Title

Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology

Publication Date

2020-06-01

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Immunity | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Immunology of Infectious Disease | Immunopathology

Abstract

Immune memory is a defining feature of the acquired immune system, but activation of the innate immune system can also result in enhanced responsiveness to subsequent triggers. This process has been termed 'trained immunity', a de facto innate immune memory. Research in the past decade has pointed to the broad benefits of trained immunity for host defence but has also suggested potentially detrimental outcomes in immune-mediated and chronic inflammatory diseases. Here we define 'trained immunity' as a biological process and discuss the innate stimuli and the epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming events that shape the induction of trained immunity.

Keywords

Immunotherapy, Infection, Vaccines

DOI of Published Version

10.1038/s41577-020-0285-6

Source

Netea MG, Domínguez-Andrés J, Barreiro LB, Chavakis T, Divangahi M, Fuchs E, Joosten LAB, van der Meer JWM, Mhlanga MM, Mulder WJM, Riksen NP, Schlitzer A, Schultze JL, Stabell Benn C, Sun JC, Xavier RJ, Latz E. Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease. Nat Rev Immunol. 2020 Jun;20(6):375-388. doi: 10.1038/s41577-020-0285-6. Epub 2020 Mar 4. PMID: 32132681; PMCID: PMC7186935. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Nature reviews. Immunology

Comments

Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.

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PubMed ID

32132681

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