Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02225-4
Chen Xiang, Ann Y. Park, Sarah E. Weber, Michael J. Lenardo, Ahmet Ozen, Jing Cui
{"title":"The impact of genetic immune disorders on infections including COVID-19, inflammatory bowel disease and cancer","authors":"Chen Xiang, Ann Y. Park, Sarah E. Weber, Michael J. Lenardo, Ahmet Ozen, Jing Cui","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02225-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02225-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) are rare genetic anomalies that cause defective immune function. Over 500 IEIs have been identified to date, affecting millions of patients globally. These IEIs reveal the complex interplay between genetics, the environment and microorganisms that determine immune disease phenotypes. Progress in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of IEIs provides a genetic framework for a functional understanding of the human immune system, disease pathogenesis and successful therapeutic interventions. This Review describes how IEIs impact infectious diseases, particularly coronavirus disease 2019, inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144715568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-25DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02244-1
{"title":"Aberrant protein translation promotes T cell exhaustion","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02244-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02244-1","url":null,"abstract":"Adoptive T cell therapies show limited efficacy against solid tumors owing to T cell exhaustion within the tumor microenvironment. A study now reveals that dysregulated translation, rather than transcriptional changes alone, drives T cell dysfunction by creating mitochondrial imbalance through selective protein synthesis.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-25DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02217-4
Yohei Abe, Nathanael J. Spann, Wenxi Tang, Fenghua Zeng, Cadence Seymour, Sean Jansky, Jason L. Guo, Robert Huff, Kelly Chanthavixay, John Lalith Charles Richard, Miguel Mooney, Debanjan Dhar, Souradipta Ganguly, David M. Lopez, Michael T. Longaker, Christopher Benner, Christopher K. Glass, Eniko Sajti
{"title":"Genetic variation in the activity of a TREM2–p53 signaling axis determines oxygen-induced lung injury","authors":"Yohei Abe, Nathanael J. Spann, Wenxi Tang, Fenghua Zeng, Cadence Seymour, Sean Jansky, Jason L. Guo, Robert Huff, Kelly Chanthavixay, John Lalith Charles Richard, Miguel Mooney, Debanjan Dhar, Souradipta Ganguly, David M. Lopez, Michael T. Longaker, Christopher Benner, Christopher K. Glass, Eniko Sajti","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02217-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02217-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a common complication of preterm birth, driven in part by the inflammatory effects of supplemental oxygen on the immature lung. Although oxygen therapy is essential, it contributes to disrupted lung development but not all infants are equally susceptible. Using genetically diverse mouse models, we found that hyperoxia-sensitive mice exhibit a distinct innate immune response compared to resilient strains. Notably, the hyperoxia-sensitive C57BL/6J strain showed selective upregulation of TREM2 on lung macrophages and monocytes. Deletion of TREM2 in myeloid cells led to reduced inflammation, preserved alveolar structure and sustained cell proliferation in the developing lung following oxygen exposure. Mechanistically, TREM2 loss limited p53 activation, favoring cell-cycle arrest over apoptosis. These results identify TREM2 as a key driver of immune-mediated lung injury in neonatal hyperoxia and suggest it may be a promising therapeutic target for preventing or treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia in vulnerable preterm infants.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-25DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02236-1
Dhakshayini Morgan, Biyan Zhang, Kerem Fidan, Wenfai Pan, Thamil Selvan Vaiyapuri, Anandhkumar Raju, Dorcas Hei, Ting Yi See, Ita Novita Sari, Jun Wei Chan, Prativa Majee, Akhila Balachander, Jiabo Yu, Ada Hang-Heng Wong, Michelle Meng Huang Mok, Shi Hui Foo, Wei Lin Tang, Nicholas Ang, Ivan Tan, Yan Fen Peng, Patrick Jaynes, Shengli Xu, Gourisankar Ghosh, Shandy Shahabi, Anand D. Jeyasekharan, Masahito Ikawa, Yongliang Zhang, Shanshan Wu Howland, Mai Chan Lau, Vivien Ya-Fan Wang, Kong-Peng Lam, Vinay Tergaonkar
{"title":"The transcription complex p52–ETS1 is essential for germinal center formation","authors":"Dhakshayini Morgan, Biyan Zhang, Kerem Fidan, Wenfai Pan, Thamil Selvan Vaiyapuri, Anandhkumar Raju, Dorcas Hei, Ting Yi See, Ita Novita Sari, Jun Wei Chan, Prativa Majee, Akhila Balachander, Jiabo Yu, Ada Hang-Heng Wong, Michelle Meng Huang Mok, Shi Hui Foo, Wei Lin Tang, Nicholas Ang, Ivan Tan, Yan Fen Peng, Patrick Jaynes, Shengli Xu, Gourisankar Ghosh, Shandy Shahabi, Anand D. Jeyasekharan, Masahito Ikawa, Yongliang Zhang, Shanshan Wu Howland, Mai Chan Lau, Vivien Ya-Fan Wang, Kong-Peng Lam, Vinay Tergaonkar","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02236-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02236-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The NF-κB family comprises five transcription factors (RELA, RELB, C-REL, NF-κB1 (p50) and NF-κB2 (p52)) that form homo- or heterodimers among themselves to regulate gene expression by binding DNA. Here we show that p52 activates transcription without directly binding DNA but as a heterotetrameric complex with ETS1, a transcription factor outside the NF-κB family. By generating a knock-in mouse model (<i>Nfkb2</i><sup>ki/ki</sup>) with three mutated residues on p52 required for its interaction with ETS1, but not RELB, we demonstrate that the p52–ETS1 complex regulates the expression of transcription factors OCT1 and OBF1, which are known to be critical for the germinal center program. Consequently, B cell-intrinsic expression of the p52–ETS1 complex was indispensable for splenic germinal center B cell formation and T cell-dependent antibody responses. Functionally, loss of p52–ETS1 interaction led to diminished antigen-specific IgE, thereby protecting mice from allergic responses. Collectively, our findings expand current knowledge of NF-κB signaling and may provide new therapeutic targets for the treatment of allergic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-25DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02242-3
{"title":"How leukocytes push their way through tissues","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02242-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02242-3","url":null,"abstract":"When dendritic cells migrate through narrow gaps, they transiently assemble a mechanosensitive actin structure in front of their nucleus. This structure pushes outward against the surrounding tissue to help widen a path so the bulky cell body can pass through. At the same time, it acts as a mechanical ‘capacitor’ that helps the cell to balance forward protrusion at the leading edge and outward protrusion at the cell body.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-24DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02205-8
{"title":"Spatial map of microglial diversity beyond proteopathy","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02205-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02205-8","url":null,"abstract":"Single-cell spatial proteomics paired with chromatin accessibility mapping identifies a diverse range of human microglial immune states. In Alzheimer’s disease, hippocampal microglia tend to lose antigen-presenting function and become disengaged from inhibitory synapses. Our dual-modality approach illustrates the importance of integrating local tissue architecture and cell identity to fully understand disease-associated immune remodeling.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144693789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-24DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02233-4
Xing Yang, Ryan Huang, Meng Fang, Yubo He, Jingjing Xie, Xiaoye Liu, Chengcheng Zhang, Qi Lou, Mi Deng, Wei Xiong, Cheryl Lewis, Zade Sadek, Ankit Gupta, Lianqi Chen, Xuewu Zhang, Lei Guo, Lin Xu, Ningyan Zhang, Zhiqiang An, Cheng Cheng Zhang
{"title":"Secretogranin 2 binds LILRB4 resulting in immunosuppression","authors":"Xing Yang, Ryan Huang, Meng Fang, Yubo He, Jingjing Xie, Xiaoye Liu, Chengcheng Zhang, Qi Lou, Mi Deng, Wei Xiong, Cheryl Lewis, Zade Sadek, Ankit Gupta, Lianqi Chen, Xuewu Zhang, Lei Guo, Lin Xu, Ningyan Zhang, Zhiqiang An, Cheng Cheng Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02233-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02233-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Immunosuppressive myeloid cells are important in a variety of physiological and pathological contexts, including tumor development, but how hormones might regulate their activity is unclear. Secretogranins, a family of secretory proteins in endocrine and neuronal cells, are proposed to function as prohormones or hormones, but their specific receptors are unknown. Here we show that secretogranin 2 (SCG2), a granin family member, functionally interacts with leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B4 (LILRB4) on monocytic cells. Tumor-derived SCG2 promotes tumor growth in myeloid-specific <i>LILRB4</i> transgenic mice in a T cell-dependent manner, whereas SCG2 deficiency in host mice impairs tumor progression and reduces infiltration of immunosuppressive monocytic cells. Blockade of LILRB4 abrogates SCG2-induced signaling, immunosuppression and tumor growth. Mechanistically, this SCG2–LILRB4 interaction triggers SHP recruitment and SHP-independent STAT3 activation. These findings define a function for SCG2 in regulating monocytic immunosuppression and suggest that the SCG2–LILRB4 axis might be a therapeutic target.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"117 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144693790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02223-6
Piyush Sharma, Ao Guo, Suresh Poudel, Emilio Boada-Romero, Katherine C. Verbist, Gustavo Palacios, Kalyan Immadisetty, Mark J. Chen, Dalia Haydar, Ashutosh Mishra, Junmin Peng, M. Madan Babu, Giedre Krenciute, Evan S. Glazer, Douglas R. Green
{"title":"Early methionine availability attenuates T cell exhaustion","authors":"Piyush Sharma, Ao Guo, Suresh Poudel, Emilio Boada-Romero, Katherine C. Verbist, Gustavo Palacios, Kalyan Immadisetty, Mark J. Chen, Dalia Haydar, Ashutosh Mishra, Junmin Peng, M. Madan Babu, Giedre Krenciute, Evan S. Glazer, Douglas R. Green","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02223-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02223-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>T cell receptor (TCR) activation is regulated in many ways, including niche-specific nutrient availability. Here we investigated how methionine (Met) availability and TCR signaling interplay during the earliest events of T cell activation affect subsequent cell fate. Limiting Met during the initial 30 min of TCR engagement increased Ca<sup>2+</sup> influx, NFAT1 (encoded by <i>Nfatc2</i>) activation and promoter occupancy, leading to T cell exhaustion. We identified changes in the protein arginine methylome during initial TCR engagement and identified an arginine methylation of the Ca<sup>2+</sup>-activated potassium transporter KCa3.1, which regulates Ca<sup>2+</sup>-mediated NFAT1 signaling for optimal activation. Ablation of KCa3.1 arginine methylation increased NFAT1 nuclear localization, rendering T cells dysfunctional in mouse tumor and infection models. Furthermore, acute, early Met supplementation reduced nuclear NFAT1 in tumor-infiltrating T cells and augmented antitumor activity. These findings identify a metabolic event early after T cell activation that affects cell fate.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transcription factors TCF4 and KLF4 respectively control the development of the DC2A and DC2B lineages","authors":"Yiwen Zhu, Peiliang Cai, Ziyi Li, Shuangyan Zhang, Wan Ting Kong, Haiting Wang, Fei Gao, Yingying Zeng, Jiawen Qian, Bing Su, Zhaoyuan Liu, Florent Ginhoux","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02208-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02208-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) are a heterogeneous population of professional antigen-presenting cells that bridge innate and adaptive immunity. Many studies in mice have identified various populations of cDCs whose inter-relationships and discrete identities, as well as their link to plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs), have not been cohesively addressed. Here, by combining single-cell sequencing, transcription factor fate-mapping models, conditional knockout models and adoptive transfer, we show that <i>Klf4</i> expression clearly separates cDC lineage from the pDC lineage, and defined two pre-DC2 subsets: Siglec-H<sup>+</sup>CD115<sup>−</sup> pre-DC2s and Siglec-H<sup>lo</sup>CD115<sup>+</sup> pre-DC2s. While Siglec-H<sup>+</sup>CD115<sup>−</sup> pre-DC2s represent the pDC-like cells that give rise to CD7<sup>+</sup>CD11b<sup>lo</sup> DC2As in a TCF4-dependent manner, Siglec-H<sup>lo</sup>CD115<sup>+</sup> pre-DC2s give rise to CD7<sup>−</sup>CD11b<sup>hi</sup> DC2Bs in a KLF4-dependent manner. These data reveal the transcriptional basis of two pre-DC2 subsets and present a firm framework for mouse cDC classification, paving the way for a better understanding of these cells in tissues and in disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02220-9
Venetia Bigley, Matthew Collin
{"title":"2B or not 2B is the question in DC ontogeny","authors":"Venetia Bigley, Matthew Collin","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02220-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02220-9","url":null,"abstract":"Dendritic cell (DC) heterogeneity underpins effective immune responses, but subset definition is complex. Zhu et al. delineate the development of type 2 conventional DCs and plasmacytoid DCs in mice, defining distinct ontogenies and transcription factor dependencies that provide a framework for unifying DC subset classification.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}