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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
2018
Spontaneous translocation of a human enterococcal gut pathobiont drives systemic autoimmunity
Vieira S, Hiltensperger M, Kumar V, Zegarra-Ruiz D, Dehner C, Barbieri A, Jain D, Goodman A, Kriegel M. Spontaneous translocation of a human enterococcal gut pathobiont drives systemic autoimmunity. The Journal Of Immunology 2018, 200: 162.10-162.10. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.162.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHost-microbiota interactionsOral vancomycin treatmentInduction of autoantibodiesPlasmacytoid dendritic cellsMesenteric lymph nodesPathogenesis of autoimmunityE. gallinarumAutoimmune hepatitisTfh cellsLupus patientsOrgan manifestationsPathogenic autoantibodiesDendritic cellsLymph nodesCytokines IFNGut barrierVancomycin treatmentC57BL/6 animalsSystemic autoimmunityInduction of moleculesLiver tissueAutoimmunityAhR pathwayBarrier functionMucus layer
2015
Gut commensal dependence of autoreactivity and Th17 cells in systemic autoimmunity (MUC9P.740)
Manfredo Vieira S, Ruff W, Hiltensperger M, Yu A, Goodman A, Kriegel M. Gut commensal dependence of autoreactivity and Th17 cells in systemic autoimmunity (MUC9P.740). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 205.4-205.4. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.205.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntiphospholipid syndromeSegmented filamentous bacteriaSystemic autoimmunityGut microbiotaAntiphospholipid antibody productionRegulatory IL-10Gut microbiota compositionAntigen-specific effectsBroad-spectrum antibioticsAnaerobic gut microbiotaTh17 cellsIL-17Infectious triggerPathogenic autoantibodiesPulmonary emboliIL-10IL-21Myocardial infarctionIL-1BSplenocyte proliferationAntibody productionMicrobiota compositionImmune systemAutoimmunityMicrobiota