Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25002505›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

Adaptive immunity to murine skin commensals.

Wei Shen, Wenqing Li, Julie A Hixon, Nicolas Bouladoux, Yasmine Belkaid, Amiran Dzutzev, Scott K Durum

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Langerhans cells: Central players in the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  6. One Size Does Not Fit All: Diversifying Immune Function in the Skin.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2022
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  8. Skin microbiome considerations for long haul space flights.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  11. Age and Mothers: Potent Influences of Children's Skin Microbiota.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2019
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  15. The microbiome in patients with atopic dermatitis.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wei ShenLaboratory of Immunoregulation and.
Wenqing LiLaboratory of Immunoregulation and.
Julie A HixonLaboratory of Immunoregulation and.
Nicolas BouladouxLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Yasmine BelkaidLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Amiran DzutzevLaboratory of Experimental Immunology, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702; and.
Scott K DurumLaboratory of Immunoregulation and durums@mail.ncifcrf.gov.
National Cancer Institute · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Role of the microbiota in immunityZIAAI001115 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BELKAID, YASMINE · 2009 to 2025
$22.4M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adaptive immune system provides critical defense against pathogenic bacteria. Commensal bacteria have begun to receive much attention in recent years, especially in the gut where there is growing evidence of complex interactions with the adaptive immune system. In the present study, we observed that commensal skin bacteria are recognized by major populations of T cells in skin-draining lymph nodes of mice. Recombination activating gene 1 (Rag1)(-/-) mice, which lack adaptive immune cells, contained living skin-derived bacteria and bacterial sequences, especially mycobacteria, in their skin-draining lymph nodes. T cells from skin-draining lymph nodes of normal mice were shown, in vitro, to specifically recognize bacteria of several species that were grown from Rag1(-/-) lymph nodes. T cells from skin-draining lymph nodes, transferred into Rag1(-/-) mice proliferated in skin-draining lymph nodes, expressed a restricted T-cell receptor spectrotype and produced cytokines. Transfer of T cells into Rag1(-/-) mice had the effect of reducing bacterial sequences in skin-draining lymph nodes and in skin itself. Antibacterial effects of transferred T cells were dependent on IFNγ and IL-17A. These studies suggest a previously unrecognized role for T cells in controlling skin commensal bacteria and provide a mechanism to account for cutaneous infections and mycobacterial infections in T-cell-deficient patients.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsAntigensBacteriaCell ProliferationCytokinesHomeodomain ProteinsImmunologic MemoryInterferon-gammaLymph NodesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhenotypeReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSkinAntigensCytokinesHomeodomain ProteinsInterferon-gammaRAG-1 proteinReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaRNA, Ribosomal, 16SmicrobiomeT lymphocyte

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PMID25002505
PMCPMC4115524
OpenAlexW2149416870

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