ArticleMucosal immunology2014
Activation of memory Th17 cells by domain 4 pneumolysin in human nasopharynx-associated lymphoid tissue and its association with pneumococcal carriage.
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- IL-17A expression in the adenoid tissue from children with sleep disordered breathing and its association with pneumococcal carriage.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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- The immunological mechanisms that control pneumococcal carriage.PLoS pathogens · 2017Review
- Reduced T-Helper 17 Responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae in Infection-Prone Children Can Be Rescued by Addition of Innate Cytokines.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2017Article
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Abstract
Pneumococcal carriage is common in children that may account for the high incidence of disease in this age group. Recent studies in animals suggest an important role for CD4+ T cells, T helper type 17 (Th17) cells in particular, in pneumococcal clearance. Whether this Th17-mediated mechanism operates in humans and what pneumococcal components activate Th17 are unknown. We investigated the ability of domain 4 pneumolysin (D4Ply) to activate CD4+ T cells including Th17 in human nasopharynx-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT) and peripheral blood. We show that D4Ply elicited a prominent CD4+ T-cell proliferative response. More importantly, D4Ply elicited a significant memory Th17 response in NALT, and a moderate response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). This D4Ply-elicited memory Th17 response was more marked in carriage- than in carriage+ children in both NALT and PBMCs. In contrast, no difference was shown in D4Ply-induced Th1 response between the two groups. We also show D4Ply activated human monocytes and murine macrophages that was in part dependent on Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4). Our results support a protective role of Th17 against pneumococcal carriage in human nasopharynx, and identify a novel property of D4Ply to activate Th17 in NALT that may offer an attractive vaccine candidate in intranasal immunization against pneumococcal infection.
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