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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2014

Counter-regulation of T cell effector function by differentially activated p38.

Muhammad S Alam, Matthias M Gaida, Youichi Ogawa, Antonios G A Kolios, Felix Lasitschka, Jonathan D Ashwell

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad S AlamLaboratory of Immune Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research; Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Matthias M GaidaLaboratory of Immune Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research; Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Youichi OgawaLaboratory of Immune Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research; Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Antonios G A KoliosDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland Laboratory of Applied Immunobiology, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
Felix LasitschkaInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Jonathan D AshwellLaboratory of Immune Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research; Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 jda@pop.nci.nih.gov.
National Cancer Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

T Cell Alternative p38 Activation PathwayZIABC010774 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ASHWELL, JONATHAN · 2009 to 2019
$6.2M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlike the MAP kinase (MAPK) cascade that phosphorylates p38 on the activation loop, T cell receptor (TCR) signaling results in phosphorylation on Tyr-323 (pY323, alternative pathway). Using mice expressing p38α and p38β with Y323F substitutions, we show that alternatively but not MAPK cascade-activated p38 up-regulates the transcription factors NFATc1 and IRF4, which are required for proliferation and cytokine production. Conversely, activation of p38 with UV or osmotic shock mitigated TCR-mediated activation by phosphorylation and cytoplasmic retention of NFATc1. Notably, UVB treatment of human psoriatic lesions reduced skin-infiltrating p38 pY323(+) T cell IRF4 and IL-17 production. Thus, distinct mechanisms of p38 activation converge on NFATc1 with opposing effects on T cell immunity, which may underlie the beneficial effect of phototherapy on psoriasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesEnzyme ActivationFemaleGene Knock-In TechniquesHumansImmunoblottingInterferon Regulatory Factor-4Interferon Regulatory FactorsInterleukin-17IsoenzymesLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNFATC Transcription FactorsInterferon Regulatory Factor-4Interferon Regulatory FactorsInterleukin-17IsoenzymesNfatc1 protein, mouseNFATC Transcription Factorsp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTyrosine

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PMID24863062
PMCPMC4042639
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