Anti-fungal T cell responses in the lung and modulation by the gut-lung axis

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The lung is a central organ for immune-environmental interactions ranging from tolerance against harmless substances to protection against pathogens, which are particularly sensitive to regulation by the intestinal microbiota. Airborne fungi, can cause variety of diseases, including allergies and inflammatory disorders, as well as life-threatening invasive infections. Remarkable differences exist between ubiquitous fungal species with regard to protective immune mechanisms. Recent data have surprisingly identified Aspergillus-specific regulatory T cells as an essential tolerance checkpoint and provided mechanistic insight for the loss of tolerance in the course of immune pathologies. Furthermore, pathogenic Th17 cells in Aspergillus-associated inflammatory disease seem to be induced by cross-reactivity to the intestinal commensal Candida albicans. Here we review and discuss what is known about fungus-specific T cell responses in the lung how they are modulated by the gut-lung axis and in particular discussing the modulation of adaptive immune responses by cross-reactivity to the microbiota.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Current opinion in microbiology - 56(2020) vom: 15. Aug., Seite 67-73

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Scheffold, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Bacher, Petra [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Date Completed 31.05.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.mib.2020.06.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312557833