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ArticleNature immunology2012

Induction and molecular signature of pathogenic TH17 cells.

Youjin Lee, Amit Awasthi, Nir Yosef, Francisco J Quintana, Sheng Xiao, Anneli Peters, Chuan Wu, Markus Kleinewietfeld, Sharon Kunder, David A Hafler and 3 more

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Article in Nature immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 722 papers.

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722citing papers in PubMed
31.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

722 citing papers in PubMed, 1,155 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

13 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Youjin LeeCenter for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Amit Awasthi
Nir Yosef
Francisco J Quintana
Sheng Xiao
Anneli Peters
Chuan Wu
Markus Kleinewietfeld
Sharon Kunder
David A Hafler
Raymond A Sobel
Aviv Regev
Vijay K Kuchroo
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USYale University · USBroad Institute · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USStanford University · USTranslational Health Science and Technology Institute · IN

Funding

Role of Negative Costimulation in Regulation of AutoimmunityP01AI039671 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI David A. Hafler · 1996 to 2026
$51.7M
TCR recognition of MHC class II peptide compexes in multiple sclerosisP01AI045757 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI KUCHROO, VIJAY K., LOVE, JOHN CHRISTOPHER · 1999 to 2017
$22.8M
Transgenic / Knock-out mouse coreP01AI073748 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BEHAR, SAMUEL M · 2008 to 2019
$17.1M
GenomeSpace: A community web environment for integrative genomic analysisP01HG005062 · NHGRI · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI MESIROV, JILL P. · 2009 to 2013
$9.1M
Role of Th1 specific cell surface molecule Tim-3 in EAE.R01NS045937 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KUCHROO, VIJAY K. · 2003 to 2016
$4.9M
T CELL RESPONSE TO MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEINR01NS030843 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KUCHROO, VIJAY K. · 1998 to 2019
$4.1M
The temporal reconfiguration of regulatory networks: From yeast to cancerDP1OD003958 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI REGEV, AVIV · 2008 to 2011
$3.3M
T cell response to myelin proteolipid proteinR37NS030843 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KUCHROO, VIJAY K. · 2002 to 2008
$2.6M
Role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in IL-10 producing Tr1 regulatory cellsR01AI093903 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI QUINTANA, FRANCISCO J. · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
ACE: Investigation of Innate Immunity in Multiple SclerosisR01AI091568 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HAFLER, DAVID A. · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
The role of Tim-1 in immune regulation and autoimmunityK01DK090105 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI XIAO, SHENG · 2011 to 2015
$796k
Central Nervous System Autoimmunity and Immunoregulation in the ZebrafishR00AI075285 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI QUINTANA, FRANCISCO J. · 2010 to 2011
$496k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHGRI NIH HHS 1P01HG005062-01NIAID NIH HHS AI045757NIAID NIH HHS AI073748NIAID NIH HHS AI075285NIAID NIH HHS AI093903NIAID NIH HHS K99 AI075285NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI039671NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI045757NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI073748NIAID NIH HHS R00 AI075285NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091568NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093903NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI093903NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK090105NIDDK NIH HHS K01DK090105NIH HHS DP1-OD003958-01NINDS NIH HHS NS030843NINDS NIH HHS NS045937NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS030843NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045937NINDS NIH HHS R29 NS030843NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS030843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin 17 (IL-17)-producing helper T cells (T(H)17 cells) are often present at the sites of tissue inflammation in autoimmune diseases, which has led to the conclusion that T(H)17 cells are main drivers of autoimmune tissue injury. However, not all T(H)17 cells are pathogenic; in fact, T(H)17 cells generated with transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and IL-6 produce IL-17 but do not readily induce autoimmune disease without further exposure to IL-23. Here we found that the production of TGF-β3 by developing T(H)17 cells was dependent on IL-23, which together with IL-6 induced very pathogenic T(H)17 cells. Moreover, TGF-β3-induced T(H)17 cells were functionally and molecularly distinct from TGF-β1-induced T(H)17 cells and had a molecular signature that defined pathogenic effector T(H)17 cells in autoimmune disease.

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AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesCell DifferentiationHumansInflammationInterleukin-17Interleukin-23Interleukin-6MiceTh17 CellsTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth Factor beta3Interleukin-17Interleukin-23Interleukin-6Transforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth Factor beta3

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PMID22961052
PMCPMC3459594
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