Lymphocytes in the neighborhood: good or bad for the kidney?
Lymphocytes in the neighborhood: good or bad for the kidney?
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附近的淋巴细胞:对肾脏有利还是不利?
DOI:
10.1172/jci160657
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发表时间:
2022-07-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
Tsokos, George C.
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作者:
Li, Hao;Tsokos, Maria G.;Tsokos, George C.
Lupus nephritis (LN) is common in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and advances, almost invariably, to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In this issue of the JCI, Abraham, Durkee, et al. presented a large-scale immune cell landscape of kidney biopsies from patients with LN by combining multiplexed confocal microscopy imaging with customized computer vision and quantification. The presence of diverse CD4– T cells in small neighborhoods, but not of B cells or CD4+ T cells in large neighborhoods, is linked to the development of ESRD. Unexpectedly, B cells in the kidney heralded a good prognosis. The precise location of different types of immune cells allows inference on possible interactions between different immune cells and also between immune and kidney-resident cells. The data have important implications on the development of prognostic tools and effective targeted therapies in patients with LN.