ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2019
Graft-versus-host disease propagation depends on increased intestinal epithelial tight junction permeability.
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- SPHK1 deficiency promotes intestinal homeostasis by ameliorating ER stress-induced gastrointestinal injury during murine graft-versus-host disease.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Article
- Tight Junction Defects in Aganglionic and Ganglionic Colon in Children With Hirschsprung Disease.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2026Article
- Gastrointestinal acute graft versus host disease: a translational perspective from pathogenesis to precision prevention and treatment.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Loss of GLP-2R signaling in Glp2rMolecular metabolism · 2026Article
- Acute gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease is associated with reductions of secondary bile acids following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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- Advanced oral drug delivery systems for gastrointestinal targeted delivery: the design principles and foundations.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Review
- Dietary supplementation with milk-derivediMetaOmics · 2025Article
- Targeting Intestinal Permeability for Graft-versus-Host Disease Treatment: A Therapeutic Perspective with Defibrotide.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2025Article
- Tight junction regulation, intestinal permeability, and mucosal immunity in gastrointestinal health and disease.Current opinion in gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Balancing Tumor Immunotherapy and Immune-Related Adverse Events: Unveiling the Key Regulators.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Chemotherapy-induced intestinal epithelial damage directly promotes galectin-9-driven modulation of T cell behavior.iScience · 2024Article
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- High Diversity but Monodominance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Developing GVHD Are Not Associated with Changes in Gut Mycobiome.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) that affects multiple organs. GVHD-associated intestinal damage can be separated into two distinct phases, initiation and propagation, which correspond to conditioning-induced damage and effector T cell activation and infiltration, respectively. Substantial evidence indicates that intestinal damage induced by pretransplant conditioning is a key driver of GVHD initiation. Here, we aimed to determine the impact of dysregulated intestinal permeability on the subsequent GVHD propagation phase. The initiation phase of GVHD was unchanged in mice lacking long MLCK (MLCK210), an established regulator of epithelial tight junction permeability. However, MLCK210-deficient mice were protected from sustained barrier loss and exhibited limited GVHD propagation, as indicated by reduced histopathology, fewer CD8+ effector T cells in the gut, and improved overall survival. Consistent with these findings, intestinal epithelial MLCK210 expression and enzymatic activity were similarly increased in human and mouse GVHD biopsies. Intestinal epithelial barrier loss mediated by MLCK210 is therefore a key driver of the GVHD propagation. These data suggest that inhibition of MLCK210-dependent barrier regulation may be an effective approach to limiting GVHD progression.
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