2014
IL-22 Is an Intestinal Stem Cell Growth Factor, and IL-22 Administration in Vivo Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in Murine GvHD
Lindemans C, Mertelsmann A, O’Connor M, Dudakov J, Jenq R, Velardi E, Young L, Smith O, Lawrence G, Luo N, Ivanov J, Hua G, Martin M, Liu C, Kolesnick R, Van Den Brink M, Hanash A. IL-22 Is an Intestinal Stem Cell Growth Factor, and IL-22 Administration in Vivo Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in Murine GvHD. Blood 2014, 124: 651. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v124.21.651.651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInnate lymphoid cellsIL-22 administrationIL-22Small intestineLymphoid cellsGut GVHDGrowth factorAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationDay sevenWild-type B6 miceHematopoietic stem cell transplantationStroma-derived growth factorsAllo-HSCT modelClinical GVHD scoresExpansion of Lgr5Post-transplant immunodeficiencyStem cell transplantationNumber of Lgr5Paneth cell numbersGut microbial floraCell growth factorMechanism of actionGVHD pathologyGVHD scoresReduces Morbidity
2012
Interleukin-22 Protects Intestinal Stem Cells from Immune-Mediated Tissue Damage and Regulates Sensitivity to Graft versus Host Disease
Hanash A, Dudakov J, Hua G, O’Connor M, Young L, Singer N, West M, Jenq R, Holland A, Kappel L, Ghosh A, Tsai J, Rao U, Yim N, Smith O, Velardi E, Hawryluk E, Murphy G, Liu C, Fouser L, Kolesnick R, Blazar B, van den Brink M. Interleukin-22 Protects Intestinal Stem Cells from Immune-Mediated Tissue Damage and Regulates Sensitivity to Graft versus Host Disease. Immunity 2012, 37: 339-350. PMID: 22921121, PMCID: PMC3477611, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.05.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-23-responsive innate lymphoid cellsIntestinal IL-22IL-22Intestinal stem cellsTissue damageHost diseaseTransplant recipientsIL-22 deficiencyInflammatory intestinal damageDonor immune systemInnate lymphoid cellsBone marrow transplantIL-22 receptorStem cellsILC frequenciesPretransplant conditioningIntestinal damageMarrow transplantCrypt apoptosisLymphoid cellsImmune systemGVHDTissue sensitivityProtective factorsEpithelial integrity