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Translocation of a gut pathobiont drives autoimmunity in mice and humans
Vieira S, Hiltensperger M, Kumar V, Zegarra-Ruiz D, Dehner C, Khan N, Costa FRC, Tiniakou E, Greiling T, Ruff W, Barbieri A, Kriegel C, Mehta SS, Knight JR, Jain D, Goodman AL, Kriegel MA. Translocation of a gut pathobiont drives autoimmunity in mice and humans. Science 2018, 359: 1156-1161. PMID: 29590047, PMCID: PMC5959731, DOI: 10.1126/science.aar7201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGut pathobiontAutoimmune-prone miceMurine findingsIntramuscular vaccinePathogenic autoantibodiesLiver biopsyAutoimmune responseAutoimmune patientsAntibiotic treatmentT cellsImmune diseasesAutoimmunitySusceptible humansPathobiontsSystemic tissuesHuman hepatocytesAutoantibodiesMortalityMiceCocultureHepatocytesGenetic backgroundTissueBiopsyPatients
2022
Subdoligranulum chews up joints: how a gut pathobiont can instigate arthritis
Kriegel M. Subdoligranulum chews up joints: how a gut pathobiont can instigate arthritis. Trends In Immunology 2022, 44: 4-6. PMID: 36494272, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2022.11.006.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsRheumatoid arthritisSystemic autoimmune responseCertain autoimmune diseasesGnotobiotic mouse modelGut pathobiontSynovial inflammationAutoimmune responseAutoimmune diseasesMouse modelMonoclonal autoantibodiesArthritisGut commensalsHuman gut commensalAutoantibodiesOrigin hypothesisInflammationPathobiontsDiseaseSubdoligranulum
2018
Gut commensal-dependent production of autoantibodies against the primordial lupus autoantigen Ro60 in the absence of mammalian Ro60.
Datta R, Dehner C, Ruff W, Greiling T, Kriegel M. Gut commensal-dependent production of autoantibodies against the primordial lupus autoantigen Ro60 in the absence of mammalian Ro60. The Journal Of Immunology 2018, 200: 162.11-162.11. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.162.11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnti-Ro60 autoantibodiesSystemic lupus erythematosusB6 miceGut microbiotaSLE-like diseaseTraditional risk factorsDevelopment of lupusBroad-spectrum antibioticsMurine gut microbiotaLupus erythematosusAntigenic triggerAutoimmune responseTg miceInterventional studyKO miceRisk factorsIgG ELISAAutoantibody inductionDisease manifestationsOral administrationT cellsAutoantibodiesMiceRo60Lupus
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