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Trial reportClinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)2021

Memory and naïve gamma delta regulatory T-cell gene expression in the first 24-weeks of peanut oral immunotherapy.

Sara Anvari, Levi Watkin, Kimal Rajapakshe, Oluwatomi Hassan, Kimberly Schuster, Cristian Coarfa, Carla M Davis

Open access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. New insights into the mechanisms of childhood food allergies.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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  7. Multi-omics profiling approach in food allergy.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sara AnvariBaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Houston, TX, United States of America; Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, TX, United States of America. Electronic address: sanvari@bcm.edu.
Levi WatkinBaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Houston, TX, United States of America; Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, TX, United States of America.
Kimal RajapaksheBaylor College of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, Houston, TX, United States of America; Baylor College of Medicine, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America.
Oluwatomi HassanBaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Houston, TX, United States of America; Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, TX, United States of America.
Kimberly SchusterBaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Houston, TX, United States of America; Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, TX, United States of America.
Cristian CoarfaBaylor College of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, Houston, TX, United States of America; Baylor College of Medicine, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America; Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Houston, TX, United States of America. Electronic address: coarfa@bcm.edu.
Carla M DavisBaylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Houston, TX, United States of America; Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, TX, United States of America.
Texas Children's Hospital · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Project 5: Pyolytic conversion of PAHs in contaminated sediments into char to eliminate toxicity and enhance soil fertilityP42ES027725 · NIEHS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BHAGAVATULA MOORTHY · 2020 to 2026
$17.8M
VISION RESEARCH CENTERP30EY002520 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Samuel M Wu · 1985 to 2026
$14.8M
Translational Research Support CoreP30ES030285 · NIEHS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Casey W Wright · 2019 to 2026
$14.7M
High Throughput Genomic Sequencer at BCM Core FacilityS10OD023469 · OD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CHEN, RUI · 2017 to 2017
$600k
Acquisition of the Fluidigm system to accelerate functional genomics researchS10OD018033 · OD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CHEN, RUI · 2014 to 2014
$396k
Acquisition of 10X Genomics Chromium Instrument to Accelerate Genomic and Single Cell Transcriptomic ResearchS10OD025240 · OD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DODDAPANENI, HARSHA VARDHAN · 2018 to 2018
$125k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002520NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES030285NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES027725NIH HHS S10 OD018033NIH HHS S10 OD023469NIH HHS S10 OD025240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeanut oral immunotherapy (POIT) has provided desensitization to peanut allergic individuals. Limited immunological evaluation exists during the first 24-weeks of POIT.

objectiveRegulatory T-cells (Tregs) are antigen induced immunosuppressive T-cells important in establishing tolerance. Delineation of early immunologic changes contributing to the development of peanut desensitization would help clarify the mechanism of action in POIT. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) on Tregs in pediatric subjects undergoing POIT during the first 24-weeks of therapy to evaluate early immunological changes induced by POIT.

methodsPBMC samples from peanut allergic subjects between 5 and 12 years of age enrolled in a Phase 1/2a POIT study were collected and analyzed at 0, 6, and 24-weeks after POIT initiation and samples were compared to healthy non-peanut allergic controls. Tregs were enriched from PBMCs and scRNAseq analysis performed. Cell Ranger 3.1.0 (10× Genomics) was utilized to identify cell clusters and differentially expressed genes, and results were analyzed with Seurat suite version 3.0.0.

resultsGene analysis revealed 10 major clusters corresponding to different cell types observed to change during POIT when compared to the healthy, non-peanut-allergic state. scRNAseq analysis of Tregs revealed strong CD3G expression correlating with gdTregs. scRNAseq analysis of gdTregs revealed dynamic changes occurring within the first 6-weeks of treatment and cell frequencies of naïve and memory gdTregs at 24-weeks of treatment reducing to levels similar to healthy controls. Analysis of transcriptomic cell identity analysis using SingleR showed gene expression in gdTregs similar to healthy control after 24-weeks of POIT treatment. scRNAseq analysis revealed alterations in gene expression for memory and naïve gdTregs during this timeframe. Specifically, expression of OX40R (TNFRSF4), GITR (TNFRSF18), TGFB1, CTLA4, ISG20, CD69 were upregulated in memory gdTregs compared to naive gdTregs by 24-weeks of POIT, while IL7R and SELL were downregulated in memory gdTregs compared to naïve gdTregs.

conclusionsThere are specific expression profiles of peripheral naïve and mature gdTreg cells in peanut allergic patients undergoing POIT in the first 24-weeks of treatment implicating pathways involved in maintenance of immune homeostasis. gdTreg cells may contribute to the tolerogenic effect of POIT within the first 24-weeks of POIT treatment. These findings suggest that gdTregs cells may be an early marker of desensitization in subjects undergoing POIT.

Indexed as

Genes, T-Cell Receptor deltaGenes, T-Cell Receptor gammaAdministration, OralAllergensArachisChildChild, PreschoolDesensitization, ImmunologicHumansImmunologic MemoryMultigene FamilyPeanut HypersensitivityReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaRNA-SeqSingle-Cell AnalysisTime FactorsAllergensReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaDesensitizationFood allergyGamma-delta Tregs (gdTregs)Peanut allergyPeanut oral immunotherapy (POIT)PediatricRegulatory T-cells (Tregs)

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PMID34365017
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