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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

A cluster of coregulated genes determines TGF-beta-induced regulatory T-cell (Treg) dysfunction in NOD mice.

Anna Morena D'Alise, Ayla Ergun, Jonathan A Hill, Diane Mathis, Christophe Benoist

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna Morena D'AliseDepartment of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ayla Ergun
Jonathan A Hill
Diane Mathis
Christophe Benoist
Harvard University · US

Funding

Naive T cell homeostasis: Treg selection and survivalR37AI051530 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BENOIST, CHRISTOPHE O. · 2009 to 2018
$4.1M
Naive T cell survival: TCR and IL-7R signal interplayR01AI051530 · NIAID · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI BENOIST, CHRISTOPHE O. · 2002 to 2009
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 5R37AI051530NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI051530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) originate in the thymus, but the Treg phenotype can also be induced in peripheral lymphoid organs or in vitro by stimulation of conventional CD4(+) T cells with IL-2 and TGF-β. There have been divergent reports on the suppressive capacity of these TGF-Treg cells. We find that TGF-Tregs derived from diabetes-prone NOD mice, although expressing normal Foxp3 levels, are uniquely defective in suppressive activity, whereas TGF-Tregs from control strains (B6g7) or ex vivo Tregs from NOD mice all function normally. Most Treg-typical transcripts were shared by NOD or B6g7 TGF-Tregs, except for a small group of differentially expressed genes, including genes relevant for suppressive activity (Lrrc32, Ctla4, and Cd73). Many of these transcripts form a coregulated cluster in a broader analysis of T-cell differentiation. The defect does not map to idd3 or idd5 regions. Whereas Treg cells from NOD mice are normal in spleen and lymph nodes, the NOD defect is observed in locations that have been tied to pathogenesis of diabetes (small intestine lamina propria and pancreatic lymph node). Thus, a genetic defect uniquely affects a specific Treg subpopulation in NOD mice, in a manner consistent with a role in determining diabetes susceptibility.

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Gene Expression RegulationGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAnimalsCluster AnalysisDiabetes MellitusMiceMice, Inbred NODT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID21543717
PMCPMC3102351
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