2017
Autoantigen‐specific T and B Cell Cross‐reactivity to a Gut Commensal in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Dehner C, Ruff W, Vieira S, Goodman A, Kriegel M. Autoantigen‐specific T and B Cell Cross‐reactivity to a Gut Commensal in Antiphospholipid Syndrome. The FASEB Journal 2017, 31 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.184.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBALB/c miceAdaptive immune systemAntiphospholipid syndromeB cellsC miceT cellsCell epitopesImmune systemPathogenic T cell epitopesTetramer-positive T cellsCD4 memory T cellsMemory T cellsTNF-α ILAdaptive immune responsesT cell clonesT cell epitopesDose-responsive mannerHuman commensal bacteriumB-cell epitopesEpitope-specific monoclonal antibodiesIL-21Patient PBMCsLymph nodesGPI antibodiesAntigenic challenge
2015
Gut commensal dependence of autoreactivity and Th17 cells in systemic autoimmunity (MUC9P.740)
Manfredo Vieira S, Ruff W, Hiltensperger M, Yu A, Goodman A, Kriegel M. Gut commensal dependence of autoreactivity and Th17 cells in systemic autoimmunity (MUC9P.740). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 205.4-205.4. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.205.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntiphospholipid syndromeSegmented filamentous bacteriaSystemic autoimmunityGut microbiotaAntiphospholipid antibody productionRegulatory IL-10Gut microbiota compositionAntigen-specific effectsBroad-spectrum antibioticsAnaerobic gut microbiotaTh17 cellsIL-17Infectious triggerPathogenic autoantibodiesPulmonary emboliIL-10IL-21Myocardial infarctionIL-1BSplenocyte proliferationAntibody productionMicrobiota compositionImmune systemAutoimmunityMicrobiota