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    A mucosal vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis generates two waves of protective memory T cells
    (American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2015) Stary, Georg; Olive, A; Radovic-Moreno, A. F.; Gondek, D.; Alvarez, David; Basto, P. A.; Perro, M.; Vrbanac, Vladimir; Tager, Andrew Martin; Shi, Jinjun; Yethon, J. A.; Farokhzad, Omid; Langer, Robert; Starnbach, Michael; von Andrian-Werburg, Ulrich
    Genital Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection induces protective immunity that depends on interferon-γ producing CD4 T-cells. By contrast, mucosal exposure to ultraviolet light (UV)-inactivated Ct (UV-Ct) generated regulatory T-cells that exacerbated subsequent Ct infection. We show that mucosal immunization with UV-Ct complexed with charge-switching synthetic adjuvant particles (cSAP) elicited long-lived protection in conventional and humanized mice. UV-Ct-cSAP targeted immunogenic uterine CD11b+CD103− dendritic cells (DCs), whereas UV-Ct accumulated in tolerogenic CD11b−CD103+ DCs. Regardless of vaccination route, UV-Ct-cSAP induced systemic memory T-cells, but only mucosal vaccination induced effector T-cells that rapidly seeded uterine mucosa with resident memory T-cells (TRM). Optimal Ct clearance required both TRM seeding and subsequent infection-induced recruitment of circulating memory T-cells. Thus, UV-Ct-cSAP vaccination generated two synergistic memory T-cell subsets with distinct migratory properties.
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    Fc-Epsilon-RI, the High Affinity IgE-Receptor, Is Robustly Expressed in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract and Modulated by Mucosal Inflammation
    (Public Library of Science, 2012) Bannert, Christina; Bidmon-Fliegenschnee, Bettina; Stary, Georg; Hotzy, Florian; Stift, Judith; Nurko, Samuel; Szépfalusi, Zsolt; Fiebiger, Edda; Dehlink, Eleonora
    Background: The role of the high affinity IgE receptor, FcεRI, in IgE-mediated immune responses of the gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa is poorly understood. Currently, a detailed characterization of FcεRI expression throughout the human gut is lacking. The aim of this study was to define the expression pattern of FcεRI in the GI tract. Methods/Principal Findings: We compared FcεRI expression in children with gastritis/esophagitis (n = 10), celiac disease (n = 10), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (n = 9), and normal mucosa (n = 5). The α–subunit of FcεRI (FcεRIα), detected by immunohistochemistry, was found on cells infiltrating the mucosa of the esophagus, the stomach, and the duodenum, but was rarely detected in more distal sections of the GI tract. Accordingly, quantitative RT-PCR analysis on esophagus, stomach, duodenum, colon, and rectum biopsies revealed that FcεRIα and -β expression levels decreased towards the distal intestine. mRNA transcripts of the common Fc-receptor-γ chain were present in the entire GI mucosa. Double-immunofluorescence staining of esophageal specimens confirmed that FcεRIα was expressed on intraepithelial mast cells and Langerhans cells. The mRNA expression levels of the α, β, and γ subunits of FcεRI did not correlate with total serum IgE but were associated with mucosal inflammation. Conclusion/Significance: Our data define the upper GI tract as the main site for IgE-mediated immune activation via FcεRI. Tissue mRNA levels of FcεRIα are regulated by inflammatory conditions rather than serum IgE, indicating that FcεRI might also play a role in pathologies other than allergy.