntigen-specific B cell responsesFollicular helper T cellsHA stalk regionHelper T cellsInfluenza virus infectionGerminal center developmentAntibody responsePlasma cellsVirus infectionImmunization modelAntibody productionBCR repertoireInfluenza virusRepeated exposureInfluenza virus glycoproteins