PMID- 24137162 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20131018 LR - 20220129 IS - 1664-3224 (Print) IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 4 DP - 2013 TI - CD90(+) Stromal Cells are Non-Professional Innate Immune Effectors of the Human Colonic Mucosa. PG - 307 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00307 [doi] LID - 307 AB - Immune responses at the intestinal mucosa must allow for host protection whilst simultaneously avoiding inappropriate inflammation. Although much work has focused on the innate immune functionality of hematopoietic immune cells, non-hematopoietic cell populations - including epithelial and stromal cells - are now recognized as playing a key role in innate defense at this site. In this study we examined the innate immune capacity of primary human intestinal stromal cells (iSCs). CD90(+) iSCs isolated from human colonic mucosa expressed a wide array of innate immune receptors and functionally responded to stimulation with bacterial ligands. iSCs also sensed infection with live Salmonella typhimurium, rapidly expressing IL-1 family cytokines via a RIPK2/p38MAPK-dependent signaling process. In addition to responding to innate immune triggers, primary iSCs exhibited a capacity for bacterial uptake, phagocytosis, and antigen processing, although to a lesser extent than professional APCs. Thus CD90(+) iSCs represent an abundant population of "non-professional" innate immune effector cells of the human colonic mucosa and likely play an important adjunctive role in host defense and immune regulation at this site. FAU - Owens, Benjamin M J AU - Owens BM AD - Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Experimental Medicine Division, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK. FAU - Steevels, Tessa A M AU - Steevels TA FAU - Dudek, Michael AU - Dudek M FAU - Walcott, David AU - Walcott D FAU - Sun, Mei-Yi AU - Sun MY FAU - Mayer, Alice AU - Mayer A FAU - Allan, Philip AU - Allan P FAU - Simmons, Alison AU - Simmons A LA - eng GR - 102974/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - NIHR-RP-R3-12-026/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130930 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 EIN - Front Immunol. 2015;6:325. PMID: 26157441 PMC - PMC3786311 OTO - NOTNLM OT - innate immunity OT - intestinal homeostasis OT - mucosal immunology OT - stromal cells EDAT- 2013/10/19 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/19 06:01 PMCR- 2013/01/01 CRDT- 2013/10/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00307 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2013 Sep 30;4:307. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00307. eCollection 2013.