2023
Mature B cells and mesenchymal stem cells control emergency myelopoiesis
Lim V, Feng X, Miao R, Zehentmeier S, Ewing-Crystal N, Lee M, Tumanov A, Oh J, Iwasaki A, Wang A, Choi J, Pereira J. Mature B cells and mesenchymal stem cells control emergency myelopoiesis. Life Science Alliance 2023, 6: e202301924. PMID: 36717247, PMCID: PMC9889502, DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202301924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarrow mesenchymal stem cellsSystemic inflammationMature B cellsB cellsEmergency myelopoiesisMesenchymal stem cellsIL-1 receptorBone marrow mesenchymal stem cellsStem cellsMyeloid cell productionMonocyte numbersB lineage cellsCCL2 productionViral infectionLymphotoxin α1β2InflammationReduced survivalLymphopoietic activityMyelopoiesisLymphopoiesisImportant regulatorLTβRCell productionCellsGenetic blocking
2019
GDF15 Is an Inflammation-Induced Central Mediator of Tissue Tolerance
Luan HH, Wang A, Hilliard B, Carvalho F, Rosen CE, Ahasic A, Herzog E, Kang I, Pisani MA, Yu S, Zhang C, Ring A, Young L, Medzhitov R. GDF15 Is an Inflammation-Induced Central Mediator of Tissue Tolerance. Cell 2019, 178: 1231-1244.e11. PMID: 31402172, PMCID: PMC6863354, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral infectionTriglyceride metabolismImpaired cardiac functionRole of GDF15Differentiation factor 15Plasma triglyceride levelsSympathetic outflowInflammatory damageTriglyceride levelsCardiac functionInflammatory responseExogenous administrationProtective effectFactor 15GDF15Central mediatorTissue toleranceBody temperatureInfectionMetabolismSepsisInflammationAdministrationHormoneNot the usual suspect: type I interferon–responsive T cells drive infection-induced cachexia
Wang A, Medzhitov R. Not the usual suspect: type I interferon–responsive T cells drive infection-induced cachexia. Nature Immunology 2019, 20: 666-667. PMID: 31110313, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-019-0374-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Opposing Effects of Fasting Metabolism on Tissue Tolerance in Bacterial and Viral Inflammation
Wang A, Huen SC, Luan HH, Yu S, Zhang C, Gallezot JD, Booth CJ, Medzhitov R. Opposing Effects of Fasting Metabolism on Tissue Tolerance in Bacterial and Viral Inflammation. Cell 2016, 166: 1512-1525.e12. PMID: 27610573, PMCID: PMC5555589, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.07.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNutritional supplementationMagnitude of inflammationRole of anorexiaViral inflammationViral sepsisStereotypic behavioral responsesAcute infectionBacterial sepsisInfluenza infectionInflammatory stateSickness behaviorViral infectionFamiliar symptomsGlucose utilizationHost defenseAnorexiaInfectionViral modelSepsisTissue toleranceInflammationSocial withdrawalSupplementationMetabolic requirementsPathogen load