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ArticlePloS one2013

A strong anti-inflammatory signature revealed by liver transcription profiling of Tmprss6-/- mice.

Michela Riba, Marco Rausa, Melissa Sorosina, Davide Cittaro, Jose Manuel Garcia Manteiga, Antonella Nai, Alessia Pagani, Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi, Elia Stupka, Clara Camaschella and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Targeting the Liver Serine Protease TMPRSS6 Ameliorates Steatosis and Attenuates Fibrosis in Experimental MASLD.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michela RibaCenter for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Marco Rausa
Melissa Sorosina
Davide Cittaro
Jose Manuel Garcia Manteiga
Antonella Nai
Alessia Pagani
Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi
Elia Stupka
Clara Camaschella
Laura Silvestri
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

Telethon GGP12025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Control of systemic iron homeostasis is interconnected with the inflammatory response through the key iron regulator, the antimicrobial peptide hepcidin. We have previously shown that mice with iron deficiency anemia (IDA)-low hepcidin show a pro-inflammatory response that is blunted in iron deficient-high hepcidin Tmprss6 KO mice. The transcriptional response associated with chronic hepcidin overexpression due to genetic inactivation of Tmprss6 is unknown. By using whole genome transcription profiling of the liver and analysis of spleen immune-related genes we identified several functional pathways differentially expressed in Tmprss6 KO mice, compared to IDA animals and thus irrespective of the iron status. In the effort of defining genes potentially targets of Tmprss6 we analyzed liver gene expression changes according to the genotype and independently of treatment. Tmprss6 inactivation causes down-regulation of liver pathways connected to immune and inflammatory response as well as spleen genes related to macrophage activation and inflammatory cytokines production. The anti-inflammatory status of Tmprss6 KO animals was confirmed by the down-regulation of pathways related to immunity, stress response and intracellular signaling in both liver and spleen after LPS treatment. Opposite to Tmprss6 KO mice, Hfe(-/-) mice are characterized by iron overload with inappropriately low hepcidin levels. Liver expression profiling of Hfe(-/-) deficient versus iron loaded mice show the opposite expression of some of the genes modulated by the loss of Tmprss6. Altogether our results confirm the anti-inflammatory status of Tmprss6 KO mice and identify new potential target pathways/genes of Tmprss6.

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AnimalsBlotting, WesternInflammationLipopolysaccharidesLiverMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSerine EndopeptidasesSpleenLipopolysaccharidesmatriptase 2Membrane ProteinsSerine Endopeptidases

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PMID23922777
PMCPMC3726786
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