2023
Cytokinopathy with aberrant cytotoxic lymphocytes and profibrotic myeloid response in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine–associated myocarditis
Barmada A, Klein J, Ramaswamy A, Brodsky N, Jaycox J, Sheikha H, Jones K, Habet V, Campbell M, Sumida T, Kontorovich A, Bogunovic D, Oliveira C, Steele J, Hall E, Pena-Hernandez M, Monteiro V, Lucas C, Ring A, Omer S, Iwasaki A, Yildirim I, Lucas C. Cytokinopathy with aberrant cytotoxic lymphocytes and profibrotic myeloid response in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine–associated myocarditis. Science Immunology 2023, 8: eadh3455-eadh3455. PMID: 37146127, PMCID: PMC10468758, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adh3455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMRNA vaccinesSARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinesSARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinationC-reactive protein levelsB-type natriuretic peptidePeripheral blood mononuclear cellsCardiac tissue inflammationDeep immune profilingSerum soluble CD163Vaccine-associated myocarditisCohort of patientsBlood mononuclear cellsCytotoxic T cellsLate gadolinium enhancementHypersensitivity myocarditisElevated troponinMRNA vaccinationImaging abnormalitiesNK cellsImmune profilingKiller cellsMyeloid responseNatriuretic peptideHumoral mechanismsInflammatory cytokines
2020
Conventional type 2 dendritic cells and natural killer cells mediate control of early metastatic seeding
Weizman O, Krykbaeva I, Bosenburg M, Iwasaki A. Conventional type 2 dendritic cells and natural killer cells mediate control of early metastatic seeding. The Journal Of Immunology 2020, 204: 88.17-88.17. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.204.supp.88.17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConventional type 2 dendritic cellsType 2 dendritic cellsImmune cellsMetastatic burdenNK cellsDendritic cellsIntracardiac injectionHost anti-tumor immunityType I IFN-independent mannerAdaptive immune cellsAnti-tumor immunityLocal immune cellsNatural killer cellsSyngeneic mouse modelIFN-independent mannerEarly metastatic seedingMetastatic controlTranscription factor IRF3Killer cellsPrimary tumorMetastatic spreadInnate sensorsMouse modelMetastatic growthMetastatic seeding