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Th17/Treg imbalance in murine cystic fibrosis is linked to indoleamine 2,3-diox...
Iannitti, Rossana G.; Carvalho, Agostinho; Cunha, Cristina; De Luca, Antonella; Giovannini, Gloria; Casagrande, Andrea; Zelante, Teresa; Vacca, CarmineRationale: Mutations in the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator affect the innate epithelial immune function of the lung, resulting in exaggerated and ineffective airway inflammation that fails to eradicate pathogenic fungi. The appreciation of whether such fungi are primarily responsible for or a consequence of ineffective airway inflammation is important for future therapeutics developmen...
CD4+ T cell vaccination overcomes defective cross-presentation of fungal antige...
Luca, Antonella De; Iannitti, Rossana G.; Bozza, Silvia; Beau, Remi; Casagrande, Andrea; D’Angelo, Carmen; Moretti, Silvia; Cunha, CristinaAspergillus fumigatus is a model fungal pathogen and a common cause of infection in individuals with the primary immunodeficiency chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Although primarily considered a deficiency of innate immunity, CGD is also linked to dysfunctional T cell reactivity. Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells mediate vaccine-induced protection from experimental aspergillosis, but the molecular mechanisms leadi...
Immunity and tolerance to fungi in hematopoietic transplantation : principles a...
Carvalho, Agostinho; Cunha, Cristina; Bozza, Silvia; Moretti, Silvia; Massi-Benedetti, Cristina; Bistoni, Francesco; Aversa, Franco; Romani, LuiginaResistance and tolerance are two complementary host defense mechanisms that increase fitness in response to low-virulence fungi. Resistance is meant to reduce pathogen burden during infection through innate and adaptive immune mechanisms, whereas tolerance mitigates the substantial cost of resistance to host fitness through a multitude of anti-inflammatory mechanisms, including immunological tolerance. In exper...