scholarly journals Extracellular vesicles derived from small intestinal lamina propria reduce antigen-specific immune response

Author(s):  
Tae-Seop Shin ◽  
Jae Yong Park ◽  
Yoon-Keun Kim ◽  
Jae Gyu Kim
2009 ◽  
Vol 206 (13) ◽  
pp. 3047-3059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melba Muñoz ◽  
Markus M. Heimesaat ◽  
Kerstin Danker ◽  
Daniela Struck ◽  
Uwe Lohmann ◽  
...  

Peroral infection with Toxoplasma gondii leads to the development of small intestinal inflammation dependent on Th1 cytokines. The role of Th17 cells in ileitis is unknown. We report interleukin (IL)-23–mediated gelatinase A (matrixmetalloproteinase [MMP]-2) up-regulation in the ileum of infected mice. MMP-2 deficiency as well as therapeutic or prophylactic selective gelatinase blockage protected mice from the development of T. gondii–induced immunopathology. Moreover, IL-23–dependent up-regulation of IL-22 was essential for the development of ileitis, whereas IL-17 was down-regulated and dispensable. CD4+ T cells were the main source of IL-22 in the small intestinal lamina propria. Thus, IL-23 regulates small intestinal inflammation via IL-22 but independent of IL-17. Gelatinases may be useful targets for treatment of intestinal inflammation.


1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Abuzakouk ◽  
Janet Carton ◽  
Conleth Feighery ◽  
Diarmuid P. OʼDonoghue ◽  
Donald G. Weir ◽  
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