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Stimulation-induced cytokine polyfunctionality as a dynamic concept

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Title: Stimulation-induced cytokine polyfunctionality as a dynamic concept
Authors: Kevin Portmann, Aline Linder, Klaus Eyer
Source: eLife
eLife, Vol 12 (2024)
Portmann, K, Linder, A & Eyer, K 2024, ' Stimulation-induced cytokine polyfunctionality as a dynamic concept ', eLife, vol. 12 . https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89781
Publisher Information: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Subject Terms: 0301 basic medicine, 0303 health sciences, cytokine secretion, QH301-705.5, Science, Single-Cell Analysis/methods, Microfluidics, Cytokines/metabolism, Cell Biology, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, immune cells, polyfunctionality, Leukocytes, Mononuclear, single-cell analysis, Medicine, Cytokines, Humans, Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology, Microfluidics/methods, Biology (General), Single-Cell Analysis
Description: Cytokine polyfunctionality is a well-established concept in immune cells, especially T cells, and their ability to concurrently produce multiple cytokines has been associated with better immunological disease control and subsequent effectiveness during infection and disease. To date, only little is known about the secretion dynamics of those cells, masked by the widespread deployment of mainly time-integrated endpoint measurement techniques that do not easily differentiate between concurrent and sequential secretion. Here, we employed a single-cell microfluidic platform capable of resolving secretion dynamics of individual PBMCs. To study the dynamics of poly-cytokine secretion, as well as the dynamics of concurrent and sequential polyfunctionality, we analyzed the response at different time points afterex vivoactivation. Firstly, we observed simultaneous secretion of cytokines over the measurement time for most stimulants in a subpopulation of cells only. Secondly, polyfunctionality generally decreased with prolonged stimulation times and revealed no correlation with the concentration of secreted cytokines in response to stimulation. However, we observed a general trend towards higher cytokine secretion in polyfunctional cells, with their secretion dynamics being distinctly different from mono-cytokine secreting cells. This study provided insights into the distinct secretion behavior of heterogenous cell populations after stimulation with well-described agents and such a system could provide better understanding for various immune dynamics in therapy and disease.
Document Type: Article
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ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.18.549614
DOI: 10.7554/elife.89781.2
DOI: 10.7554/elife.89781
DOI: 10.7554/elife.89781.1
DOI: 10.7554/elife.89781.3
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000651576
Access URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39018359
https://doaj.org/article/abaf4b1673fd4ced98865c12f61c7736
Rights: CC BY
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....6f8626b78d49c352f04d35d6c3d68f56
Database: OpenAIRE
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ISSN:2050084X
DOI:10.1101/2023.07.18.549614