Publications related to Biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease

Investigating the effect of inflammation on the progression of B-cell lymphoma dissemination in the sentinel lymph node

Lymphomas are a group of heterogeneous blood cancers that arise from lymphocytes. The two primary clinical classifications of lymphomas are Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). In particular, B-cell lymphoma refers to the malignancies ...

EPFL2023

PD-1-cis IL-2R agonism yields better effectors from stem-like CD8(+) T cells

Douglas Hanahan, Mélanie Louise Tichet, Stephan Wullschleger, Petra Catalina Schwalie, Maria Karagianni

Expansion and differentiation of antigen-experienced PD-1(+)TCF-1(+) stem-like CD8(+) T cells into effector cells is critical for the success of immunotherapies based on PD-1 blockade(1-4). Hashimoto et al. have shown that, in chronic infections, administr ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

FOXC2 controls adult lymphatic endothelial specialization, function, and gut lymphatic barrier preventing multiorgan failure

Mauro Delorenzi, Alexis Rapin, Dominique Velin, Esther Bovay, François Renevey

The mechanisms maintaining adult lymphatic vascular specialization throughout life and their role in coordinating inter-organ communication to sustain homeostasis remain elusive. We report that inactivation of the mechanosensitive transcription factor Foxc ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2021

Cytokine engineering for targeted cancer immunotherapy

Li Tang, Lucia Bonati

Cytokines are key modulators of the immune responses and represent promising therapeutics for a variety of cancers. However, successful translation of cytokine-based therapy to the clinic is limited by, among others, severe toxicities and lack of efficacy ...

2021

Lymphoma Chemotherapy: Hungry Macrophages Strike the Final Blow

Michele De Palma

Macrophages modulate tumor response to chemotherapy; in this issue, Lossos and colleagues show that high-dose alkylating agents instigate a synthetic lethal program in lymphoma cells that is independent of DNA damage and involves recruitment and priming of ...

AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH2019

Identification and characterisation of small-molecule inhibitors targeting STING

Simone Margret Haag

The recognition of pathogen-derived nucleic acids is a critical mechanism by which the innate immune system detects viral infection. Upon activation, nucleic acid sensors initiate the expression of type I interferons and other inflammatory mediators, subse ...

EPFL2019

Inflammatory arthritis and systemic bone loss are attenuated by gastrointestinal helminth parasites

Nicola Harris, Mario Michael Zaiss, Manuel Kulagin

Infections with different helminth species have been observed to ameliorate a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases. Herein, we show that the natural murine helminth species, Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri (Hp) is capable of attenuating disease severi ...

Taylor & Francis2017

Plasma Membrane-bound G Protein-coupled Bile Acid Receptor Attenuates Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Via the Inhibition of Toll-like Receptor 4 Signaling in Mice

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Xu Wang

The plasma membrane-bound G protein-coupled bile acid receptor (TGR5) displays varied levels of expression in different tissues. TGR5-induced liver protection has been demonstrated during several liver diseases, except during ischemia/reperfusion injury (I ...

Wiley2017

Intimate gut interactions: helminths and the microbiota

Nicola Harris

Changing exposure to intestinal helminths, or alterations in our intestinal microbiome, have been independently proposed to underlie the increasing incidence of chronic inflammatory diseases including allergy, autoimmunity and inflammatory bowel disease (I ...

Inst Biochemistry & Cell Biology2016

Ophthalmic contact lens with a compressible affinity matrix

Philippe Renaud, Amélie Barbara Hildegarde Béduer, Thomas Michael Braschler

The invention relates to a contact lens for use in the treatment of ocular inflammatory pathologies. The contact lens comprises a soft porous material coupled, in certain embodiments, with detoxifying agents. Said material and/or agents contact and neutral ...

2016

Loss of Sirt1 function improves intestinal anti-bacterial defense and protects from colitis-induced colorectal cancer

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Laurent Mouchiroud, Dongryeol Ryu, Elena Katsyuba, Alessandra Piersigilli, Giuseppe Lo Sasso

Dysfunction of Paneth and goblet cells in the intestine contributes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC). Here, we report a role for the NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase SIRT1 in the control of anti-bacterial ...

Public Library of Science2014

Inhibition of Sepiapterin Reductase through Formation of a Ternary Complex with Sulfasalazine or other Sulfa Drugs and NADP+

Miriam Grønlund Pedersen

The mechanism of action of sulfasalazine, an anti-inflammatory drug used against inflammatory bowel diseases and rheumatoid arthritis is, despite its medical importance, still not well understood. Recently, it was shown that sulfasalazine and its metabolit ...

EPFL2014

SIRT2 Deficiency Modulates Macrophage Polarization and Susceptibility to Experimental Colitis

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Alessia Perino, Adrienne Joëlle Laurence Mottis, Alessandra Piersigilli, Keir Joe Menzies, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Giuseppe Lo Sasso

Background: SIRT2 belongs to a highly conserved family of NAD(+)-dependent deacylases, consisting of seven members (SIRT1-SIRT7), which vary in subcellular localizations and have substrates ranging from histones to transcription factors and enzymes. Recent ...

Public Library of Science2014

Mucosal immune responses following intestinal nematode infection

Nicola Harris

In most natural environments, the large majority of mammals harbour parasitic helminths that often live as adults within the intestine for prolonged periods (1-2years) . Although these organisms have been eradicated to a large extent within westernized hum ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Systems Biology Approaches for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Emphasis on Gut Microbial Metabolism

Martin Kussmann, Sofia Moco

Although the prevalence of main idiopathic forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has risen considerably over the last decades, their clinical features do not allow accurate prediction of prognosis, likelihood of disease progression, or response to spec ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2014

HVEM Signalling Promotes Colitis

Nicola Harris, Stefanie Hiltbrunner

Tumor necrosis factor super family (TNFSF) members regulate important processes involved in cell proliferation, survival and differentiation and are therefore crucial for the balance between homeostasis and inflammatory responses. Several members of the TN ...

Public Library of Science2011

Compositions and use of sulfasalazine

Kai Johnsson, Christopher Chidley

The invention relates to compositions comprising sulfasalazine or sulfapyridine and products of a biosynthetic pathway that requires tetrahydrobiopterin. Such compositions are useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases or rheumatoid arthritis, ...

2011

Emerging actions of the nuclear receptor LRH-1 in the gut

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Pablo Jose Fernandez Marcos

Liver receptor homolog-1 (NR5A2) is a nuclear receptor originally identified in the liver and mostly known for its regulatory role in cholesterol and bile acid homeostasis. More recently, liver receptor homolog-1 has emerged as a key regulator of intestina ...

2011

Differential effects of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines alone or in combinations on the metabolic profile of astrocytes

Pierre Magistretti, Igor Allaman

We have previously reported that the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) induce profound modifications of the metabolic profile of astrocytes. The present study was undertaken to further characterize the eff ...

Wiley-Blackwell2011

A Novel Yeast-Based Platform for Small Molecule Target Deconvolution Reveals Previously Unknown Binding Partners for the Approved Drugs Erlotinib, Atorvastatin, and Sulfasalazine

Christopher Chidley

The identification of all protein targets of a small molecule drug, i.e. target deconvolution, provides the basis for understanding its beneficial or deleterious actions. Target deconvolution remains a major and often problematic task within the biotechnol ...

EPFL2010