Cited by 115Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis

Arthritis flares mediated by tissue-resident memory T cells in the joint

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Chang, Margaret H., Levescot, Anaïs, Nelson-Maney, Nathan, Blaustein, Rachel B., Winden, Kellen D., Morris, Allyn, Wactor, Alexandra, Balu, Spoorthi +8 more·2021·Cell Reports

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Abstract Although rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease, flares typically occur in a subset of joints that is distinctive for each patient. Pursuing this intriguing pattern, we show that arthritis recurrence is mediated by long-lived synovial resident memory T cells (T RM ). In three murine models, CD8+ cells bearing T RM markers remain in previously inflamed joints during remission. These cells are bona fide T RM , exhibiting failure to migrate from joint to joint, preferential uptake of fatty acids, and long-term residency. Disease flares result from T RM activation by antigen, leading to CCL5-mediated recruitment of circulating effector cells. Correspondingly, T RM depletion ameliorates recurrence in a site-specific manner. Human rheumatoid arthritis joint tissues contain a comparable CD8+-predominant T RM population, most evident in late-stage non-inflamed synovium, exhibiting limited T cell receptor diversity and a pro-inflammatory transcriptomic signature. Together, these findings establish synovial T RM cells as a targetable mediator of disease chronicity in autoimmune arthritis.

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  • In organs other than the heart, TRM cells have been incriminated as key drivers of autoimmune diseases including psoriasis, vitiligo, type 1 diabetes, idiopathic arthritis, Alzheimer disease, and multiple sclerosis.

    “Moreover, in other organs than the heart, T RM cells have been incriminated as key drivers of autoimmune diseases including psoriasis, vitiligo, type 1 diabetes, idiopathic arthritis, Alzheimer disease, and multiple sclerosis. 294,302-310”

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    The Introduction says TRM mediate psoriasis, and the Introduction and Discussion report that synovial TRM instigate arthritis flares in mouse models and are found in human rheumatoid arthritis tissue. The paper does not establish this role in idiopathic arthritis specifically, nor does it address vitiligo, type 1 diabetes, Alzheimer disease, or multiple sclerosis. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. Lawlor KE, Campbell IK, O’Donnell K, Wu L, and Wicks IP (2001). Molecular and cellular mediators of interleukin-1-dependent acute inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 44, 442– 450. 11229476

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Chang, M. H., Levescot, A., Nelson-Maney, N., Blaustein, R. B., Winden, K. D., Morris, A., Wactor, A., Balu, S., Grieshaber-Bouyer, R., Wei, K., Henderson, L. A., Iwakura, Y., Clark, R. A., Rao, D. A., Fuhlbrigge, R. C., & Nigrovic, P. A.
Affiliations
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Tokyo University of Science (JP)
  • University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
Corresponding author
  • Fuhlbrigge, Robert C.
  • Nigrovic, Peter A.
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-10
Volume
37
Issue
4
Pages
109902
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3166784399
Cited by
115
References
61
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 1
FWCI
12.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • NIAMS (R01AR075906, R01AR073201, P30AR070253, K08AR073339, P30AR069625)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (KL2TR002542, K08AR077037)
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund (K08AR073339)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (5K08NS112598-02)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R21HL150575)
  • NICHD (K12HD052896)
  • Rheumatology Research Foundation
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
  • Gilead Sciences
  • Fundación Bechara
  • NIAID (T32AI007512)
  • National Cancer Institute (2R01AR065538, R01CA203721, R21AR076630)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Arthritis National Research Foundation (R01AI127654)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Keywords
rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis flare, tissue-resident memory T cells, synovium, CD8+ T cells, recurrence, RANTES, T cell migration, fatty acid uptake, T cell receptor diversity, synovial transcriptome
MeSH terms
Memory T Cells, Animals, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Humans, Synovial Membrane, Mice, Knockout, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Mice, Transcriptome

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