Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15855-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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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 function of T follicular helper cells.