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Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2020;5(18):e124465. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.124465.
Abstract
Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) can occur after hematopoietic cell transplant in patients undergoing treatment for hematological malignancies or inborn errors. Although CD4+ T helper (Th) cells play a major role in aGVHD, the mechanisms by which they contribute, particularly within the intestines, have remained elusive. We have identified a potentially novel subset of Th cells that accumulated in the intestines and produced the serine protease granzyme A (GrA). GrA+ Th cells were distinct from other Th lineages and exhibited a noncytolytic phenotype. In vitro, GrA+ Th cells differentiated in the presence of IL-4, IL-6, and IL-21 and were transcriptionally unique from cells cultured with either IL-4 or the IL-6/IL-21 combination alone. In vivo, both STAT3 and STAT6 were required for GrA+ Th cell differentiation and played roles in maintenance of the lineage identity. Importantly, GrA+ Th cells promoted aGVHD-associated morbidity and mortality and contributed to crypt destruction within intestines but were not required for the beneficial graft-versus-leukemia effect. Our data indicate that GrA+ Th cells represent a distinct Th subset and are critical mediators of aGVHD.
Authors
Sungtae Park, Brad Griesenauer, Hua Jiang, Djamilatou Adom, Pegah Mehrpouya-Bahrami, Srishti Chakravorty, Majid Kazemian, Tanbeena Imam, Rajneesh Srivastava, Tristan A. Hayes, Julian Pardo, Sarath Chandra Janga, Sophie Paczesny, Mark H. Kaplan, Matthew R. Olson
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