{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue: Pyroptosis in Immunity and Inflammation","authors":"Feng Shao","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2024.101883","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101883"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140549898","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}
{"title":"B cell clonality in cancer","authors":"E.A. Bryushkova , N.V. Mushenkova , M.A. Turchaninova , D.K. Lukyanov , D.M. Chudakov , E.O. Serebrovskaya","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2024.101874","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Carcinogenesis in the process of long-term co-evolution of tumor cells and immune environment essentially becomes possible due to incorrect decisions made, remembered, and reproduced by the immune system at the level of clonal populations of antigen-specific T- and B-lymphocytes. Tumor-immunity interaction determines the nature of such errors and, consequently, delineates the possible ways of successful immunotherapeutic intervention. It is generally recognized that tumor-infiltrating B cells (TIL-B) can play both pro-tumor and anti-tumor roles. However, the exact mechanisms that determine the contribution of clonal B cell lineages with different specificities and functions remain largely unclear. This is due to the variability of cancer types, the molecular heterogeneity of tumor cells, and, to a large extent, the individual pattern of each immune response. Further progress requires detailed investigation of the functional properties and phenotypes of clonally heterogeneous B cells in relation to their antigenic specificities, which determine the functionality of both effector B lymphocytes and immunoglobulins produced in the tumor environment. Based on a real understanding of the role of clonal antigen-specific populations of B lymphocytes in the tumor microenvironment, we need to learn how to develop new methods of targeted immunotherapy, as well as adapt existing treatment options to the specific needs of different patients and patient subgroups. In this review, we will cover B cells functional diversity and their multifaceted roles in the tumor environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101874"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140162551","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}
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}
{"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}
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}
{"title":"Toolkit for mapping the clonal landscape of tumor-infiltrating B cells","authors":"E.O. Serebrovskaya , E.A. Bryushkova , D.K. Lukyanov , N.V. Mushenkova , D.M. Chudakov , M.A. Turchaninova","doi":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101864","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smim.2024.101864","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Our current understanding of whether B cell involvement in the tumor microenvironment benefits the patient or the tumor - in distinct cancers, subcohorts and individual patients - is quite limited. Both statements are probably true in most cases: certain clonal B cell populations contribute to the antitumor response, while others steer the immune response away from the desired mechanics. To step up to a new level of understanding and managing B cell behaviors in the tumor microenvironment, we need to rationally discern these roles, which are cumulatively defined by B cell clonal functional programs, specificities of their </span>B cell receptors, specificities and </span>isotypes<span> of the antibodies they produce, and their spatial interactions within the tumor environment. Comprehensive analysis of these characteristics of clonal B cell populations is now becoming feasible with the development of a whole arsenal of advanced technical approaches, which include (1) methods of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics<span>, genomics, and proteomics; (2) methods of massive identification of B cell specificities; (3) methods of deep error-free profiling of B cell receptor repertoires. Here we overview existing techniques, summarize their current application for B cells studies and propose promising future directions in advancing B cells exploration.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49546,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Immunology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101864"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139648542","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}
{"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":"2024-01-24","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}
{"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":"2024-01-16","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}
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":"2024-01-13","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}
{"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":"2023-11-29","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}