@phdthesis{Eckert2023,
  author    = {Eckert, Ina-Nathalie},
  title     = {Molecular markers of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and their functional role for homing and in disease models in mice},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31997},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-319974},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {MDSCs are suppressive immune cells with a high relevance in various pathologies including cancer, autoimmunity, and chronic infections. Surface marker expression of MDSCs resembles monocytes and neutrophils which have immunostimulatory functions instead of suppressing T cells. Therefore, finding specific surface markers for MDSCs is important for MDSC research and therapeutic MDSC manipulation. In this study, we analyzed if the integrin VLA-1 has the potential as a novel MDSC marker. VLA-1 was expressed by M-MDSCs but not by G-MDSCs as well as by Teff cells. VLA-1 deficiency did not impact iNOS expression, the distribution of M-MDSC and G-MDSC subsets, and the suppressive capacity of MDSCs towards na{\"i}ve and Teff cells in vitro. In mice, VLA-1 had no effect on the homing capability of MDSCs to the spleen, which is a major reservoir for MDSCs. Since the splenic red pulp contains collagen IV and VLA-1 binds collagen IV with a high affinity, we found MDSCs and Teff cells in this area as expected. We showed that T cell suppression in the spleen, indicated by reduced T cell recovery and proliferation as well as increased apoptosis and cell death, partially depended on VLA-1 expression by the MDSCs. In a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, MDSC injection prior to disease onset led to a decrease of the disease score, and this effect was significantly reduced when MDSCs were VLA-1 deficient. The expression of Sema7A by Teff cells, a ligand for VLA-1 which is implicated in negative T cell regulation, resulted in a slightly stronger Teff cell suppression by MDSCs compared to Sema7A deficient T cells. Live cell imaging and intravital 2-photon microscopy showed that the interaction time of MDSCs and Teff cells was shorter when MDSCs lacked VLA 1 expression, however VLA-1 expression had no impact on MDSC mobility. Therefore, the VLA-1-dependent interaction of MDSC and Teff cells on collagen IV in the splenic red pulp is implicated MDSC-mediated Teff cell suppression.},
  subject      = {Immunologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Gierlich2019,
  author    = {Gierlich, Philipp},
  title     = {Ausreifung humaner dendritischer Zellen durch die TLR-Agonisten Poly(I:C) und R848 mit PGE\(_2\). Auswirkungen auf Ph{\"a}notyp, Zytokinproduktion, Migration und das antigenspezifische Priming von naiven CD8\(^p\)\(^o\)\(^s\) T-Zellen},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-18875},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188756},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Gegenstand der Arbeit: Es wurde der Einfluss einer Ausreifung dendritischer Zellen mit Poly(I:C), R848 und Prostaglandin E2 (=tlrDCs) zur Verwendung im Rahmen der Tumorvakzine untersucht. F{\"u}r den Einsatz einer doppelten TLR-Stimulation gibt es zahlreiche zellphysiologische Gr{\"u}nde, wobei PGE2 als Motilit{\"a}tsf{\"o}rderer eingesetzt wird. Es besitzt negative Teilwirkungen auf die Zytokinsekretion, eine verbesserte Migration stellt aber die wichtigste Stellgr{\"o}ße zur Optimierung der Tumorvakzine dar. Ergebnisse: F{\"u}r tlrDCs konnte neben einer hohen F{\"a}higkeit zu Migration und Kostimulation eine {\"u}berlegene Immunstimulation f{\"u}r naive CTLs und TH1/TC1-Antworten in einem antigenspezifischen Primingmodell nachgewiesen werden. Eine Ausreifungsdauer von 16 h erscheint f{\"u}r die Zytokinsekretion der DCs g{\"u}nstig. Es l{\"a}sst sich eine hohe Wahrscheinlichkeit f{\"u}r die Generation von Central-Memory-T-Zellen und das T-Zell-Homing ins ZNS ableiten.},
  subject      = {Reifung},
  language  = {de}
}