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Treg Cell Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Compromised by CTLA‐4 Promoter Methylation Resulting in a Failure to Activate the Indoleamine 2,3‐Dioxygenase Pathway
- A. Cribbs, A. Kennedy, +8 authors R. Williams
- Biology, Medicine
- Arthritis & rheumatology
- 1 September 2014
Functionally impaired Treg cells expressing abnormally low levels of CTLA‐4 have been well documented in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the molecular defect underlying this reduced expression is… Expand
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 is protective in atherosclerosis and its metabolites provide new opportunities for drug development
- J. Cole, N. Astola, +7 authors C. Monaco
- Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 5 October 2015
Significance Inflammation is an important component of the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, the world’s biggest killer. No antiinflammatory treatments have yet been developed to treat… Expand
A novel upstream enhancer of FOXP3, sensitive to methylation‐induced silencing, exhibits dysregulated methylation in rheumatoid arthritis Treg cells
- A. Kennedy, Emily M. Schmidt, +7 authors F. Brennan
- Biology, Medicine
- European journal of immunology
- 1 October 2014
Treg‐cell function is compromised in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As the master regulator of Treg cells, FOXP3 controls development and suppressive function. Stable Treg‐cell FOXP3 expression is… Expand
Resistance to regulatory T cell-mediated suppression in rheumatoid arthritis can be bypassed by ectopic foxp3 expression in pathogenic synovial T cells
- P. Beavis, B. Gregory, +6 authors F. Brennan
- Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 16 September 2011
Increasing evidence suggests that regulatory T cell (Treg) function is impaired in chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here we demonstrate that Tregs are unable to… Expand
Methotrexate Restores Regulatory T Cell Function Through Demethylation of the FoxP3 Upstream Enhancer in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
- A. Cribbs, A. Kennedy, +6 authors R. Williams
- Biology, Medicine
- Arthritis & rheumatology
- 1 May 2015
We have previously shown, in a cohort of untreated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, that the suppressive function of Treg cells is defective. However, other studies in cohorts of patients with… Expand
Towards an understanding of the role of DNA methylation in rheumatoid arthritis: therapeutic and diagnostic implications
- A. Cribbs, M. Feldmann, U. Oppermann
- Biology, Medicine
- Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease
- 1 October 2015
The term ‘epigenetics’ loosely describes DNA-templated processes leading to heritable changes in gene activity and expression, which are independent of the underlying DNA sequence. Epigenetic… Expand
Invasive Salmonella exploits divergent immune evasion strategies in infected and bystander dendritic cell subsets
- A. Aulicino, Kévin Rue-Albrecht, +9 authors Alison Simmons
- Medicine, Biology
- Nature Communications
- 30 October 2018
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are highly prevalent food-borne pathogens. Recently, a highly invasive, multi-drug resistant S. Typhimurium, ST313, emerged as a major cause of bacteraemia in children… Expand
Simplified production and concentration of lentiviral vectors to achieve high transduction in primary human T cells
- A. Cribbs, Alan R Kennedy, B. Gregory, F. Brennan
- Biology, Medicine
- BMC Biotechnology
- 12 November 2013
BackgroundLentiviral vectors have emerged as efficient vehicles for transgene delivery in both dividing and non-dividing cells. A number of different modifications in vector design have increased… Expand
Inhibition of histone H3K27 demethylases selectively modulates inflammatory phenotypes of natural killer cells
- A. Cribbs, E. Hookway, +11 authors U. Oppermann
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of Biological Chemistry
- 4 January 2018
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes, important in immune surveillance and elimination of stressed, transformed, or virus-infected cells. They critically shape the inflammatory cytokine… Expand
Histone H3K27me3 demethylases regulate human Th17 cell development and effector functions by impacting on metabolism
- A. Cribbs, S. Terlecki-Zaniewicz, +14 authors U. Oppermann
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2 March 2020
Significance T cells control many immune functions, with Th17 cells critical in regulating inflammation. Following activation, T cells undergo metabolic reprogramming and utilize glycolysis to… Expand