PMID: 32141431Mar 7, 2020Paper

Remission of collagen-induced arthritis by adoptive transfer of peritoneal cells

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Ting LiuYong-Mei Jiang

Abstract

The collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model shares both immunological and pathological features with human rheumatoid arthritis (RA), thus it has been used extensively as a model to study the pathogenesis of RA and for testing therapeutics. It is well-known that the T helper cell 17 (Th17) responses are involved in the pathogenesis of RA, while the regulatory T cells (Tregs) are considered to limit the progress of disease. Previously, we found that peritoneal cells (PCs) possess immunosuppressive characteristics and it is conceivable that PCs potentially have the therapeutic benefits for RA. In this study, we investigated whether PCs are capable of Treg induction and therefore suppress Th17-mediated CIA. Naïve PCs were intravenously transferred into CIA mice at the early clinical signs of arthritis. The treatment commenced on day 0 and then every other day until day 14. Clinical symptoms of arthritis, histological changes, cytokine expressions and cell population profiles were investigated. Intravenously administrating PCs ameliorated the severity of CIA. Further investigations unveiled that the reduction of Th17 cells and the induction of Tregs is ascribed to the remission of the disease. Specifically, when splenic PBMC were cu...Continue Reading

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