Immune-mediated pathology as a consequence of impaired immune reactions Research Program
Immune-mediated pathology as a consequence of impaired immune reactions
Immune-mediated pathology as a consequence of impaired immune reactions
Immune-mediated pathology as a consequence of impaired immune reactions

The goal of the CRC 1160

The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1160. “Immune-mediated pathology as a consequence of impaired immune reactions (IMPATH)” is a research consortium of clinical and basic immunologists exploring the basis of diseases mediated by the immune system.

The CRC sets out to challenge the traditional idea that an “overreaction” or “deviation“ of normal immune responses is pivotal to immune mediated pathology and that, consequently, immunosuppression is the appropriate therapeutic strategy for such disorders. Instead, the conceptual basis of the CRC is the idea that impaired immune reactions constitute a major prerequisite for immunopathology. This is what we call the “IMPATH paradox”. This paradox implies that immune reconstitution and/or immune stimulation rather than immunosuppression represent appropriate therapeutic principles for these forms of immunopathology.

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Sankowski R, Prinz M. 2024. Microglia out of place-mapping macrophages across the developing human body. Cell Mol Immunol. 21(3):210-212. doi: 10.1038/s41423-023-01100-2.

Zrelski MM, Hösele S, Kustermann M, Fichtinger P, Kah D, Athanasiou I, Esser PR, Wagner A, Herzog R, Kratochwill K, Goldmann WH, Kiritsi D, Winter L. 2024. Plectin Deficiency in Fibroblasts Deranges Intermediate Filament and Organelle Morphology, Migration, and Adhesion. J Invest Dermatol. 2024 Mar;144(3):547-562.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.08.020.

Czech M, Schneider S, Peltokangas N, El Khawanky N, Ghimire S, Andrieux G, Hülsdünker J, Krausz M, Proietti M, Braun LM, Rückert T, Langenbach M, Schmidt D, Martin I, Wenger V, de Vega E, Haring E, Pourjam M, Pfeifer D, Schmitt-Graeff A, Grimbacher B, Aumann K, Kircher B, Tilg H, Raffatellu M, Thiele Orberg E, Häcker G, Duyster J, Köhler N, Holler E, Nachbaur D, Boerries M, Gerner RR, Grün D, Zeiser R. 2024. Lipocalin-2 expression identifies an intestinal regulatory neutrophil population during acute graft-versus-host disease. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Feb 21;16(735):eadi1501. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adi1501.

Wertheimer T, Zwicky P, Rindlisbacher L, Sparano C, Vermeer M, de Melo BMS, Haftmann C, Rückert T, Sethi A, Schärli S, Huber A, Ingelfinger F, Xu C, Kim D, Häne P, Fonseca da Silva A, Muschaweckh A, Nunez N, Krishnarajah S, Köhler N, Zeiser R, Oukka M, Korn T, Tugues S, Becher B. 2024. IL-23 stabilizes an effector Treg cell program in the tumor microenvironment. Nat Immunol. 25(3):512-524. doi: 10.1038/s41590-024-01755-7.

Ramamoorthy S, Lebrecht D, Schanze D, Schanze I, Wieland I, Andrieux G, Metzger P, Hess M, Albert MH, Borkhardt A, Bresters D, Buechner J, Catala A, De Haas V, Dworzak M, Erlacher M, Hasle H, Jahnukainen K, Locatelli F, Masetti R, Stary J, Turkiewicz D, Vinci L, Wlodarski MW, Yoshimi A, Boerries M, Niemeyer CM, Zenker M, Flotho C. 2024.  Biallelic inactivation of the NF1 tumour suppressor gene in juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia: Genetic evidence of driver function and implications for diagnostic workup. Br J Haematol. 2024 Feb;204(2):595-605. doi: 10.1111/bjh.19190.

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