Orchestration of Immune Cells Contributes to Fibrosis in IgG4-Related Disease
Orchestration of Immune Cells Contributes to Fibrosis in IgG4-Related Disease
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10.3390/immuno2010013
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2022-02
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N. Kaneko;M. Moriyama;T. Maehara;Hu Chen;Yuka Miyahara;Seiji Nakamura
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N. Kaneko;M. Moriyama;T. Maehara;Hu Chen;Yuka Miyahara;Seiji Nakamura
This review summarizes recent progress in understanding the pathogenesis of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), with a focus on fibrosis. Several studies reported that CD4+ T cells with cytotoxic activity promoted by the secretion of granzyme and perforin, cytotoxic CD4+ T cells (CD4+CTLs), and disease-specific activated B cells, infiltrated inflamed tissues and cooperated to induce tissue fibrosis in autoimmune fibrotic diseases such as IgG4-RD, systemic sclerosis, and fibrosing mediastinitis. An accumulation of cells undergoing apoptotic cell death induced by CD4+CTLs and CD8+CTLs followed by macrophage-mediated clearing and finally tissue remodeling driven by cytokines released by CD4+CTLs, activated B cells, and M2 macrophages may contribute to the activation of fibroblasts and collagen production. In IgG4-RD, this process likely involves the apoptosis of non-immune, non-endothelial cells of mesenchymal origin and subsequent tissue remodeling. In summary, CD4+CTLs infiltrate affected tissues where they may cooperate with activated B cells, CD8+CTLs, and M2 macrophages, to induce apoptosis by secreting cytotoxic cytokines. These immune cells also drive fibrosis by secreting pro-fibrotic molecules in IgG4-RD.