Frontiers in Immunology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11
Published: Jan. 28, 2021
Initially
described
for
allergic
diseases,
the
hygiene
hypothesis
was
extended
to
autoimmune
diseases
in
early
2000s.
A
historical
overview
allows
appreciation
of
development
this
concept
over
last
two
decades
and
its
discussion
context
evolution.
While
epidemiological
data
are
convergent,
with
a
few
exceptions,
underlying
mechanisms
multiple
complex.
major
question
is
determine
what
respective
role
pathogens,
bacteria,
viruses,
parasites,
versus
commensals.
The
intestinal
microbiota
has
elicited
much
interest,
but
it
cause
or
consequence
autoimmune-mediated
inflammation?
Our
that
both
pathogens
commensals
intervene.
Another
dissect
cellular
molecular
mechanisms.
immunoregulatory
cytokines,
particular
interleukin-10
TGF
beta
probably
essential.
An
important
place
should
also
be
given
ligands
innate
immunity
receptors
present
viruses
parasites
acting
independently
their
immunogenicity.
Toll-Like
Receptor
(TLR)
well
documented
including
via
TLR
ligand
desensitization.
Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
376(6596), P. 945 - 950
Published: May 26, 2022
Research
on
newborn
immunity
has
revealed
the
importance
of
cell
ontogeny,
feto-maternal
tolerance,
and
transfer
maternal
antibodies.
Less
is
known
about
postnatal
adaptation
to
environmental
exposures.
The
microbiome
its
for
health
have
been
extensively
studied,
but
it
remains
unclear
how
mutually
beneficial
relationships
between
commensal
microbes
human
cells
first
arise
are
maintained
throughout
life.
Such
immune-microbe
mutualism,
perturbations
thereof,
most
likely
a
root
cause
increasing
incidences
immune-mediated
disorders
such
as
allergies
autoimmunity
across
many
industrialized
nations
during
past
century.
In
this
Review,
I
discuss
our
current
understanding
immune
development
propose
that
mismatches
among
ancestral,
early-life,
adult
environments
can
explain
interactions,
dysregulation,
increased
risks
diseases.
Cell,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
185(17), P. 3086 - 3103
Published: Aug. 1, 2022
The
immense
interindividual
clinical
variability
during
any
infection
is
a
long-standing
enigma.
Inborn
errors
of
IFN-γ
and
IFN-α/β
immunity
underlying
rare
infections
with
weakly
virulent
mycobacteria
seasonal
influenza
virus
have
inspired
studies
two
common
infections:
tuberculosis
COVID-19.
A
TYK2
genotype
impairing
production
accounts
for
about
1%
cases,
autoantibodies
neutralizing
account
15%
critical
COVID-19
cases.
discovery
inborn
mechanisms
drove
the
identification
monogenic
or
autoimmune
determinants
related
infections.
This
“rare-to-common”
genetic
mechanistic
approach
to
infectious
diseases
may
be
heuristic
value.
Cell Genomics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
3(2), P. 100248 - 100248
Published: Jan. 13, 2023
Ancient
genomics
can
directly
detect
human
genetic
adaptation
to
environmental
cues.
However,
it
remains
unclear
how
pathogens
have
exerted
selective
pressures
on
genome
diversity
across
different
epochs
and
affected
present-day
inflammatory
disease
risk.
Here,
we
use
an
ancestry-aware
approximate
Bayesian
computation
framework
estimate
the
nature,
strength,
time
of
onset
selection
acting
2,879
ancient
modern
European
genomes
from
last
10,000
years.
We
found
that
bulk
occurred
after
start
Bronze
Age,
<4,500
years
ago,
was
enriched
in
genes
relating
host-pathogen
interactions.
Furthermore,
detected
directional
specific
leukocytic
lineages
experimentally
demonstrated
strongest
negatively
selected
candidate
variant
immunity
genes,
lipopolysaccharide-binding
protein
(
Frontiers in Genetics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: March 23, 2023
HLA
frequencies
show
widespread
variation
across
human
populations.
Demographic
factors
as
well
selection
are
thought
to
have
shaped
continents.
In
this
study,
a
worldwide
comparison
of
class
I
and
II
diversity
was
carried
out.
Multidimensional
scaling
techniques
were
applied
50
HLA-A
HLA-B
(class
I)
13
HLA-DRB1
II)
first-field
in
200
populations
from
all
Our
results
confirm
strong
effect
geography
on
the
distribution
allele
groups,
with
principal
coordinates
analysis
closely
resembling
geographical
location
populations,
especially
those
Africa-Eurasia.
Conversely,
stratify
along
continuum
differentiation
less
clearly
correlated
actual
geographic
location.
Double
clustering
revealed
finer
intra-continental
sub-clusters
(e.g.,
Northern
Western
Europe
vs.
South
East
Europe,
North
Africa
Southwest
Asia;
West
Africa),
group
patterns
characteristic
these
clusters.
Ancient
(Austronesian
expansion)
more
recent
(Romani
people
Europe)
migrations,
extreme
(Taiwan
indigenous
peoples,
Native
Americans),
interregional
gene
flow
(Sámi,
Egyptians)
also
reflected
by
results.
Barrier
comparing
DST
identified
genetic
discontinuities
caused
natural
barriers
or
behavior
explaining
inter
borders
for
II.
Overall,
progressive
reduction
African
Oceanian
American
is
noted.
This
unique
set
confirms
previous
findings
remarkable
similarity
geography,
but
shows
complex
development
II,
implications
both
evolutionary
studies
biomedical
research.