2023
IL-6 trans-signaling in a humanized mouse model of scleroderma
Odell I, Agrawal K, Sefik E, Odell A, Caves E, Kirkiles-Smith N, Horsley V, Hinchcliff M, Pober J, Kluger Y, Flavell R. IL-6 trans-signaling in a humanized mouse model of scleroderma. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2306965120. PMID: 37669366, PMCID: PMC10500188, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306965120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow-derived immune cellsIL-6Human hematopoietic stem cellsImmune cellsT cellsScleroderma skinSoluble IL-6 receptorCD8 T cellsHumanized mouse modelPathogenesis of sclerodermaMesenchymal cellsFibroblast-derived IL-6IL-6 receptorIL-6 signalingT cell activationHuman IL-6Human T cellsExpression of collagenFibrosis improvementPansclerotic morpheaHuman endothelial cellsHumanized miceReduced markersSkin graftsHuman CD4
2017
Prdm1 Regulates Thymic Epithelial Function To Prevent Autoimmunity
Roberts NA, Adams BD, McCarthy NI, Tooze RM, Parnell SM, Anderson G, Kaech SM, Horsley V. Prdm1 Regulates Thymic Epithelial Function To Prevent Autoimmunity. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 199: 1250-1260. PMID: 28701508, PMCID: PMC5544928, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, AntinuclearAutoantibodiesAutoimmunityEpithelial CellsForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression RegulationKeratin-14Lymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, NudePositive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1Thymus GlandT-LymphocytesT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTranscription FactorsConceptsThymic epithelial cellsThymic epithelial functionT cellsSelf-reactive T cellsEpithelial functionRegulatory T cell developmentDevelopment of Foxp3Tissue-specific AgsMouse thymic epithelial cellsRegulatory T cellsMedullary thymic epithelial cellsAnti-nuclear AbsCell type-specific deletionT cell developmentDendritic cellsAutoantibody productionAutoimmune diseasesAutoimmune pathologyNude miceAutoimmunityTEC functionConditional deletionCrucial transcription factorMiceEpithelial cells
2014
Developing stratified epithelia: lessons from the epidermis and thymus
Roberts N, Horsley V. Developing stratified epithelia: lessons from the epidermis and thymus. WIREs Mechanisms Of Disease 2014, 3: 389-402. PMID: 25176390, PMCID: PMC4283209, DOI: 10.1002/wdev.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-restricted T cellsSkin epidermisNumber of organsSquamous epithelial cellsThymic epitheliumT cellsForeign pathogensMulti-layered epitheliumHair folliclesProgenitor cellsEpithelial cellsThymusEpithelial differentiation programEpitheliumStratified epitheliumEpithelial tissuesMolecular mechanismsEpidermisDifferentiation programTissueCellsNegative selectionEmbryonic germ layers