Imperial College London

ProfessorStellaKnight

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Senior Research Investigator
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 8869 3494s.knight Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Alison Scoggins +44 (0)20 8869 3534

 
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Location

 

7W032Northwick ParkNorthwick Park and St Marks Site

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Summary

 

Publications

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Lee GH, Askari A, Malietzis G, Bernardo D, Clark SK, Knight SC, Al-Hassi HOet al., 2014, The Role of CD40 Expression in Dendritic Cells in Cancer Biology; A Systematic Review, CURRENT CANCER DRUG TARGETS, Vol: 14, Pages: 610-620, ISSN: 1568-0096

Journal article

Mann ER, Bernardo D, English NR, Al-Hassi HO, Landy J, Peake ST, Man R, Elliott T, Lee GH, Hart AL, Li X, Knight SCet al., 2013, Compartment specific tolerance and immunity in the human gut; properties and functions of dendritic cells and macrophages in the colon versus the ileum, Annual Congress of the British-Society-for-Immunology, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 169-169, ISSN: 0019-2805

Conference paper

Bernardo D, Montalvillo E, Bayiroglu F, Mann ER, Al-Hassi HO, English NR, Mann R, Fernandez-Salazar L, Peake STC, Landy J, Sanchez-Recio E, Garrote JA, Arranz E, Hart AL, Knight SCet al., 2013, Increased cytokine milieu, IgA, intraepithelial lymphocytes and CD103<SUP>-</SUP> mature DC in the human right colon compared with its left paired counterpart, Annual Congress of the British-Society-for-Immunology, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 39-39, ISSN: 0019-2805

Conference paper

Rahbour G, Al-Hassi HO, Hart AL, Ullah MR, Gabe SM, Knight SC, Warusavitarne J, Vaizey CJet al., 2013, Prospective study to assess tumour necrosis factor alpha in non-inflammatory bowel disease enterocutaneous fistula., Int J Surg, Vol: 11, Pages: 589-590

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Al-Hassi HO, Lee G, Malietzis G, Yassin N, Mann E, Bernardo D, Phillips RK, Clark SK, Knight SCet al., 2013, Activation and maturation status of dendritic cells is altered in post-operative colorectal cancer patients, European Cancer Congress 2013 - 17th ECCO / 38th ESMO / 32nd ESTRO, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Pages: S500-S500, ISSN: 0959-8049

Conference paper

Lee G, Malietzis G, Yssin N, Mann E, Bernardo D, Phillips RK, Clark SK, Knight SC, Al-Hassi HOet al., 2013, Increased activation and migration potential of dendritic cell in patients with colorectal cancer - the implication and future of cancer immunotherapy, European Cancer Congress 2013 - 17th ECCO / 38th ESMO / 32nd ESTRO, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Pages: S498-S499, ISSN: 0959-8049

Conference paper

You J, Dong H, Mann ER, Knight SC, Yaqoob Pet al., 2013, Ageing impairs the T cell response to dendritic cells, IMMUNOBIOLOGY, Vol: 218, Pages: 1077-1084, ISSN: 0171-2985

Journal article

Mann ER, You J, Horneffer-van der Sluis V, Bernardo D, Al-Hassi HO, Landy J, Peake ST, Thomas LV, Tee CT, Lee GH, Hart AL, Yaqoob P, Knight SCet al., 2013, Dysregulated circulating dendritic cell function in ulcerative colitis is partially restored by probiotic strain lactobacillus casei shirota, Mediators of Inflammation, Vol: 2013, Pages: 1-12, ISSN: 0962-9351

Background. Dendritic cells regulate immune responses to microbial products and play a key role in ulcerative colitis (UC) pathology. We determined the immunomodulatory effects of probiotic strain Lactobacillus casei Shirota (LcS) on human DC from healthy controls and active UC patients. Methods. Human blood DC from healthy controls (control-DC) and UC patients (UC-DC) were conditioned with heat-killed LcS and used to stimulate allogeneic T cells in a 5-day mixed leucocyte reaction. Results. UC-DC displayed a reduced stimulatory capacity for T cells () and enhanced expression of skin-homing markers CLA and CCR4 on stimulated T cells () that were negative for gut-homing marker 7. LcS treatment restored the stimulatory capacity of UC-DC, reflecting that of control-DC. LcS treatment conditioned control-DC to induce CLA on T cells in conjunction with 7, generating a multihoming profile, but had no effects on UC-DC. Finally, LcS treatment enhanced DC ability to induce TGF production by T cells in controls but not UC patients. Conclusions. We demonstrate a systemic, dysregulated DC function in UC that may account for the propensity of UC patients to develop cutaneous manifestations. LcS has multifunctional immunoregulatory activities depending on the inflammatory state; therapeutic effects reported in UC may be due to promotion of homeostasis.

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Yassin NA, Al-Hassi HO, Lee GH, Malietzis G, Bernardo-Ordiz D, Mann D, Phillips RK, Knight S, Hart Aet al., 2013, Increased Gut Homing (B7) on Dendritic cells in Fistulating Perianal Crohn’s Disease, ICMI

Conference paper

Al-Hassi HO, Bernardo D, Murugananthan AU, Mann ER, English NR, Jones A, Kamm MA, Arebi N, Hart AL, Blakemore AI, Stagg AJ, Knight SCet al., 2013, A mechanistic role for leptin in human dendritic cell migration: differences between ileum and colon in health and Crohn's disease, Mucosal Immunology, Vol: 6, Pages: 751-761, ISSN: 1933-0219

Dendritic cells (DC) migrate to lymph nodes on expression of C-C motif chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) and control immune activity. Leptin, an immunomodulatory adipokine, functions via leptin receptors, signaling via the long isoform of receptor, LepRb. Leptin promotes DC maturation and increases CCR7 expression on blood DC. Increased mesenteric fat and leptin occur early in Crohn's disease (CD), suggesting leptin-mediated change in intestinal CCR7 expression on DC as a pro-inflammatory mechanism. We have demonstrated CCR7 expression and capacity to migrate to its ligand macrophage inflammatory protein 3beta in normal human ileal DC but not colonic or blood DC. In CD, functional CCR7 was expressed on DC from all sites. Only DC populations containing CCR7-expressing cells produced LepRb; in vitro exposure to leptin also increased expression of functional CCR7 in intestinal DC in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, leptin may regulate DC migration from gut, in homeostatic and inflammatory conditions, providing a link between mesenteric obesity and inflammation.

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Yassin NA, Al-Hassi HO, Lee GH, Malietzis G, Tozer P, Bernardo-Ordiz D, Mann E, Hart A, Knight S, Phillips RKet al., 2013, The Aetiology of Crohn’s and Idiopathic Anal Fistulae - Are There Any Differences in the Dendritic Cells Homing Profile?, ACPGBI

Conference paper

Yassin NA, Al-Hassi OH, Lee GH, Maleitzis G, Tozer P, Mann E, Bernardo D, Phillips RK, Knight SC, Hart ALet al., 2013, The Immune Cell Activation and Homing Profile of Dendritic Cells in Fistulating Perianal Crohn's Disease, DDW

Conference paper

Rahbour G, Al-Hassi HO, Hart AL, Ullah MR, Gabe SM, Knight SC, Warusavitarne J, Vaizey CJet al., 2013, Tumour necrosis factor alpha in non-inflammatory bowel disease enterocutaneous fistulas prospective study, Joint Meeting of the Section-of-Surgery of the Royal-Society-of-Medicine / Annual Meeting of the Society-of-Academic-and-Research-Surgery, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 37-37, ISSN: 0007-1323

Conference paper

Rigby RJ, Thagia I, Pattisson C, Ng S, Kamm M, Knight SCet al., 2013, Intestine mucosal IL-22 is reduced following oral probiotic administration: implications on epithelial barrier repair, Joint Annual Meeting of the ASPET/BPS at Experimental Biology (EB), Publisher: FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, ISSN: 0892-6638

Conference paper

Yassin NA, Al-Hassi H, Lee GH, Malietzis G, Tozer P, Bernardo-Ordiz D, Mann E, Phillips RKS, Knight S, Hart ALet al., 2013, The aetiology, immune activation and homing profile of dendritic cells in fistulating perianal Crohn's disease, European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation

Conference paper

Mann ER, Landy J, Bernardo D, Peake STC, Hart AL, Al-Hassi HO, Knight SCet al., 2013, Intestinal dendritic cells: their role in intestinal inflammation, manipulation by the gut microbiota and differences between mice and men, Immunology Letters

Journal article

Xiang M, Ai-Hassi HO, Knight SC, Harbige LSet al., 2013, Delta-5 and delta-6 desaturases in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, β7<SUP>+</SUP> and β7<SUP>-</SUP> lymphocytes in healthy controls and patients with Crohn's disease, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY, Vol: 72, Pages: E27-E27, ISSN: 0029-6651

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You J, Dong H, Mann ER, Knight SC, Yaqoob Pet al., 2013, Probiotic modulation of dendritic cell function is influenced by ageing, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY, Vol: 72, Pages: E264-E264, ISSN: 0029-6651

Journal article

Peake STC, Bernardo D, Mann ER, Landy J, Al-Hassi HO, Knight SC, Hart ALet al., 2013, Infliximab induces a dysregulated tissue-homing profile on human T-lymphocytes in-vitro: a novel mechanism for paradoxical inflammation?, J Crohns Colitis

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Bernardo D, Mann ER, Al-Hassi HO, English NR, Man R, Lee GH, Ronde E, Landy J, Peeake STC, Hart AL, Knight SCet al., 2013, Lost therapeutic potential of monocyte-derived DC through lost tissue homing; stable restoration of gut specificity with retinoic acid, Clinical Experimental Immunology

Journal article

Sánchez B, Margoles A, Bernardo D, Knight SC, Al-Hassi HOet al., 2012, Peptido secretado por lactobacillus plantarum con funcion inmunomoduladora, PCT/ES2012/070643

La presente invencion, que describe el uso de un peptido secretado por unlactobacilo en inmunoterapia humana, puede encuadrarse tanto en el sector de latecnologia de los alimentos como en el de la medicina. Se trata de la secuencia deaminoacidos (peptido ST), que podria ser utilizado en la inmunoterapia de ciertasenfermedades inflamatorias, como la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal (EII; divididaen Enfermedad de Chron, Colitis Ulcerosa y Pouchitis) y en otras patologias dondela tolerancia oral se encuentra comprometida (como en el caso de la enfermedadceliaca frente al gluten de la dieta). La via de administracion podria ser su inclusionen un alimento funcional o via maduracion dirigida de celulas dendriticas del donante(vacunas de celulas dendriticas).

Patent

Mann ER, McCarthy NE, Peake STC, Milestone AN, Al-Hassi HO, Bernardo D, Tee CT, Landy J, Pitcher MC, Cochrane SA, Hart AL, Stagg AJ, Knight SCet al., 2012, Skin- and gut-homing molecules on human circulating γδ T cells and their dysregulation in inflammatory bowel disease, CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY, Vol: 170, Pages: 122-130, ISSN: 0009-9104

Journal article

Rahbour G, Al-Hassi HO, Hart AL, Ullah MR, Gabe SM, Knight SC, Warusavitarne J, Vaizey CJet al., 2012, Tumour necrosis factor alpha in non-inflammatory bowel disease enterocutaneous fistulas prospective study, European Congress of Immunology, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 536-537, ISSN: 0019-2805

Conference paper

Mann E, Peake STC, Bernardo D, Landy J, Al-Hassi HO, Knight SCet al., 2012, Tissue specific, homeostatic properties of human gut dendritic cells: small bowel versus colon, European Congress of Immunology, Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, Pages: 139-139, ISSN: 0019-2805

Conference paper

Murugananthan AU, Bernardo DO, Tozer P, Hart AL, Knight SC, Whelan K, Arebi N, Al-Hassi HOet al., 2012, CLINICAL RISK FACTORS FOR CROHN'S DISEASE POSTOPERATIVE RECURRENCE ARE REFLECTED IN ALTERATIONS IN MUCOSALLY ADHERENT MICROBIOTA AT SURGICAL RESECTION, GUT, Vol: 61, Pages: A168-A168, ISSN: 0017-5749

Journal article

Landy J, Al-Hassi HO, Peake ST, English N, Ciclitira PJ, Nicholls RJ, Clark SK, Knight SC, Hart ALet al., 2012, INAPPROPRIATE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN THE ILEUM OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS PATIENTS, GUT, Vol: 61, Pages: A222-A222, ISSN: 0017-5749

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Murugananthan AU, Bernardo DO, Mann ER, Tee CT, Hart AL, Arebi N, Knight SC, Al-Hassi HOet al., 2012, ILEAL AND COLONIC MUCOSAL DENDRITIC CELL CYTOKINE PROFILES DIFFER AT REST AND AFTER IN VITRO BACTERIA AND PRO-BIOTIC CHALLENGE IN POSTOPERATIVE CROHN'S DISEASE PATIENTS, GUT, Vol: 61, Pages: A168-A168, ISSN: 0017-5749

Journal article

Bernardo D, Sánchez B, Al-Hassi HO, Mann ER, Urdaci MC, Knight SC, Margolles Aet al., 2012, Microbiota/host crosstalk biomarkers: regulatory response of human intestinal dendritic cells exposed to Lactobacillus extracellular encrypted peptide, PLoS One, Vol: 5, Pages: 1-8, ISSN: 1932-6203

The human gastrointestinal tract is exposed to a huge variety of microorganisms, either commensal or pathogenic; at this site, a balance between immunity and immune tolerance is required. Intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) control the mechanisms of immune response/tolerance in the gut. In this paper we have identified a peptide (STp) secreted by Lactobacillus plantarum, characterized by the abundance of serine and threonine residues within its sequence. STp is encoded in one of the main extracellular proteins produced by such species, which includes some probiotic strains, and lacks cleavage sites for the major intestinal proteases. When studied in vitro, STp expanded the ongoing production of regulatory IL-10 in human intestinal DCs from healthy controls. STp-primed DC induced an immunoregulatory cytokine profile and skin-homing profile on stimulated T-cells. Our data suggest that some of the molecular dialogue between intestinal bacteria and DCs may be mediated by immunomodulatory peptides, encoded in larger extracellular proteins, secreted by commensal bacteria. These peptides may be used for the development of nutraceutical products for patients with IBD. In addition, this kind of peptides seem to be absent in the gut of inflammatory bowel disease patients, suggesting a potential role as biomarker of gut homeostasis.

Journal article

Murugananthan AU, Tozer P, Ordiz DB, Hart A, Knight SC, Whelan K, Arebi N, Al-Hassi HOet al., 2012, Clinical Risk Factors for Crohn's Disease Postoperative Recurrence are Reflected in Alterations in Mucosally Adherent Microbiota at Surgical Resection, Digestive Disease Week (DDW), Publisher: W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, Pages: S679-S679, ISSN: 0016-5085

Conference paper

Murugananthan AU, Tozer P, Ordiz DB, Hart A, Knight SC, Whelan K, Al-Hassi HO, Arebi Net al., 2012, Dysbiosis in Mucosally Adherent Microbiota at Surgery and in Post-Endoscopic Recurrence at 6 and 12 Months- a Longitudinal Prospective Evaluation in Crohn's Disease, Digestive Disease Week (DDW), Publisher: W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, Pages: S677-S677, ISSN: 0016-5085

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