2020
Kidney tissue hypoxia dictates T cell–mediated injury in murine lupus nephritis
Chen PM, Wilson PC, Shyer JA, Veselits M, Steach HR, Cui C, Moeckel G, Clark MR, Craft J. Kidney tissue hypoxia dictates T cell–mediated injury in murine lupus nephritis. Science Translational Medicine 2020, 12 PMID: 32269165, PMCID: PMC8055156, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay1620.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypoxia-inducible factor-1Lupus nephritisT cellsTissue hypoxiaT-cell-mediated injuryCell-mediated injuryHIF-1 blockadeKidney tissue hypoxiaSystemic lupus erythematosusHuman lupus nephritisMurine lupus nephritisRenal injuryAutoimmune injuryLupus erythematosusAutoimmune diseasesImmune cellsRenal tissueMurine modelTissue damageMore hypoxicNephritisInjuryLow oxygen tensionOxygen tensionFactor 1
2019
PD-1H (VISTA)–mediated suppression of autoimmunity in systemic and cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Han X, Vesely MD, Yang W, Sanmamed MF, Badri T, Alawa J, López-Giráldez F, Gaule P, Lee SW, Zhang JP, Nie X, Nassar A, Boto A, Flies DB, Zheng L, Kim TK, Moeckel GW, McNiff JM, Chen L. PD-1H (VISTA)–mediated suppression of autoimmunity in systemic and cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Science Translational Medicine 2019, 11 PMID: 31826980, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aax1159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArthritisAutoantibodiesAutoimmunityDendritic CellsHumansInflammationInterferon Type ILupus Erythematosus, CutaneousLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMembrane ProteinsMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred MRL lprMyeloid CellsNeutrophilsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionTerpenesUp-RegulationConceptsPlasmacytoid dendritic cellsDiscoid lupus erythematosusSystemic lupus erythematosusCutaneous lupus lesionsPD-1HLupus erythematosusLupus lesionsAutoimmune diseasesKO miceT cellsMyeloid cellsHuman systemic lupus erythematosusBALB/c backgroundCutaneous lupus erythematosusInappropriate immune responseProgression of lupusSystemic autoimmune diseaseImmune cell expansionSuppression of autoimmunityAgonistic monoclonal antibodyDeath-1 homologCutaneous lupusProinflammatory neutrophilsDendritic cellsDLE lesions