title: Absence of regulatory T-cell control of TH1 and TH17 cells is responsible for the autoimmune-mediated pathology in chronic graft-versus-host disease.
abstract: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains the major complication after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The process whereby acute GVHD mediated by alloreactive donor T cells transitions into chronic GVHD, which is characterized by prominent features of auto-immunity, has long been unresolved. In this study, we demonstrate that GVHD-associated autoimmunity and, by extension, chronic GVHD is attributable to the progressive loss of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells during the course of acute GVHD. This leads to the expansion of donor-derived CD4(+) T cells with T(H)1 and T(H)17 cytokine phenotypes that release proinflammatory cytokines and cause autoimmune-mediated pathological damage. These T cells are present early after transplantation, indicating that the pathophysiological events that lead to chronic GVHD are set in motion during the acute phase of GVHD. We conclude that the absence of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells coupled with unregulated T(H)1 and T(H)17 cells leads to the development of autoimmunity and that donor-derived T(H)1 and T(H)17 cells serve as the nexus between acute and chronic GVHD.
authors: Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors: Xiao
authors: X
authors: Chen
authors: Sanja
authors: S
authors: Vodanovic-Jankovic
authors: Bryon
authors: B
authors: Johnson
authors: Melissa
authors: M
authors: Keller
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Komorowski
authors: William R
authors: WR
authors: Drobyski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000502:physiology*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D053645:Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; C498833:Foxp3 protein, mouse; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D053645:Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
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