2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Maintenance of skin resident memory helper T cell survival by macrophages
Project/Area Number |
21K08325
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 53050:Dermatology-related
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Research Institution | Tottori University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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Keywords | 皮膚常在性記憶ヘルパーT細胞 / 局所免疫記憶 / 皮膚マクロファージ / アレルギー性皮膚疾患 / 接触性皮膚炎 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To eliminate tissue resident memory helper T cells (helper TRM cells) that form a local immune memory associated with recurrence of allergic skin disease at the same site, we used mouse models of dermatitis to search for a survival niche for their maintenance. We identified Folr2+ macrophages as the cells with which the majority of helper TRM cells maintained long-term contact in the dermatitis-healed skin. However, helper TRM did not decrease when macrophages were removed from the skin, indicating that Folr2+ macrophages are not a survival niche for helper TRM. Helper TRM cells were also in contact with a variety of immune cells and stromal cells, suggesting that a variety of survival niches may exist.
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Free Research Field |
免疫学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
アトピー性皮膚炎をはじめとするアレルギー性皮膚疾患が先進国で増え続けており、QOL(生活の質)を損なう一因となっている。寛解しても同一部位で再発を繰り返す特徴があるが、既存の対症療法では根治できない。寛解した患部に形成され、アレルゲンに対する反応性を増大させる局所免疫記憶は再発の有力な原因であるが、局所免疫記憶を長期間維持する組織常在性記憶ヘルパーT細胞(ヘルパーTRM)の生存機構は不明である。ヘルパーTRMの生存機構を解明することは、アレルギー性皮膚疾患の再発機構の理解にとどまらず、ヘルパーTRMを除去して局所免疫記憶を消去することで疾患を根治するための治療標的を見出す上でも重要となる。
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