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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Modulation of intestinal IL-37 expression and its impact on the epithelial innate immune response and barrier integrity.

Laura Kröhn, Aline Azabdaftari, Julian Heuberger, Christian Hudert, Matthias Zilbauer, Tilman Breiderhoff, Philip Bufler

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura KröhnDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Aline AzabdaftariDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Julian HeubergerDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Christian HudertDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Matthias ZilbauerWellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Tilman BreiderhoffDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Philip BuflerDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_17230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aims: Intestinal epithelial cells separate the luminal flora from lamina propria immune cells and regulate innate immune responses in the gut. An imbalance of the mucosal immune response and disrupted intestinal barrier integrity contribute to the evolution of inflammatory bowel diseases. Interleukin (IL)-37 has broad anti- inflammatory activity and is expressed by the human intestinal epithelium. Mice ectopically expressing human IL-37 show reduced epithelial damage and inflammation after DSS-induced colitis. Here, we investigated the impact of IL-37 on the innate immune response and tight junction protein expression of mouse intestinal organoids and the modulation of Methods: Murine intestinal organoids were generated from IL-37tg and wildtype mice. Human ileal organoids were generated from healthy young donors. Results: Expression of transgene IL-37 or recombinant IL-37 protein did not significantly reduce overall proinflammatory cytokine mRNA expression in murine intestinal organoids. However, higher Conclusions: We speculate that the anti-inflammatory activity of IL-37 in the intestine is mainly mediated by lamina propria immune cells protecting intestinal epithelial integrity.

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Intestinal MucosaTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnimalsCytokinesHumansImmunity, InnateInterleukin-1MiceRNA, MessengerCytokinesIL37 protein, humanInterleukin-1RNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alphacytokinesIL-37inflammatory bowel diseaseinnate immune responseintestinal barrierintestinal organoidtight junctions

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PMID37799712
PMCPMC10548260
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