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Type II alveolar cell MHCII improves respiratory viral disease outcomes while exhibiting limited antigen presentation

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  • Sushila A. Toulmin

    (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    University of Pennsylvania)

  • Chaitali Bhadiadra

    (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

  • Andrew J. Paris

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Jeffrey H. Lin

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Jeremy Katzen

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Maria C. Basil

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Edward E. Morrisey

    (University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania
    Perelman School of Medicine
    University of Pennsylvania)

  • G. Scott Worthen

    (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

  • Laurence C. Eisenlohr

    (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    University of Pennsylvania)

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Type II alveolar cells (AT2s) are critical for basic respiratory homeostasis and tissue repair after lung injury. Prior studies indicate that AT2s also express major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) molecules, but how MHCII expression by AT2s is regulated and how it contributes to host defense remain unclear. Here we show that AT2s express high levels of MHCII independent of conventional inflammatory stimuli, and that selective loss of MHCII from AT2s in mice results in modest worsening of respiratory virus disease following influenza and Sendai virus infections. We also find that AT2s exhibit MHCII presentation capacity that is substantially limited compared to professional antigen presenting cells. The combination of constitutive MHCII expression and restrained antigen presentation may position AT2s to contribute to lung adaptive immune responses in a measured fashion, without over-amplifying damaging inflammation.

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  • Sushila A. Toulmin & Chaitali Bhadiadra & Andrew J. Paris & Jeffrey H. Lin & Jeremy Katzen & Maria C. Basil & Edward E. Morrisey & G. Scott Worthen & Laurence C. Eisenlohr, 2021. "Type II alveolar cell MHCII improves respiratory viral disease outcomes while exhibiting limited antigen presentation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-23619-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23619-6
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    1. Leila R. Martins & Lina Sieverling & Michelle Michelhans & Chiara Schiller & Cihan Erkut & Thomas G. P. Grünewald & Sergio Triana & Stefan Fröhling & Lars Velten & Hanno Glimm & Claudia Scholl, 2024. "Single-cell division tracing and transcriptomics reveal cell types and differentiation paths in the regenerating lung," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-20, December.

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