2020
Complete recovery of fulminant cytotoxic CD8 T‐cell‐mediated myocarditis after ECMELLA unloading and immunosuppression
Jurcova I, Rocek J, Bracamonte‐Baran W, Zelizko M, Netuka I, Maluskova J, Kautzner J, Cihakova D, Melenovsky V, Maly J. Complete recovery of fulminant cytotoxic CD8 T‐cell‐mediated myocarditis after ECMELLA unloading and immunosuppression. ESC Heart Failure 2020, 7: 1976-1981. PMID: 32485066, PMCID: PMC7373888, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMechanical circulatory supportCirculatory supportT cell-mediated myocarditisTemporary mechanical circulatory supportThird-degree atrioventricular blockWeeks of supportSevere biventricular failureT-cell predominanceExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationPrevious cardiac historyBiventricular failureCardiogenic shockVentricular dysfunctionLymphocytic myocarditisCardiac historyEndomyocardial biopsyMembrane oxygenationAtrioventricular blockVentricular unloadingMacrophage expansionMyocarditisFlow cytometryComplete recoverySustained recoveryImmunosuppressionCharacteristics and Outcomes of Pulmonary Angioplasty With or Without Stenting for Sarcoidosis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
daSilva-deAbreu A, Bracamonte-Baran W, Condado J, Babaliaros V, Tafur-Soto J, Mandras S. Characteristics and Outcomes of Pulmonary Angioplasty With or Without Stenting for Sarcoidosis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Current Problems In Cardiology 2020, 46: 100616. PMID: 32532452, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2020.100616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertensionIndividual participant dataPulmonary angioplastyPulmonary hypertensionCase reportIndividual Participant Data Meta-AnalysisMulticenter registry studyNYHA FC IIIPulmonary vascular stenosisControlled Clinical TrialsSmall case seriesData Meta-AnalysisRegistry studyCase seriesFC IIIFocal stenosisDefinitive diagnosisClinical trialsPulmonary vesselsOutcome dataVascular stenosisStage IIIPatientsAngioplastySignificant improvementInnate Lymphoid Cells Play a Pathogenic Role in Pericarditis
Choi H, Won T, Hou X, Chen G, Bracamonte-Baran W, Talor M, Jurčová I, Szárszoi O, Čurnova L, Stříž I, Hooper J, Melenovský V, Čiháková D. Innate Lymphoid Cells Play a Pathogenic Role in Pericarditis. Cell Reports 2020, 30: 2989-3003.e6. PMID: 32130902, PMCID: PMC7332109, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell MovementChemokine CCL11Disease SusceptibilityEosinophilsFemaleFibroblastsGene Expression RegulationHeartHeart Function TestsHumansImmunity, InnateInterleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinInterleukin-33Interleukin-5LymphocytesMaleMediastinumMice, Inbred BALB CPericarditisSignal TransductionUp-RegulationConceptsInnate lymphoid cellsEosinophilic pericarditisPathogenic roleMediastinal cavityLymphoid cellsGroup 2 innate lymphoid cellsCardiac fibroblastsDevelopment of pericarditisCardiac inflammationEotaxin-1Healthy controlsPericardial fluidCardiac diseasePericarditisB cellsSerous cavitiesILC2sEosinophilsPatientsMiceHeartCellsCritical roleFibroblastsInflammationTreg-Cell-Derived IL-35-Coated Extracellular Vesicles Promote Infectious Tolerance
Sullivan J, Tomita Y, Jankowska-Gan E, Lema D, Arvedson M, Nair A, Bracamonte-Baran W, Zhou Y, Meyer K, Zhong W, Sawant D, Szymczak-Workman A, Zhang Q, Workman C, Hong S, Vignali D, Burlingham W. Treg-Cell-Derived IL-35-Coated Extracellular Vesicles Promote Infectious Tolerance. Cell Reports 2020, 30: 1039-1051.e5. PMID: 31995748, PMCID: PMC7042971, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCoculture TechniquesExtracellular VesiclesFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Knockout TechniquesHeart TransplantationImmune ToleranceImmunosuppression TherapyInterleukin-12 Subunit p35InterleukinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBAMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMinor Histocompatibility AntigensReceptors, CytokineT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryConceptsIL-35Treg cellsInfectious toleranceExtracellular vesiclesExpression of Ebi3T regulatory (Treg) cellsImmunosuppressive cytokinesInterleukin-35Peripheral toleranceRegulatory cellsEpstein-BarrBystander lymphocytesSecondary suppressionReporter miceB lymphocytesEBI3Protein 3Foxp3LymphocytesGene reporterNovel mechanismP35 proteinCellsEV productionTregs
2019
Non-cytotoxic Cardiac Innate Lymphoid Cells Are a Resident and Quiescent Type 2-Commited Population
Bracamonte-Baran W, Chen G, Hou X, Talor M, Choi H, Davogustto G, Taegtmeyer H, Sung J, Hackam D, Nauen D, Čiháková D. Non-cytotoxic Cardiac Innate Lymphoid Cells Are a Resident and Quiescent Type 2-Commited Population. Frontiers In Immunology 2019, 10: 634. PMID: 30984196, PMCID: PMC6450181, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate lymphoid cellsIL-33 productionProgenitor-like featuresLymphoid cellsType 2IL-25 receptorNatural killer cellsSubsets of leukocytesAntigen-specific receptorsILC2 expansionInflammatory ILC2sAdoptive transferCardiac inflammationIL-33Killer cellsInflammatory conditionsMouse modelHealthy humansIschemic conditionsCardiac fibroblastsGATA3 expressionILC2Pathologic environmentHealthy heartIschemia
2017
Modification of host dendritic cells by microchimerism-derived extracellular vesicles generates split tolerance
Bracamonte-Baran W, Florentin J, Zhou Y, Jankowska-Gan E, Haynes W, Zhong W, Brennan T, Dutta P, Claas F, van Rood J, Burlingham W. Modification of host dendritic cells by microchimerism-derived extracellular vesicles generates split tolerance. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 1099-1104. PMID: 28096390, PMCID: PMC5293109, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1618364114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAnimalsB7-2 AntigenB7-H1 AntigenCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesChimerismDendritic CellsExtracellular VesiclesFemaleFetomaternal TransfusionH-2 AntigensHistocompatibility Antigen H-2DHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIImmune ToleranceIsoantigensMaleMaternal-Fetal ExchangeMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicModels, ImmunologicalPregnancyT-Cell Antigen Receptor SpecificityConceptsHost dendritic cellsCD4 T cellsDendritic cellsPD-L1Maternal microchimerismT cellsMyeloid DCsPlasmacytoid DCsMHC alloantigensTransgenic CD4 T cellsMyeloid dendritic cellsPlasmacytoid dendritic cellsExtracellular vesiclesAdoptive transferAntitumor immunityMaternal antigensTransplant toleranceTumor immunityMurine modelSerum EVsPhysiologic linkMHC complexesMiceSerum fractionsMode of action
2015
Non-inherited maternal antigens, pregnancy, and allotolerance
Bracamonte-Baran W, Burlingham W. Non-inherited maternal antigens, pregnancy, and allotolerance. Biomedical Journal 2015, 38: 39-51. PMID: 25355389, DOI: 10.4103/2319-4170.143498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-inherited maternal antigensNIMA effectMaternal antigensImmune systemFetal immune systemSemi-direct pathwayMaternal immune systemNormal human pregnancyBidirectional regulationGrowth factor βNIMA exposureRegulatory lymphocytesIL-35Paternal antigensHuman pregnancyImmunological phenomenaAntigenAllotoleranceFactor βMicrochimerismPregnancyIndirect pathwaysPolymorphic genesDirect pathwayPathway