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CD40 Ligand and Autoantigen Are Involved in the Pathogenesis of Low-Grade B-Cell Lymphomas of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
Low-grade MALT-type lymphomas are malignancies of mucosal marginal-zone B cells
and preceded by reactive inflammatory lymphoid tissue. Experimental observations suggest that antigen
and CD40 Ligand act during cognate T/B cell interaction and are crucial for germinal center B-cell maturation
generating marginal-zone B cells. To investigate the mechanisms underlying the development of extranodal MALT-type lymphomas, the immunoglobulin receptor was sequenced and analyzed for antigen specificity using heterohybridoma technology.
Furthermore, CD40 ligand expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry and by semiquantitative RT-PCR,
and ligand binding to the CD40 of tumor B cells was studied using the CD40 system. Hypermutations were found in low-grade
lymphomas throughout CDR1- CDR3 suggestive of positive selection through their antigen receptor.
Different VH families were used and more than 69% of tumor immunoglobulins bound different mucosal antigens.
CD40L expression was found in the tumor marginal zone in substantial amounts.
The in vitro proliferation response of all low-grade MALT-type lymphomas was dependent on
anti-CD40- mediated signals and cytokines. Our data provide evidence that autoantigen as well as the CD40L
expressed by activated nonneoplastic T cells may drive the evolution of low-grade MALT-type lymphomas either
directly or by paracrine mechanisms and that antigen may contribute to lymphoma pathogenesis
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Super-enhancer-based identification of a BATF3/IL-2R-module reveals vulnerabilities in anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), an aggressive CD30-positive T-cell lymphoma, comprises systemic anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive, and ALK-negative, primary cutaneous and breast implant-associated ALCL. Prognosis of some ALCL subgroups is still unsatisfactory, and already in second line effective treatment options are lacking. To identify genes defining ALCL cell state and dependencies, we here characterize super-enhancer regions by genome-wide H3K27ac ChIP-seq. In addition to known ALCL key regulators, the AP-1-member BATF3 and IL-2 receptor (IL2R)-components are among the top hits. Specific and high-level IL2R expression in ALCL correlates with BATF3 expression. Confirming a regulatory link, IL-2R-expression decreases following BATF3 knockout, and BATF3 is recruited to IL2R regulatory regions. Functionally, IL-2, IL-15 and Neo-2/15, a hyper-stable IL-2/IL-15 mimic, accelerate ALCL growth and activate STAT1, STAT5 and ERK1/2. In line, strong IL-2Rα-expression in ALCL patients is linked to more aggressive clinical presentation. Finally, an IL-2Rα-targeting antibody-drug conjugate efficiently kills ALCL cells in vitro and in vivo. Our results highlight the importance of the BATF3/IL-2R-module for ALCL biology and identify IL-2Rα-targeting as a promising treatment strategy for ALCL
Inhibition of IFN-Îł-dependent antiviral airway epithelial defense by cigarette smoke
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although individuals exposed to cigarette smoke are more susceptible to respiratory infection, the effects of cigarette smoke on lung defense are incompletely understood. Because airway epithelial cell responses to type II interferon (IFN) are critical in regulation of defense against many respiratory viral infections, we hypothesized that cigarette smoke has inhibitory effects on IFN-Îł-dependent antiviral mechanisms in epithelial cells in the airway.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Primary human tracheobronchial epithelial cells were first treated with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) followed by exposure to both CSE and IFN-Îł. Epithelial cell cytotoxicity and IFN-Îł-induced signaling, gene expression, and antiviral effects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were tested without and with CSE exposure.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>CSE inhibited IFN-Îł-dependent gene expression in airway epithelial cells, and these effects were not due to cell loss or cytotoxicity. CSE markedly inhibited IFN-Îł-induced Stat1 phosphorylation, indicating that CSE altered type II interferon signal transduction and providing a mechanism for CSE effects. A period of CSE exposure combined with an interval of epithelial cell exposure to both CSE and IFN-Îł was required to inhibit IFN-Îł-induced cell signaling. CSE also decreased the inhibitory effect of IFN-Îł on RSV mRNA and protein expression, confirming effects on viral infection. CSE effects on IFN-Îł-induced Stat1 activation, antiviral protein expression, and inhibition of RSV infection were decreased by glutathione augmentation of epithelial cells using N-acetylcysteine or glutathione monoethyl ester, providing one strategy to alter cigarette smoke effects.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The results indicate that CSE inhibits the antiviral effects of IFN-Îł, thereby presenting one explanation for increased susceptibility to respiratory viral infection in individuals exposed to cigarette smoke.</p
Between the Vinča and Linearbandkeramik worlds: the diversity of practices and identities in the 54th–53rd centuries cal BC in south-west Hungary and beyond
Szederkény-Kukorica-dűlĹ‘ is a large settlement in south-east Transdanubia, Hungary, excavated in advance of road construction, which is notable for its combination of pottery styles, variously including VinÄŤa A, RaĹľište and LBK, and longhouses of a kind otherwise familiar from the LBK world. Formal modelling of its date establishes that the site probably began in the later 54th century cal BC, lasting until the first decades of the 52nd century cal BC. Occupation, featuring longhouses, pits and graves, probably began at the same time on the east and west parts of the settlement, the central part starting a decade or two later; the western part was probably abandoned last. VinÄŤa pottery is predominantly associated with the east and central parts of the site, and RaĹľište pottery with the west. Formal modelling of the early history and diaspora of longhouses in the LBK world suggests their emergence in the Formative LBK of Transdanubia c. 5500 cal BC and then rapid diaspora in the middle of the 54th century cal BC, associated with the ‘earliest’ (älteste) LBK. The adoption of longhouses at Szederkény thus appears to come a few generations after the start of the diaspora. Rather than explaining the mixture of things, practices and perhaps people at Szederkény by reference to problematic notions such as hybridity, we propose instead a more fluid and varied vocabulary including combination and amalgamation, relationships and performance in the flow of social life, and networks; this makes greater allowance for diversity and interleaving in a context of rapid change
Between the Vinča and Linearbandkeramik Worlds: The Diversity of Practices and Identities in the 54th–53rd Centuries cal BC in Southwest Hungary and Beyond
Reducing DMU fuel consumption by means of hybrid energy storage
Purpose: This paper discusses a hybrid energy storage
concept and its control strategy for hydro-mechanical
DMUs. The hybrid energy storage consists of double layer
capacitors and batteries. The new concept aims on reducing
fuel consumption and avoiding unhealthy emissions during
idling in station area.
Methods: Development of a hybrid propulsion concept and
control strategy requires adequate methods for modeling
system behavior. The simulation environment Dymola is
used to develop and evaluate the control strategy and for
dimensioning the system components.
Results: Simulations indicated fuel savings of up to 13%
depending on track characteristics. Measurements of a
scaled storage system in a HiL-environment showed good
accordance of the simulated and measured behavior of
battery and double layer capacitor.
Conclusions: The newly developed storage system and its
control strategy enable reduction of fuel consumption and
unhealthy emissions in station areas