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Immunomodulation Induced During Interferon-α Therapy Impairs the Anti-HBV Immune Response Through CD24 + CD38 hi B Cells
Binqing Fu 1 2 , Dongyao Wang 1 2 , Xiaokun Shen 1 2 , Chuang Guo 1 2 , Yanyan Liu 3 , Ying Ye 3 , Rui Sun 1 2 , Jiabin Li 3 , Zhigang Tian 1 2 , Haiming Wei 1 2
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Division of Molecular Medicine, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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Institute of Immunology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
PMID: 33424840 PMCID: PMC7786281 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.591269
Abstract
Type I interferon is widely used for antiviral therapy, yet has yielded disappointing results toward chronic HBV infection. Here we identify that PEG-IFNα-2b therapy toward persistent infection in humans is a double-edged sword of both immunostimulation and immunomodulation. Our studies of this randomised trial showed persistent PEG-IFNα-2b therapy induced large number of CD24+CD38hi B cells and launched a CD24+CD38hi B cells centered immunosuppressive response, including downregulating functions of T cells and NK cells. Patients with low induced CD24+CD38hi B cells have achieved an improved therapeutic effect. Specifically, using the anti-CD24 antibody to deplete CD24+CD38hi B cells without harming other B cell subsets suggest a promising strategy to improve the therapeutic effects. Our findings show that PEG-IFNα-2b therapy toward persistent infection constitutes an immunomodulation effect, and strategies to identifying the molecular basis for the antiviral versus immunomodulatory effects of PEG-IFNα-2b to selectively manipulate these opposing activities provide an opportunity to ameliorate anti-virus immunity and control viral infection.
Keywords: CD24+CD38hi B; Peg-IFNα-2b; anti-virus function; chronic hepatitis B virus infection; immunomodulatory effects.
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