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Transcriptional signature of human pro-inflammatory TH17 cells identifies reduced IL10 gene expression in multiple sclerosis

Hu, Dan ; Notarbartolo, Samuele ; Croonenborghs, Tom ; Patel, Bonny ; Cialic, Ron ; Yang, Tun-Hsiang ; Aschenbrenner, Dominik ; Andersson, Karin M. ; Gattorno, Marco ; Pham, Minh ; Kivisakk, Pia ; Pierre, Isabelle V. ; Lee, Youjin ; Kiani, Karun ; Bokarewa, Maria ; Tjon, Emily ; Pochet, Nathalie ; Sallusto, Federica ; Kuchroo, Vijay K. ; Weiner, Howard L.

In: Nature communications, 2017, vol. 8, p. 1600

We have previously reported the molecular signature of murine pathogenic TH17 cells that induce experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in animals. Here we show that human peripheral blood IFN-γ+IL-17+ (TH1/17) and IFN-γ−IL-17+ (TH17) CD4+ T cells display distinct transcriptional profiles in high-throughput transcription analyses. Compared to TH17 cells, TH1/17 cells have gene...

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Dependence of immunoglobulin class switch recombination in B Cells on vesicular release of ATP and CD73 ectonucleotidase activity

Schena, Francesca ; Volpi, Stefano ; Faliti, Caterina Elisa ; Penco, Federica ; Santi, Spartaco ; Proietti, Michele ; Schenk, Ursula ; Damonte, Gianluca ; Salis, Annalisa ; Bellotti, Marta ; Fais, Franco ; Tenca, Claudya ; Gattorno, Marco ; Eibel, Hermann ; Rizzi, Marta ; Warnatz, Klaus ; Idzko, Marco ; Ayata, Cemil Korcan ; Rakhmanov, Mirzokhid ; Galli, Thierry ; Martini, Alberto ; Canossa, Marco ; Grassi, Fabio ; Traggiai, Elisabetta

In: Cell report, 2013, vol. 3, no. 6, p. 1824-1831

Immunoglobulin (Ig) isotype diversification by class switch recombination (CSR) is an essential process for mounting a protective humoral immune response. Ig CSR deficiencies in humans can result from an intrinsic B cell defect; however, most of these deficiencies are still molecularly undefined and diagnosed as common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). Here, we show that extracellular...