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Isolating Lymphocytes from the Mouse Small Intestinal Immune System
Published on: February 28, 2018
天生的淋巴细胞促进淋巴细胞寄居的共生细菌的解剖制
Gregory F Sonnenberg1, Laurel A Monticelli, Theresa Alenghat
1Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
概括
在肠道中含有细菌的先天性淋巴细胞 (ILC) 防止系统性炎症. 这一发现突出了ILCs.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 胃肠病学 胃肠病学
背景情况:
- 哺乳动物的肠道拥有数以万亿计的共生细菌,通常局限于特定的解剖学.
- 控制肠道微生物群的解剖控制机制在很大程度上是未知的.
- 在肠道组织中发现产生互白素-22 (IL-22) 的先天性淋巴细胞 (ILC).
研究的目的:
- 研究先天性淋巴细胞 (ILCs) 在维持共生细菌的解剖控制中的作用.
- 阐明ILCs防止细菌传播和全身炎症的机制.
主要方法:
- 哺乳动物模型中ILCs的耗尽.
- 用IL-22来评估它的保护作用.
- 使用分子技术识别传播细菌物种.
- 对特定细菌物种的系统性免疫反应的分析.
主要成果:
- ILC的枯竭导致了从淋巴细胞组织中开始生长的细菌,特别是Alcaligenes物种的外围传播.
- 细菌传播导致全身炎症,这种炎症在IL-22的使用后得到改善.
- 类物种足以在ILC枯竭后诱导全身炎症.
- 基因特异性免疫反应与克罗恩病和C型肝炎病毒感染患者相关.
结论:
- 天生的淋巴细胞 (ILCs) 在选择性制淋巴细胞寄居细菌方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 通过ILC介导的制可以防止细菌转移和随后的全身炎症.
- 这种机制的失调可能会导致慢性炎症疾病.
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