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ArticleJournal of leukocyte biology2009

Hyperactivated B cells in human inflammatory bowel disease.

Ansu Mammen Noronha, YanMei Liang, Jeremy T Hetzel, Hatice Hasturk, Alpdogan Kantarci, Arthur Stucchi, Yue Zhang, Barbara S Nikolajczyk, Francis A Farraye, Lisa M Ganley-Leal

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Article in Journal of leukocyte biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ansu Mammen NoronhaSection of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
YanMei Liang
Jeremy T Hetzel
Hatice Hasturk
Alpdogan Kantarci
Arthur Stucchi
Yue Zhang
Barbara S Nikolajczyk
Francis A Farraye
Lisa M Ganley-Leal
Boston University · USBoston Medical Center · US

Funding

Treatment of Periodontitis and Inflammatory Changes in DiabetesK23DE018917 · NIDCR · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HASTURK, HATICE · 2008 to 2012
$647k
NIDCR NIH HHS DE018917NIDCR NIH HHS K23 DE018917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IBD is characterized by a chronic, dysregulated immune response to intestinal bacteria. Past work has focused on the role of T cells and myeloid cells in mediating chronic gastrointestinal and systemic inflammation. Here, we show that circulating and tissue B cells from CD patients demonstrate elevated basal levels of activation. CD patient B cells express surface TLR2, spontaneously secrete high levels of IL-8, and contain increased ex vivo levels of phosphorylated signaling proteins. CD clinical activity correlates directly with B cell expression of IL-8 and TLR2, suggesting a positive relationship between these B cell inflammatory mediators and disease pathogenesis. In contrast, B cells from UC patients express TLR2 but generally do not demonstrate spontaneous IL-8 secretion; however, significant IL-8 production is inducible via TLR2 stimulation. Furthermore, UC clinical activity correlates inversely with levels of circulating TLR2+ B cells, which is opposite to the association observed in CD. In conclusion, TLR2+ B cells are associated with clinical measures of disease activity and differentially associated with CD- and UC-specific patterns of inflammatory mediators, suggesting a formerly unappreciated role of B cells in the pathogenesis of IBD.

Indexed as

Lymphocyte ActivationAdultAgedB-LymphocytesFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesInterleukin-8MaleMiddle AgedT-LymphocytesToll-Like Receptor 2CXCL8 protein, humanInterleukin-8TLR2 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 2

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PMID19589946
PMCPMC2796625
OpenAlexW2165005895

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