Ethanol consumption inhibits TFH cell responses and the development of autoimmune arthritis

Moderate consumption of alcohol is associated with protection from some autoimmune diseases. Here the authors show that ethanol and its metabolite acetate can protect mice from collagen-induced arthritis and provide evidence that the mechanism of this effect might be via inhibition of the effector f...

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Main Authors: Vugar Azizov, Katharina Dietel, Franziska Steffen, Kerstin Dürholz, Julia Meidenbauer, Sébastien Lucas, Michael Frech, Yasunori Omata, Narges Tajik, Lisa Knipfer, Anne Kolenbrander, Silvia Seubert, Dennis Lapuente, Maria V. Sokolova, Jörg Hofmann, Matthias Tenbusch, Andreas Ramming, Ulrike Steffen, Falk Nimmerjahn, Ralf Linker, Stefan Wirtz, Martin Herrmann, Vladimir Temchura, Kerstin Sarter, Georg Schett, Mario M. Zaiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15855-z