Article Dans Une Revue Nature Communications Année : 2018

IL-7 receptor blockade blunts antigen-specific memory T cell responses and chronic inflammation in primates

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Targeting the expansion of pathogenic memory immune cells is a promising therapeutic strategy to prevent chronic autoimmune attacks. Here we investigate the therapeutic efficacy and mechanism of new anti-human IL-7Rα monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in non-human primates and show that, depending on the target epitope, a single injection of antagonistic anti-IL-7Rα mAbs induces a long-term control of skin inflammation despite repeated antigen challenges in presensitized monkeys. No modification in T cell numbers, phenotype, function or metabolism is observed in the peripheral blood or in response to polyclonal stimulation ex vivo. However, long-term in vivo hyporesponsiveness is associated with a significant decrease in the frequency of antigen-specific T cells producing IFN-γ upon antigen resti-mulation ex vivo. These findings indicate that chronic antigen-specific memory T cell responses can be controlled by anti-IL-7Rα mAbs, promoting and maintaining remission in T-cell mediated chronic inflammatory diseases.

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Immunologie
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inserm-02023397 , version 1 (18-02-2019)

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Lyssia Belarif, Caroline Mary, Lola Jacquemont, Hoa Le Mai, Richard Danger, et al.. IL-7 receptor blockade blunts antigen-specific memory T cell responses and chronic inflammation in primates. Nature Communications, 2018, 9 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41467-018-06804-y⟩. ⟨inserm-02023397⟩
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