纤维细胞在免疫反应,炎症疾病和治疗影响中的作用
Angela E Zou1, Suppawat Kongthong1, Alisa A Mueller1,2
1Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Nature reviews. Rheumatology
|May 14, 2025
概括
纤维细胞是组织健康和疾病的关键调节者,协调从免疫到修复的过程. 了解它们在类风湿性关节炎等疾病中的不同作用和激活,揭示了新的治疗点.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 病理学 病理学 病理学
背景情况:
- 纤维细胞,曾经被视为被动性树突细胞,现在被认为是组织平衡和疾病的关键调节者.
- 它们在正常组织发育,维护和修复中发挥着不同的作用,包括调节免疫力和组织重塑.
- 在类风湿性关节炎等慢性炎症性疾病中,纤维细胞通过招募白细胞,产生炎症因子,并驱动组织破坏,促进病理.
研究的目的:
- 探索纤维细胞在组织恒温和疾病中的多面性作用.
- 突出在慢性炎症条件下纤维细胞状态的异质性和病原性潜力.
- 根据了解纤维细胞激活和调节来确定治疗机会.
主要方法:
- 审查单细胞研究,以揭示纤维细胞异质性.
- 分析纤维细胞在正常组织发育和修复中的作用.
- 研究纤维细胞对慢性炎症性疾病 (包括类风湿性关节炎) 的贡献.
主要成果:
- 纤维细胞在正常和患病组织中表现出显著的转录和功能异质性.
- 在类风湿性关节炎中发现的致病性纤维细胞状态为其他慢性疾病提供了洞察力.
- 不同的环境和内在线索驱动纤维细胞分化和激活.
结论:
- 纤维细胞是组织健康和疾病的积极协调者,在各种条件下具有明显的致病作用.
- 了解纤维细胞异质性和激活机制对于开发向疗法至关重要.
- 针对或调节致病性纤维细胞为许多疾病提供了一个有前途的治疗策略.
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