Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2024.101875
Matthew C. Woodruff , Caterina E. Faliti , Ignacio Sanz
{"title":"Systems biology of B cells in COVID-19","authors":"Matthew C. Woodruff , Caterina E. Faliti , Ignacio Sanz","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2024.101875","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The integration of multi-‘omic datasets into complex systems-wide assessments has become a mainstay in immunologic investigation. This focus on high-dimensional data collection and analysis was on full display in the investigation of COVID-19, the respiratory illness resulting from infection by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Particularly in the area of B cell biology, tremendous efforts in both cellular and serologic investigation have resulted in an increasingly detailed mapping of the coordinated effector, memory, and antibody secreting cell responses that underpin the development of humoral immunity in response to primary viral infection. Further, the rapid development and deployment of effective vaccines has allowed for the assessment of developing memory responses across a wide variety of immune contexts, including in patients with compromised immune function. The result has been a period of rapid gains in the understanding of B cell biology unrestricted to the study of COVID-19. Here, we outline the systems-level technologies that have been routinely implemented in these investigations throughout the pandemic, and discuss how their use has led to clear and applicable gains in pursuance of the amelioration of human infectious disease and beyond.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101875"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140122799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-01-24DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2024.101863
Evangelos Andreakos, COVID Human Genetic Effort
{"title":"Type I and type III interferons: From basic biology and genetics to clinical development for COVID-19 and beyond","authors":"Evangelos Andreakos, COVID Human Genetic Effort","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2024.101863","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Type I and type III interferons (IFNs) constitute a key antiviral defense systems of the body, inducing viral resistance to cells and mediating diverse innate and adaptive immune functions. Defective type I and type III </span>IFN<span> responses have recently emerged as the 'Achilles heel' in COVID-19, with such patients developing severe disease and exhibiting a high risk for critical pneumonia and death. Here, we review the biology of type I and type III IFNs, their similarities and important functional differences, and their roles in SARS-CoV-2 infection. We also appraise the various mechanisms proposed to drive defective IFN responses in COVID-19 with particular emphasis to the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to suppress IFN production<span><span> and activities, the genetic factors involved and the presence of autoantibodies neutralizing IFNs and accounting for a large proportion of individuals with severe COVID-19. Finally, we discuss the long history of the type I IFN therapeutics for the </span>treatment of viral diseases<span>, cancer and multiple sclerosis, the various efforts to use them in respiratory infections, and the newly emerging type III IFN therapeutics, with emphasis to the more recent studies on COVID-19 and their potential use as broad spectrum antivirals for future epidemics or pandemics.</span></span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101863"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139548594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-05DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2024.101866
Jose R. Conejo-Garcia, Paulo C. Rodriguez
{"title":"Introduction to the special issue: B cells in cancer immunosurveillance","authors":"Jose R. Conejo-Garcia, Paulo C. Rodriguez","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2024.101866","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101866"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140030367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-08DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2024.101873
Michael J. Peluso , Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen , Timothy J. Henrich , Nadia R. Roan
{"title":"Systems analysis of innate and adaptive immunity in Long COVID","authors":"Michael J. Peluso , Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen , Timothy J. Henrich , Nadia R. Roan","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2024.101873","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, significant progress has been made in developing effective preventive and therapeutic strategies against severe acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the management of Long COVID (LC), an infection-associated chronic condition that has been estimated to affect 5–20% of individuals following SARS-CoV-2 infection, remains challenging due to our limited understanding of its mechanisms. Although LC is a heterogeneous disease that is likely to have several subtypes, immune system disturbances appear common across many cases. The extent to which these immune perturbations contribute to LC symptoms, however, is not entirely clear. Recent advancements in multi-omics technologies, capable of detailed, cell-level analysis, have provided valuable insights into the immune perturbations associated with LC. Although these studies are largely descriptive in nature, they are the crucial first step towards a deeper understanding of the condition and the immune system’s role in its development, progression, and resolution. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of immune perturbations in LC, covering both innate and adaptive immune responses, and the cytokines and analytes involved. We explore whether these findings support or challenge the primary hypotheses about LC’s underlying mechanisms. We also discuss the crosstalk between various immune system components and how it can be disrupted in LC. Finally, we emphasize the need for more tissue- and subtype-focused analyses of LC, and for enhanced collaborative efforts to analyze common specimens from large cohorts, including those undergoing therapeutic interventions. These collective efforts are vital to unravel the fundaments of this new disease, and could also shed light on the prevention and treatment of the larger family of chronic illnesses linked to other microbial infections.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101873"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140062908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-01-13DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101859
Susana G. Rodrigues , Schalk van der Merwe , Aleksander Krag , Reiner Wiest
{"title":"Gut-liver axis: Pathophysiological concepts and medical perspective in chronic liver diseases","authors":"Susana G. Rodrigues , Schalk van der Merwe , Aleksander Krag , Reiner Wiest","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2023.101859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101859"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044532323001501/pdfft?md5=5bbaf2ad5c0e43b228181a2f627c2904&pid=1-s2.0-S1044532323001501-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139436035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101848
Christine Moussion, Lélia Delamarre
{"title":"Antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells: A critical axis in cancer immunotherapy","authors":"Christine Moussion, Lélia Delamarre","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2023.101848","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells that play a key role in shaping adaptive immunity<span>. DCs have a unique ability to sample their environment, capture and process exogenous antigens into peptides that are then loaded onto major histocompatibility complex class I molecules for presentation to CD8</span></span><sup>+</sup> T cells. This process, called cross-presentation, is essential for initiating and regulating CD8<sup>+</sup><span> T cell responses against tumors and intracellular pathogens<span><span>. In this review, we will discuss the role of DCs in cancer immunity, the molecular mechanisms underlying antigen cross-presentation by DCs, the </span>immunosuppressive factors that limit the efficiency of this process in cancer, and approaches to overcome DC dysfunction and therapeutically promote antitumoral immunity.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101848"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138454022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2024.101865
Zhaoyu Lin , Qianyue Chen , Hai-Bin Ruan
{"title":"To die or not to die: Gasdermins in intestinal health and disease","authors":"Zhaoyu Lin , Qianyue Chen , Hai-Bin Ruan","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2024.101865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Intestinal homeostasis<span> is achieved by the balance among intestinal epithelium, </span></span>immune cells<span><span><span>, and gut microbiota. Gasdermins (GSDMs), a family of membrane pore forming proteins, can trigger rapid inflammatory </span>cell death<span> in the gut, mainly pyroptosis and </span></span>NETosis<span><span>. Importantly, there is increasing literature on the non-cell lytic roles of GSDMs in intestinal homeostasis and disease. While GSDMA is low and PJVK is not expressed in the gut, high GSDMB and GSDMC expression is found almost restrictively in intestinal epithelial cells. Conversely, GSDMD and GSDME show more ubiquitous expression among various cell types in the gut. The N-terminal region of GSDMs can be liberated for pore formation by an array of proteases in response to pathogen- and danger-associated signals, but it is not fully understood what cell type-specific mechanisms activate intestinal GSDMs. The host relies on GSDMs for </span>pathogen defense, tissue tolerance, and cancerous cell death; however, pro-inflammatory milieu caused by pyroptosis and excessive </span></span></span>cytokine release<span><span> may favor the development and progression of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer. Therefore, a thorough understanding of spatiotemporal mechanisms that control gasdermin expression, activation, and function is essential for the development of future therapeutics for </span>intestinal disorders.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 101865"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139480018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-08-08DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101812
Ersin Gül , Stefan A. Fattinger , Mikael E. Sellin , Wolf-Dietrich Hardt
{"title":"Epithelial inflammasomes, gasdermins, and mucosal inflammation – Lessons from Salmonella and Shigella infected mice","authors":"Ersin Gül , Stefan A. Fattinger , Mikael E. Sellin , Wolf-Dietrich Hardt","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101812","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101812","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Besides its crucial function in nutrient absorbance and as barrier against the microbiota, the gut epithelium is essential for sensing pathogenic insults and mounting of an appropriate early immune response. In mice, the activation of the canonical NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome is critical for the defense against enterobacterial infections. Activation of the NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome triggers the extrusion of infected intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) into the gut lumen, concomitant with inflammasome-mediated lytic cell death. The membrane permeabilization, a hallmark of pyroptosis, is caused by the pore-forming proteins called gasdermins (GSDMs). Recent work has revealed that NAIP/NLRC4-dependent extrusion of infected IECs can, however, also be executed in the absence of GSDMD. In fact, several reports highlighted that various cell death pathways (e.g., pyroptosis or apoptosis) and unique mechanisms specific to particular infection models and stages of gut infection are in action during epithelial inflammasome defense against intestinal pathogens. Here, we summarize the current knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms and speculate on the putative functions of the epithelial inflammasome activation and cell death, with a particular emphasis on mouse infection models for two prominent enterobacterial pathogens, <em>Salmonella</em> Typhimurium and <em>Shigella flexneri</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101812"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9974145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101839
Rob J. de Boer , Kiki Tesselaar , José A.M. Borghans
{"title":"Better safe than sorry: Naive T-cell dynamics in healthy ageing","authors":"Rob J. de Boer , Kiki Tesselaar , José A.M. Borghans","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101839","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101839","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is well-known that the functioning of the immune system gradually deteriorates with age, and we are increasingly confronted with its consequences as the life expectancy of the human population increases. Changes in the T-cell pool are among the most prominent features of the changing immune system during healthy ageing, and changes in the naive T-cell pool in particular are generally held responsible for its gradual deterioration. These changes in the naive T-cell pool are thought to be due to involution of the thymus. It is commonly believed that the gradual loss of thymic output induces compensatory mechanisms to maintain the number of naive T cells at a relatively constant level, and induces a loss of diversity in the T-cell repertoire. Here we review the studies that support or challenge this widely-held view of immune ageing and discuss the implications for vaccination strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101839"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10261713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seminars in ImmunologyPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-10-08DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101845
Bowen Zhou, Derek W. Abbott
{"title":"Chemical modulation of gasdermin D activity: Therapeutic implications and consequences","authors":"Bowen Zhou, Derek W. Abbott","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101845","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smim.2023.101845","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The gasdermin family of proteins are central effectors of the inflammatory, lytic cell death modality known as pyroptosis. Characterized in 2015, the most well-studied member gasdermin D can be proteolyzed, typically by caspases, to generate an active pore-forming N-terminal domain. At least well-studied three pharmacological inhibitors (necrosulfonamide, disulfiram, dimethyl fumarate) since 2018 have been shown to affect gasdermin D activity either through modulation of processing or interference with pore formation. A multitude of murine in vivo studies have since followed. Here, we discuss the current state of research surrounding these three inhibitors, caveats to their use, and a set of guiding principles that researchers should consider when pursuing further studies of gasdermin D inhibition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"70 ","pages":"Article 101845"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41170523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}