Human recombination-activating gene (RAG) deficiency can manifest with distinct clinical and immunological phenotypes. By applying a multiomics approach to a large group of -mutated patients, we aimed at characterizing the immunopathology associated with each phenotype. Although defective T and B cell development is common to all phenotypes, patients with hypomorphic variants can generate T and B cells with signatures of immune dysregulation and produce autoantibodies to a broad range of self-antigens, including type I interferons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFungal skin infections significantly contribute to the global human disease burden, yet our understanding of cutaneous immunity against dermatophytes remains limited. Previously, we developed a model of epicutaneous infection with Microsporum canis in C57BL/6 mice, which highlighted the critical role of IL-17RA signaling in antidermatophyte defenses. In this study, we expanded our investigation to the human pathogen Nannizzia gypsea and demonstrated that skin γδTCR and CD8/CD4 double-negative βTCR T cells are the principal producers of IL-17A during dermatophytosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a leading cause of life-threatening invasive infections with up to 40% mortality rates in hospitalized individuals despite antifungal therapy. Patients with chronic liver disease are at an increased risk of candidemia, but the mechanisms underlying this susceptibility are incompletely defined. One consequence of chronic liver disease is attenuated ability to produce hepcidin and maintain organismal control of iron homeostasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCandida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen that preferentially colonizes and persists in skin tissue, yet the host immune factors that regulate the skin colonization of C. auris in vivo are unknown. In this study, we employed unbiased single-cell transcriptomics of murine skin infected with C.
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