Nicolas Dutzan, Tetsuhiro Kajikawa, Loreto Abusleme, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Carlos E Zuazo, Tomoko Ikeuchi, Laurie Brenchley, Toshiharu Abe, Charlotte Hurabielle, Daniel Martin, Robert J Morell, Alexandra F Freeman, Vanja Lazarevic, Giorgio Trinchieri, Patricia I Diaz, Steven M Holland, Yasmine Belkaid, George Hajishengallis, Niki M Moutsopoulos
Periodontitis is one of the most common human inflammatory diseases, yet the mechanisms that drive immunopathology and could be therapeutically targeted are not well defined. Here, we demonstrate an expansion of resident memory T helper 17 (TH 17) cells in human periodontitis. Phenocopying humans, TH 17 cells expanded in murine experimental periodontitis through local proliferation. Unlike homeostatic oral TH 17 cells, which accumulate in a commensal-independent and interleukin-6 (IL-6)-dependent manner, periodontitis-associated expansion of TH 17 cells was dependent on the local dysbiotic microbiome and required both IL-6 and IL-23...
October 17, 2018: Science Translational Medicine