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Graft-versus-host disease: establishing IL-33 as an important costimulatory molecule
James Ferrara, Mariano Prado-Acosta
James Ferrara, Mariano Prado-Acosta
Published June 15, 2022
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2022;132(12):e160692. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI160692.
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Graft-versus-host disease: establishing IL-33 as an important costimulatory molecule

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Approximately half of patients with hematologic malignancy who are treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHCT) experience graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which has high mortality rates despite immunosuppressive therapy. IL-12 is known to drive donor T cells toward an inflammatory Th1 lineage in GVHD, but other mechanisms also promote pathological Th1 alloimmune responses. In this issue of the JCI, Dwyer et al. report on their use of transgenic mice and alloHCT models of GVHD to demonstrate that IL-33 acts directly on donor T cells to increase Tbet expression independently of IL-12. Notably, IL-33 amplified T cell receptor–signaling pathways and inhibited production of regulatory molecules. These findings firmly establish IL-33 as an important costimulatory molecule for Th1 cells during GVHD and provide a target for reducing GVHD, especially in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where damage drives mortality.

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James Ferrara, Mariano Prado-Acosta

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