scholarly journals The Hygiene Hypothesis and New Perspectives—Current Challenges Meeting an Old Postulate

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Garn ◽  
Daniel Piotr Potaczek ◽  
Petra Ina Pfefferle
Keyword(s):  
Immune Cells ◽  
Hygiene Hypothesis ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Asthma Phenotypes ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells

During its 30 years history, the Hygiene Hypothesis has shown itself to be adaptable whenever it has been challenged by new scientific developments and this is a still a continuously ongoing process. In this regard, the mini review aims to discuss some selected new developments in relation to their impact on further fine-tuning and expansion of the Hygiene Hypothesis. This will include the role of recently discovered classes of innate and adaptive immune cells that challenges the old Th1/Th2 paradigm, the applicability of the Hygiene Hypothesis to newly identified allergy/asthma phenotypes with diverse underlying pathomechanistic endotypes, and the increasing knowledge derived from epigenetic studies that leads to better understanding of mechanisms involved in the translation of environmental impacts on biological systems. Further, we discuss in brief the expansion of the Hygiene Hypothesis to other disease areas like psychiatric disorders and cancer and conclude that the continuously developing Hygiene Hypothesis may provide a more generalized explanation for health burden in highly industrialized countries also relation to global changes.

scholarly journals Tuning cancer fate: the unremitting role of host immunity

Open Biology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 170006 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Calì ◽  
B. Molon ◽  
A. Viola
Keyword(s):  
Immune Cells ◽  
Immune Cell ◽  
Tumour Progression ◽  
Host Immunity ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells ◽  
Immune Mediated ◽  
Immune Cell Subsets ◽  
Therapeutic Protocols

Host immunity plays a central and complex role in dictating tumour progression. Solid tumours are commonly infiltrated by a large number of immune cells that dynamically interact with the surrounding microenvironment. At first, innate and adaptive immune cells successfully cooperate to eradicate microcolonies of transformed cells. Concomitantly, surviving tumour clones start to proliferate and harness immune responses by specifically hijacking anti-tumour effector mechanisms and fostering the accumulation of immunosuppressive immune cell subsets at the tumour site. This pliable interplay between immune and malignant cells is a relentless process that has been concisely organized in three different phases: elimination, equilibrium and escape. In this review, we aim to depict the distinct immune cell subsets and immune-mediated responses characterizing the tumour landscape throughout the three interconnected phases. Importantly, the identification of key immune players and molecules involved in the dynamic crosstalk between tumour and immune system has been crucial for the introduction of reliable prognostic factors and effective therapeutic protocols against cancers.

scholarly journals Regulation of Blood and Lymphatic Vessels by Immune Cells in Tumors and Metastasis

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 535-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Mazzone ◽  
Gabriele Bergers
Keyword(s):  
Immune Cells ◽  
Lymphatic Vessels ◽  
Tumor Vasculature ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Cancer Hallmarks ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells ◽  
Vessel Growth ◽  
Lymphatic Vasculature

Research over the last decades has provided strong evidence for the pivotal role of the tumor-associated blood and lymphatic vasculature in supporting immunoevasion and in subverting T cell–mediated immunosurveillance. Conversely, tumor blood and lymphatic vessel growth is in part regulated by the immune system, with infiltrating innate as well as adaptive immune cells providing both immunosuppressive and various angiogenic signals. Thus, tumor angiogenesis and escape of immunosurveillance are two cancer hallmarks that are tightly linked and interregulated by cell constituents from compartments secreting both chemokines and cytokines. In this review, we discuss the implication and regulation of innate and adaptive immune cells in regulating blood and lymphatic angiogenesis in tumor progression and metastases. Moreover, we also highlight novel therapeutic approaches that target the tumor vasculature as well as the immune compartment to sustain and improve therapeutic efficacy in cancer.

In vitro immunogenicity prediction: bridging between innate and adaptive immunity

Bioanalysis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sivan Cohen ◽  
Shan Chung
Keyword(s):  
Immune Cells ◽  
Immune Cell ◽  
In Vitro Assays ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
Immune Cell Response ◽  
Adaptive Immune Systems

Development of antidrug antibodies (ADAs) is an undesirable potential outcome of administration of biotherapeutics and involves the innate and adaptive immune systems. ADAs can have detrimental clinical consequences: they can reduce biotherapeutic efficacy or produce adverse events. Because animal models are considered poor predictors of immunogenicity in humans, in vitro assays with human innate and adaptive immune cells are commonly used alternatives that can reveal cell-mediated unwanted immune responses. Multiple methods have been developed to assess the immune cell response following exposure to biotherapeutics and estimate the potential immunogenicity of biotherapeutics. This review highlights the role of innate and adaptive immune cells as the drivers of immunogenicity and summarizes the use of these cells in assays to predict clinical ADA.

Learning the Roles of the Hepatic Adaptive Immune System in Hepatocellular Carcinoma—Nature's Guide for Successful Cancer Immunotherapy

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (03) ◽  
pp. 210-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Heikenwälder ◽  
Eli Pikarsky
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Protective Immunity ◽  
Adaptive Immune System ◽  
Hepatic Parenchyma ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells ◽  
Pathophysiological Role

AbstractThe different roles of the adaptive immune system in cancer are beginning to unfold. The dramatic responses to immune check point drugs in some tumors generated an accelerated need for understanding the complex set of interactions between tumor and immune cells. In view of the major pathophysiological role of immune cells in hepatocellular carcinoma, it is not surprising that malignant hepatocytes interact extensively with adaptive immune cells, resulting in both protumor immunopathology and antitumor protective immunity. Identifying potential responders to drugs that target the adaptive immune system, monitoring their immune response to the tumor, and devising the best treatment combinations depends on understanding the complex set of interactions taking place within the tumor and in the adjacent hepatic parenchyma.

scholarly journals The Immune Regulatory Role of Protein Kinase CK2 and Its Implications for Treatment of Cancer

Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1932
Author(s):  
Huixian Hong ◽  
Etty N. Benveniste
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Protein Kinase Ck2 ◽  
Serine Threonine Kinase ◽  
Threonine Kinase ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells ◽  
Kinase Ck2

Protein Kinase CK2, a constitutively active serine/threonine kinase, fulfills its functions via phosphorylating hundreds of proteins in nearly all cells. It regulates a variety of cellular signaling pathways and contributes to cell survival, proliferation and inflammation. CK2 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of hematologic and solid cancers. Recent data have documented that CK2 has unique functions in both innate and adaptive immune cells. In this article, we review aspects of CK2 biology, functions of the major innate and adaptive immune cells, and how CK2 regulates the function of immune cells. Finally, we provide perspectives on how CK2 effects in immune cells, particularly T-cells, may impact the treatment of cancers via targeting CK2.

scholarly journals From Messengers to Receptors in Psoriasis: The Role of IL-17RA in Disease and Treatment

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 6740
Author(s):  
Silvia Vidal ◽  
Lluís Puig ◽  
José-Manuel Carrascosa-Carrillo ◽  
Álvaro González-Cantero ◽  
José-Carlos Ruiz-Carrascosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Cells ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Th17 Cells ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
Receptor Complex ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells

The paradigm of psoriasis as a Th17-driven disease has evolved in the last years towards a much deeper knowledge of the complex pathways, mechanisms, cells, and messengers involved, highlighting the crucial role played by the IL-17 family of cytokines. All IL-17 isoforms signal through IL-17R. Five subunits of IL-17R have been described to date, which couple to form a homo- or hetero-receptor complex. Characteristically, IL-17RA is a common subunit in all hetero-receptors. IL-17RA has unique structural—containing a SEFIR/TILL domain—and functional—requiring ACT-1 for signaling—properties, enabling Th17 cells to act as a bridge between innate and adaptive immune cells. In psoriasis, IL-17RA plays a key role in pathogenesis based on: (a) IL-17A, IL-17F, and other IL-17 isoforms are involved in disease development; and (b) IL-17RA is essential for signaling of all IL-17 cytokines but IL-17D, whose receptor has not been identified to date. This article reviews current evidence on the biology and role of the IL-17 family of cytokines and receptors, with focus on IL-17RA, in psoriasis and some related comorbidities, and puts them in context with current and upcoming treatments.

scholarly journals The Role of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 3265
Author(s):  
Natalia Ziemkiewicz ◽  
Genevieve Hilliard ◽  
Nicholas A. Pullen ◽  
Koyal Garg
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Muscle Regeneration ◽  
Therapeutic Strategies ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Regeneration ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells ◽  
Complex Process

Skeletal muscle regeneration is highly dependent on the inflammatory response. A wide variety of innate and adaptive immune cells orchestrate the complex process of muscle repair. This review provides information about the various types of immune cells and biomolecules that have been shown to mediate muscle regeneration following injury and degenerative diseases. Recently developed cell and drug-based immunomodulatory strategies are highlighted. An improved understanding of the immune response to injured and diseased skeletal muscle will be essential for the development of therapeutic strategies.

scholarly journals The Emerging Role of m6A Modification in Regulating the Immune System and Autoimmune Diseases

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimeng Wang ◽  
Lifang Li ◽  
Jiaqi Li ◽  
Bin Zhao ◽  
Gan Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autoimmune Diseases ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Rna Modification ◽  
Rna Modifications ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adaptive Immune Cells ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Adenine Base

Over the past several decades, RNA modifications have rapidly emerged as an indispensable topic in epitranscriptomics. N6-methyladenosine (m6A), namely, methylation at the sixth position of an adenine base in an RNA molecule, is the most prevalent RNA modification in both coding and noncoding RNAs. m6A has emerged as a crucial posttranscriptional regulator involved in both physiological and pathological processes. Based on accumulating evidence, m6A participates in the pathogenesis of immune-related diseases by regulating both innate and adaptive immune cells through various mechanisms. Autoimmune diseases are caused by a self-destructive immune response in the setting of genetic and environmental factors, and recent studies have discovered that m6A may play an essential role in the development of autoimmune diseases. In this review, we focus on the important role of m6A modification in biological functions and highlight its contributions to immune cells and the development of autoimmune diseases, thereby providing promising epitranscriptomic targets for preventing and treating autoimmune disorders.

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