PMID- 30555775 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220330 IS - 2196-5471 (Print) IS - 2196-5471 (Electronic) IS - 2196-5471 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Sep TI - Understanding mechanisms underlying the pathology of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) by using animal models. PG - 201-209 LID - 10.1007/s40588-018-0099-5 [doi] AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Despite the increasing number of clinical reports on immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), mechanistic understanding of IRIS is still largely limited. The main focus of this review is to summarize animal studies, which were performed to better understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the pathology of IRIS. RECENT FINDINGS: Three IRIS animal models have been reported. They are Mycobacterial IRIS (M-IRIS), cryptococcal IRIS (C-IRIS) and Pneumocystis-IRIS. M-IRIS animal model suggested that, rather than lymphopenia itself, the failure to clear the pathogen by T cells results in excessive priming of the innate immune system. If this happens before T cell reconstitution, hosts likely suffer IRIS upon T cell reconstitution. Interestingly, T cells specific to self-antigens, not only pathogen-specific, could drive IRIS as well. SUMMARY: The mechanism to develop IRIS is quite complicated, including multiple layers of host immune responses; the innate immune system that detects pathogens and prime host immunity, and the adaptive immune system that is reconstituted but hyper-activated particularly through CD4(+) T cells. Animal models of IRIS, although there are still small numbers of studies available, have already provided significant insights on the mechanistic understanding of IRIS. FAU - Aggarwal, Nupur AU - Aggarwal N AD - Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Durham, NC, USA. FAU - Barclay, William AU - Barclay W AD - Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Durham, NC, USA. FAU - Shinohara, Mari L AU - Shinohara ML AD - Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Durham, NC, USA. AD - Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Durham, NC, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 AI088100/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI135999/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI052077/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180622 PL - Switzerland TA - Curr Clin Microbiol Rep JT - Current clinical microbiology reports JID - 101642669 PMC - PMC6291227 MID - NIHMS977369 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cryptococcus neoformans OT - IRIS OT - Immune reconstitution OT - Mycobacterium avium OT - Opportunistic infection OT - Pneumocystis EDAT- 2018/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/18 06:01 PMCR- 2019/09/01 CRDT- 2018/12/18 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s40588-018-0099-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Clin Microbiol Rep. 2018 Sep;5(3):201-209. doi: 10.1007/s40588-018-0099-5. Epub 2018 Jun 22.