<02> 中文報告-江翊生
Antimicrobial Peptide LL37 and MAVS Signaling Drive Interferon-β Production by Epidermal Keratinocytes during Skin Injury
Zhang et al. Immunity 45, 119-130, 2016
Speaker: Yi-Sheng Jiang (江翊生) Time: 14:00~15:00, Feb. 22, 2017
Commentator: Dr. Pin Ling (凌斌老師) Place: Room 601
Abstract:
Type I interferons (IFNs)藉由受感染的細胞釋出並調控免疫反應。Type I IFNs在急性病毒感染扮演保護宿主的角色。然而,在病人體內上升的Type I IFNs可能會增加疾病的嚴重性。乾癬是慢性發炎的皮膚病,在乾癬的病變部位由於表皮細胞的過度增生、免疫細胞的浸潤和嚴重的血管新生以致於形成充滿白色皮屑的紅色斑塊。過去的研究已經報導在乾癬的病變部位Type I IFNs下游的基因的表現量上升。此外,經過Type I IFNs治療的病人常常導致更嚴重的乾癬。在這研究,作者的結果顯示當角質細胞受到雙股RNA和LL37的刺激,角質細胞會產生IFN-β。此外dsRNAs和LL37透過MAVS並活化TBK1 (TANK-binding kinase 1)-AKT-IRF3 (interferon regulatory factor 3)的訊號路徑並產生IFN-β。所產生的IFN-β活化樹突細胞並開啟下游的免疫反應進而導致更嚴重的皮膚疾病。這些結果顯示在皮膚受損時,表皮組織如何反應並連結下游的免疫反應。
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