2014
The Immunotherapeutic Role of Regulatory T Cells in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis Infection
Ehrlich A, Castilho TM, Goldsmith-Pestana K, Chae WJ, Bothwell AL, Sparwasser T, McMahon-Pratt D. The Immunotherapeutic Role of Regulatory T Cells in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis Infection. The Journal Of Immunology 2014, 193: 2961-2970. PMID: 25098291, PMCID: PMC4170189, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodiesAntigen-Antibody ComplexCell ProliferationFemaleImmunotherapy, AdoptiveIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseInflammationInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-13Interleukin-17Interleukin-2Leishmania guyanensisLeishmaniasis, MucocutaneousLymphocyte CountMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, TransgenicParasite LoadT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransforming Growth Factor betaConceptsRegulatory T cellsPanamensis infectionInflammatory responseT cellsLeishmania parasitesDisease pathologyImmunotherapeutic treatment approachesL. panamensis infectionsLeishmania panamensis infectionPercentage of TregsRIL-2/Th2 inflammatory responseIL-13 levelsParasite loadAlternate treatment strategiesT cell proliferationTreg functionalityDisease exacerbationAdoptive transferIL-17IL-10Naive miceCytokine responsesImmunotherapeutic roleCytokine production
2010
Ablation of IL-17A abrogates progression of spontaneous intestinal tumorigenesis
Chae WJ, Gibson TF, Zelterman D, Hao L, Henegariu O, Bothwell AL. Ablation of IL-17A abrogates progression of spontaneous intestinal tumorigenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 5540-5544. PMID: 20212110, PMCID: PMC2851824, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912675107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 T cellsSpontaneous intestinal tumorigenesisIL-17AT cellsIntestinal tumorigenesisRegulatory T cell-mediated suppressionEffector CD4 T cellsT cell-mediated suppressionEndogenous IL-17ACell-mediated suppressionInfiltration of lymphocytesIntestinal epithelial cellsHyperproliferative potentialImmunological abnormalitiesAdoptive transferIL-10Proinflammatory mediatorsThymic atrophyInflammatory cytokinesImmunodeficient miceIntestinal architectureHeterozygote mutationsAltered functionMiceTumor development