scholarly journals High Intestinal and Systemic Levels of Interleukin-23/T-Helper 17 Pathway in Chinese Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Song ◽  
Rui Zhou ◽  
Sha Huang ◽  
Feng Zhou ◽  
Shufang Xu ◽  
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Interleukin-23/T-helper 17 (IL-23/Th17) pathway plays a key role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but little is known about its expression in Chinese population. In this study, we investigated the mRNA and protein levels of IL-12p40, tumor necrosis factor-like cytokine 1A (TL1A), Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), and IL-23R both locally and systemically in Chinese IBD patients. Our results indicated that the mRNA levels of IL-12p40 and TL1A were increased in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. Furthermore, serum IL-12p40 and TL1A levels were higher in active UC patients, especially in patients with disease course less than 1.25 years or initial onset. No correlation was found between the genotype and serum levels of IL-12p40 or TL1A in UC patients. Additionally, the mRNA and protein expression of JAK2 and IL-23R were increased in UC and Crohn’s disease (CD) patients. Taken together, our results provided evidence that IL-23/Th17 pathway genes may represent important biomarkers of active stage of IBD and serve as novel therapeutic targets for IBD in Chinese population.

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-203
Author(s):  
Magdy Amin El Serafy ◽  
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Dina Sabry ◽  
Mohammed Ahmed Mohey El din ◽  
Ahmed Moustafa ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 190 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Iijima ◽  
Ichiro Takahashi ◽  
Daisuke Kishi ◽  
Jin-Kyung Kim ◽  
Sunao Kawano ◽  
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T cell receptor α chain–deficient (TCR-α−/−) mice are known to spontaneously develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The colitis that develops in these mice is associated with increased numbers of T helper cell (Th)2-type CD4+TCR-ββ (CD4+ββ) T cells producing predominantly interleukin (IL)-4. To investigate the role of these Th2-type CD4+ββ T cells, we treated TCR-α−/− mice with anti–IL-4 monoclonal antibody (mAb). Approximately 60% of TCR-α−/− mice, including those treated with mock Ab and those left untreated, spontaneously developed IBD. However, anti–IL-4 mAb–treated mice exhibited no clinical or histological signs of IBD, and their levels of mucosal and systemic Ab responses were lower than those of mock Ab–treated mice. Although TCR-α−/− mice treated with either specific or mock Ab developed CD4+ββ T cells, only those treated with anti–IL-4 mAb showed a decrease in Th2-type cytokine production at the level of mRNA and protein and an increase in interferon γ–specific expression. These findings suggest that IL-4–producing Th2-type CD4+ββ T cells play a major immunopathological role in the induction of IBD in TCR-α−/− mice, a role that anti–IL-4 mAb inhibits by causing Th2-type CD4+ββ T cells to shift to the Th1 type.


2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (29) ◽  
pp. 4643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Latiano ◽  
Orazio Palmieri ◽  
Maria Rosa Valvano ◽  
Renata D’Incà ◽  
Salvatore Cucchiara ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S139-S140
Author(s):  
E Brand ◽  
B Roosenboom ◽  
B Malvar Fernandez ◽  
L Lutter ◽  
E van Koolwijk ◽  
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Abstract Background With the approval of tofacitinib, an oral Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitor, modulation of kinase activity has been added to the therapeutic armamentarium of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Despite its established efficacy, at least a third of patients will not respond to this or other therapeutic options such as anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF), anti-interleukin (IL)23/IL12 compounds or vedolizumab. A better understanding of the inflammatory profile could aid in tailoring drugs to individual patients. We therefore explored mucosal cytokine, chemokine and kinase activity profiles in IBD. Methods Colonic mucosal biopsies were collected from (1) patients with Crohn’s disease (CD, N = 8), (2) patients with ulcerative colitis (UC, N = 8) and (3) healthy controls (N = 4). IBD samples were collected both from inflamed and non-inflamed tissue from the same patients. All IBD patients were biological-naïve and had not used corticosteroids in the past 3 months. Biopsies were snap frozen for later kinase activity determination or directly used in a 24-h explant culture. Whole biopsy kinase activity (tyrosine, serine and threonine kinases) was assessed using the Pamgene platform. A 64-analyte panel was examined in the supernatant of the cultured biopsies employing a multiplex assay (Luminex). Results Whole-biopsy kinase activity differed between inflamed and non-inflamed mucosa of IBD patients, with more overall tyrosine kinase activity in inflamed mucosa in UC, and serine/threonine kinase activity in inflamed mucosa in CD as compared with non-inflamed mucosa (Figure 1). The kinase activity profile of non-inflamed mucosa of CD and UC patients was similarly different from mucosa of healthy control participants (Figure 2). The cytokine and chemokine profile of inflamed biopsies differed from non-inflamed IBD biopsies and healthy control biopsies, with higher levels of S100A8, TNFα, IL-6, oncostatin M (OSM) and triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1), amongst others (Figure 3). Conclusion In IBD, inflammation in the mucosa can be characterised both by explant-culture and kinase activity assessment. The difference in kinase activity between non-inflamed IBD mucosa and healthy control mucosa suggests the presence of sub-clinical alterations in cell signalling. The observed differences in the kinase, cytokine and chemokine profiles underscore the importance of this approach in the elucidation of the pathophysiology in IBD.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S483-S484
Author(s):  
J Li ◽  
Z Li ◽  
P Hu ◽  
Z Wen ◽  
Q Cao ◽  
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Abstract Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients may experience a suboptimal response to anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. In China, these data are limited. The EXPLORE study aimed to assess the incidence and indicators of suboptimal response to first-line anti-TNF agents in IBD patients in real-world practice in the newly industrialised countries. Methods The EXPLORE study was a multinational, retrospective chart review study. In the China subgroup, adult patients from 10 centres diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD) and who initiated first anti-TNF treatment between March 2010 and March 2015, were included. The cumulative incidence (CI) of suboptimal response was assessed over 24 months since the anti-TNF initiation. The indicators of suboptimal response included: IBD-related hospitalisation, dose-escalation, discontinuation including switch to another anti-TNF, non-biologic therapy augmentation, or IBD-related surgery. Primary non-response (PNR) and secondary loss of response (SLOR) were defined as any suboptimal response indicator at <4 and ≥4 months after anti-TNF initiation, respectively. Results Overall, 287 first-line anti-TNF treated patients (35 UC; 252 CD) were included: male, UC 54.3% (n = 19), CD 74.6% (n = 188); mean (SD) age (years), UC 43.1 (14.2), CD 31.9 (11.3); median (min-max) disease duration (years), UC 1.0 (0–9), CD <1 year (0–21); median (min-max) follow-up (months), UC 27.6 (24–60), CD 40.0 (24–60). At 12 and 24 months, the CI of suboptimal response to first anti-TNF treatment was 51.4% and 75.7% in UC, 45.4% and 57.0% in CD, respectively (Figure 1). The median time to the first suboptimal response was 7.2 months in UC and 14.3 months in CD. The CI of PNR was 31.2% in UC and 33.7% in CD. The CI of SLOR was 29.4% and 64.7% in UC, 17.7% and 35.2% in CD at 12 and 24 months, respectively. The most frequent first suboptimal response indicator was ‘discontinuation of anti-TNF therapy’ in UC patients (56.3%) while for CD patients it was ‘IBD-related hospitalisation’ (56.1%) followed by ‘augmentation with non-biological therapy’ in both cohorts (UC 31.3%; CD 22.8%). Conclusion Approximately three-quarters of UC and over half of CD patients experienced a suboptimal response to their first anti-TNF agent at 24 months. Given the high unmet needs observed with anti-TNF therapies in China, IBD patients may benefit from greater optimisation of care and new biologic options.


Author(s):  
Marla C Dubinsky ◽  
Marco DiBonaventura ◽  
Haiyun Fan ◽  
Andrew G Bushmakin ◽  
Joseph C Cappelleri ◽  
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Abstract Background Tofacitinib is an oral, small molecule Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). We examined the effect of tofacitinib induction treatment on Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) items in adults with moderate to severe UC. Methods Data were pooled from the randomized, 8‑week, double-blind, phase 3 OCTAVE Induction 1 and 2 studies. The IBDQ was self-administered by patients at baseline, week 4, and week 8, with higher scores indicating better health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Change from baseline in IBDQ items was analyzed for 10 mg of tofacitinib twice daily (BID) vs placebo using a linear mixed-effects model, with no multiplicity adjustment performed. Effect sizes were calculated. Subgroup analyses by tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) experience were performed. Results Significant improvements (nominal P < 0.05) were observed in all IBDQ items with 10 mg of tofacitinib BID vs placebo at weeks 4 and 8. For the overall population, the largest treatment differences across all items were reported for “bowel movements been loose” at weeks 4 and 8, and “problem with rectal bleeding” at week 8 (mean treatment differences all 1.1; both in bowel symptoms domain). These items also showed the largest effect sizes. Treatment benefits were generally slightly numerically higher in TNFi-experienced vs TNFi-naïve patients. Conclusions Tofacitinib induction therapy improved all IBDQ items vs placebo in patients with UC, reflecting improvements in HRQoL, with greatest benefits reported in bowel symptoms domain items (Funded by Pfizer Inc; OCTAVE Induction 1 and OCTAVE Induction 2; ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01465763 and NCT01458951, respectively).


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