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Table 2 Examples of reprogramming of the immunogenome by the microbiota

From: Metagenomic cross-talk: the regulatory interplay between immunogenomics and the microbiome

Cell type

Influence

Microbial signal(s)

References

Macrophages

Deposition of activating histone marks, enhanced cytokine expression

Unknown

[40, 132]

Macrophages

HDAC inhibition, reduced cytokine expression

Butyrate

[41]

Regulatory T cells

HDAC inhibition, acetylation of FoxP3 CNS1 region, induction of proliferation, upregulation of Uhrf1

Butyrate

[42–45]

T helper 17 cells

Transcriptional reprogramming through epithelially produced SAA1 and SAA2

Epithelial attachment

[47, 48]

Neutrophils

Induction of neutrophil aging, steady-state granulopoiesis, stimulation of migration through SAA1 and SAA2

TLR ligands

[133–135]

Innate lymphoid cells

Transcriptional reprogramming, cytokine induction

Unknown

[133–135]

Natural killer T cells

Mucosal recruitment via CXCL16, cytokine production

Glycosphingolipids

[52, 136, 137]

γδ T cells

Transcriptional reprogramming

Unknown

[51]

  1. HDAC histone deacetylase, TLR Toll-like receptor