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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2010

Cutting edge: all-trans retinoic acid sustains the stability and function of natural regulatory T cells in an inflammatory milieu.

Xiaohui Zhou, Ning Kong, Julie Wang, Huiming Fan, Hejian Zou, David Horwitz, David Brand, Zhongmin Liu, Song Guo Zheng

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers.

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147citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

147 citing papers in PubMed, 217 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaohui ZhouDivision of Rheumatology, University of South California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Ning Kong
Julie Wang
Huiming Fan
Hejian Zou
David Horwitz
David Brand
Zhongmin Liu
Song Guo Zheng
University of California, Los Angeles · USShanghai East Hospital · CNFudan University · CNVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

Therapeutic immunoregulation mediated by TGF-??-induced iTregs in autoimmune arthR01AR059103 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI JARJOUR, WAEL N · 2010 to 2020
$3.9M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR059103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have demonstrated that plasticity of naturally occurring CD4(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (nTregs) may account for their inability to control chronic inflammation in established autoimmune diseases. All-trans retinoic acid (atRA), the active derivative of vitamin A, has been demonstrated to promote Foxp3(+) Treg differentiation and suppress Th17 development. In this study, we report a vital role of atRA in sustaining the stability and functionality of nTregs in the presence of IL-6. We found that nTregs treated with atRA were resistant to Th17 and other Th cell conversion and maintained Foxp3 expression and suppressive activity in the presence of IL-6 in vitro. atRA decreased IL-6R expression and signaling by nTregs. Of interest, adoptive transfer of nTregs even from arthritic mice treated with atRA suppressed progression of established collagen-induced arthritis. We suggest that nTregs treated with atRA may represent a novel treatment strategy to control established chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.

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AnimalsArthritis, ExperimentalAutoimmune DiseasesCells, CulturedFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Knock-In TechniquesImmunity, InnateImmunophenotypingInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-17Interleukin-6MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred DBAT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-17Interleukin-6Tretinoin

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PMID20679534
PMCPMC3098624
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