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ArticleInflammatory bowel diseases2022

Antitumor Necrosis Factor-like Ligand 1A Therapy Targets Tissue Inflammation and Fibrosis Pathways and Reduces Gut Pathobionts in Ulcerative Colitis.

Mina Hassan-Zahraee, Zhan Ye, Li Xi, Mary Lynn Baniecki, Xingpeng Li, Craig L Hyde, Jenny Zhang, Nancy Raha, Fridrik Karlsson, Jie Quan and 13 more

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Article in Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. TL1A Inhibition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Pipeline Review.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Mina Hassan-ZahraeePfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Zhan YePfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Li XiPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Mary Lynn BanieckiPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Xingpeng LiPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Craig L HydePfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jenny ZhangPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nancy RahaPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Fridrik KarlssonPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jie QuanPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Daniel ZiemekPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Srividya NeelakantanPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Christopher LepsyPfizer Inc, Andover, MA, USA.
Jessica R AllegrettiBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3585-2425
Jacek RomatowskiJ. Sniadecki's Regional Hospital, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Białystok, Poland.
Ellen J ScherlJill Roberts Center for IBD, Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, New York, NY, USA.
Maria KlopockaNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum, Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Silvio DaneseIBD Center, Humanitas Research Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Milan, Italy.
Deepa E ChandraPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Uwe SchoenbeckPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Michael S VincentPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Randy LongmanJill Roberts Center for IBD, Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, New York, NY, USA.
Kenneth E HungPfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Pfizer (United States) · USCornell University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHumanitas University · ITNicolaus Copernicus University · PLWojewódzki Szpital Zespolony im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe first-in-class treatment PF-06480605 targets the tumor necrosis factor-like ligand 1A (TL1A) molecule in humans. Results from the phase 2a TUSCANY trial highlighted the safety and efficacy of PF-06480605 in ulcerative colitis. Preclinical and in vitro models have identified a role for TL1A in both innate and adaptive immune responses, but the mechanisms underlying the efficacy of anti-TL1A treatment in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not known.

methodsHere, we provide analysis of tissue transcriptomic, peripheral blood proteomic, and fecal metagenomic data from the recently completed phase 2a TUSCANY trial and demonstrate endoscopic improvement post-treatment with PF-06480605 in participants with ulcerative colitis.

resultsOur results revealed robust TL1A target engagement in colonic tissue and a distinct colonic transcriptional response reflecting a reduction in inflammatory T helper 17 cell, macrophage, and fibrosis pathways in patients with endoscopic improvement. Proteomic analysis of peripheral blood revealed a corresponding decrease in inflammatory T-cell cytokines. Finally, microbiome analysis showed significant changes in IBD-associated pathobionts, Streptococcus salivarius, S. parasanguinis, and Haemophilus parainfluenzae post-therapy.

conclusionsThe ability of PF-06480605 to engage and inhibit colonic TL1A, targeting inflammatory T cell and fibrosis pathways, provides the first-in-human mechanistic data to guide anti-TL1A therapy for the treatment of IBD.

Indexed as

Colitis, UlcerativeFibrosisHumansInflammationLigandsNecrosisProteomicsTumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 15LigandsTumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 15inflammatory bowel diseaseTL1A inhibitiontranscriptional responseulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID34427649
PMCPMC8889296
OpenAlexW3195698974

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