2016
Identifying species of symbiont bacteria from the human gut that, alone, can induce intestinal Th17 cells in mice
Tan T, Sefik E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Kua L, Naskar D, Teng F, Pasman L, Ortiz-Lopez A, Jupp R, Wu H, Kasper D, Benoist C, Mathis D. Identifying species of symbiont bacteria from the human gut that, alone, can induce intestinal Th17 cells in mice. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: e8141-e8150. PMID: 27911839, PMCID: PMC5167147, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617460113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntestinal Th17 cellsB. adolescentisTh17 cell accumulationTh17 cellsHuman gutBifidobacterium strainsBifidobacterium adolescentisBacterial speciesTranscriptional programsIdentified speciesSymbiont bacteriaCell accumulationProbiotic preparationGut epitheliumInduce Th17 cellsMurine intestineK/BxN mouse modelFunctional microbesInoculation of miceFilamentous bacteriaMicrobesAttending inflammationBacteriaGutAutoimmune arthritis
2014
Endoscopic photoconversion reveals unexpectedly broad leukocyte trafficking to and from the gut
Morton A, Sefik E, Upadhyay R, Weissleder R, Benoist C, Mathis D. Endoscopic photoconversion reveals unexpectedly broad leukocyte trafficking to and from the gut. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 6696-6701. PMID: 24753589, PMCID: PMC4020091, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405634111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntestinal microbiotaKaede transgenic miceFluorescent reportersIntestinal leukocytesFilamentous bacteriaGutMyeloid populationsK/BxN miceTh17 cellsEndoscopic approachImmune cellsLeukocyte subsetsAutoinflammatory diseasesImmune homeostasisDescending colonTransgenic miceLeukocyte movementLeukocytesMounting evidenceCellsMiceMicrobiotaTraffickingBacteriaTreg Cells Expressing the Coinhibitory Molecule TIGIT Selectively Inhibit Proinflammatory Th1 and Th17 Cell Responses
Joller N, Lozano E, Burkett PR, Patel B, Xiao S, Zhu C, Xia J, Tan TG, Sefik E, Yajnik V, Sharpe AH, Quintana FJ, Mathis D, Benoist C, Hafler DA, Kuchroo VK. Treg Cells Expressing the Coinhibitory Molecule TIGIT Selectively Inhibit Proinflammatory Th1 and Th17 Cell Responses. Immunity 2014, 40: 569-581. PMID: 24745333, PMCID: PMC4070748, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCytokinesEosinophilsFibrinogenForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationImmunosuppression TherapyLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicReceptors, ImmunologicRespiratory HypersensitivityTh1-Th2 BalanceT-Lymphocyte SubsetsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryConceptsTreg cell subsetsTh2 cell responsesTreg cellsCell subsetsCell responsesProinflammatory T helper 1T effector cell proliferationTreg cell-mediated suppressionFibrinogen-like protein 2Allergic airway inflammationT regulatory (Treg) cellsTh2 cytokine productionSuppression of Th1T helper 1Effector cell proliferationTreg signature genesProinflammatory Th1TIGIT expressionAirway inflammationTh17 cellsRegulatory cellsHelper 1Cytokine productionT cellsImmune response
2011
Naturally transmitted segmented filamentous bacteria segregate with diabetes protection in nonobese diabetic mice
Kriegel MA, Sefik E, Hill JA, Wu HJ, Benoist C, Mathis D. Naturally transmitted segmented filamentous bacteria segregate with diabetes protection in nonobese diabetic mice. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 11548-11553. PMID: 21709219, PMCID: PMC3136249, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108924108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetes protectionSFB colonizationSmall intestinal lamina propriaSystemic lymphoid tissuesExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisNonobese diabetic (NOD) miceT cell compartmentImmune system alterationsType 1 diabetesDifferent Th subsetsSegmented filamentous bacteriaHost physiological functionsNOD miceAutoimmune encephalomyelitisInflammatory arthritisTh17 cellsTh subsetsAutoimmune responseDiabetic miceLymphoid tissueSI-LPSpontaneous modelT cellsLamina propriaMouse model