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ArticleGenetics2014

Comparative genomics RNAi screen identifies Eftud2 as a novel regulator of innate immunity.

Lesly De Arras, Rebecca Laws, Sonia M Leach, Kyle Pontis, Jonathan H Freedman, David A Schwartz, Scott Alper

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Article in Genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lesly De ArrasIntegrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206 Integrated Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206.
Rebecca LawsDepartment of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118.
Sonia M LeachIntegrated Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206.
Kyle PontisIntegrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206 Integrated Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206.
Jonathan H FreedmanLaboratory of Toxicology and Pharmacology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, North Carolina 27709.
David A SchwartzIntegrated Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206 Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045.
Scott AlperIntegrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206 Integrated Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80206.
University of Colorado Denver · USBoston University · USNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USNational Jewish Health · US

Funding

Comparative Genomic Responses to Environmental StressorsZ01ES102045 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FREEDMAN, JONATHAN H · 2006 to 2008
$3.1M
Molecular mechanisms utilized by novel innate immunity regulatorsR21ES019256 · NIEHS · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI ALPER, SCOTT · 2010 to 2011
$434k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES102045NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES019256NIEHS NIH HHS R21ES019256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extent of the innate immune response is regulated by many positively and negatively acting signaling proteins. This allows for proper activation of innate immunity to fight infection while ensuring that the response is limited to prevent unwanted complications. Thus mutations in innate immune regulators can lead to immune dysfunction or to inflammatory diseases such as arthritis or atherosclerosis. To identify novel innate immune regulators that could affect infectious or inflammatory disease, we have taken a comparative genomics RNAi screening approach in which we inhibit orthologous genes in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and murine macrophages, expecting that genes with evolutionarily conserved function also will regulate innate immunity in humans. Here we report the results of an RNAi screen of approximately half of the C. elegans genome, which led to the identification of many candidate genes that regulate innate immunity in C. elegans and mouse macrophages. One of these novel conserved regulators of innate immunity is the mRNA splicing regulator Eftud2, which we show controls the alternate splicing of the MyD88 innate immunity signaling adaptor to modulate the extent of the innate immune response.

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Alternative SplicingAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell LineComparative Genomic HybridizationImmunity, InnateMacrophagesMiceMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Peptide Elongation FactorsRibonucleoprotein, U5 Small NuclearRNA InterferenceCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Peptide Elongation FactorsRibonucleoprotein, U5 Small NuclearC. eleganscomplex geneticscomplex immunityinfectioninnate immunityLPSmacrophageMyD88resistancetolerance

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PMID24361939
PMCPMC4063909
OpenAlexW2158827209

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