ReviewAutoimmunity reviews2022
Significance of IL-7 and IL-7R in RA and autoimmunity.
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Abstract
While physiological levels of IL-7 are essential for T cell proliferation, survival and co-stimulation, its escalated concentration has been associated with autoimmune diseases such as Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Expression of IL-7 and IL-7R in RA monocytes is linked to disease activity score and TNF transcription. TNF stimulation can modulate IL-7 secretion and IL-7R frequency in myeloid cells, however, only IL-7R transcription levels are downregulated in anti-TNF responsive patients. Elevated levels of IL-7 in RA synovial tissue and fluid are involved in attracting RA monocytes into the inflammatory joints and remodeling them into proinflammatory macrophages and mature osteoclasts. Further, IL-7 amplification of RA Th1 cell differentiation and IFNγ secretion, can directly prime myeloid IL-7R expression and thereby exacerbate IL-7-mediated joint inflammatory and erosive imprints. In parallel, IL-7 accentuates joint angiogenesis by expanding the production of proangiogenic factors from RA macrophages and endothelial cells. In preclinical models, blockade of IL-7 or IL-7R can effectively impair joint inflammation, osteoclast formation, and neovascularization primarily by impeding monocyte and endothelial cell infiltration as well as inhibition of pro-inflammatory macrophage and Th1/Th17 cell differentiation. In conclusion, disruption of IL-7/IL-7R signaling can uniquely intercept the crosstalk between RA myeloid and lymphoid cells in their ability to trigger neovascularization.
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