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ArticleeLife2015

The kinase DYRK1A reciprocally regulates the differentiation of Th17 and regulatory T cells.

Bernard Khor, John D Gagnon, Gautam Goel, Marly I Roche, Kara L Conway, Khoa Tran, Leslie N Aldrich, Thomas B Sundberg, Alison M Paterson, Scott Mordecai and 13 more

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Article in eLife, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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39 citing papers in PubMed, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Bernard KhorGastrointestinal Unit and Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
John D GagnonBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Gautam GoelCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Marly I RochePulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
Kara L ConwayGastrointestinal Unit and Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Khoa TranCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Leslie N AldrichBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Thomas B SundbergBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Alison M PatersonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Scott MordecaiPathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
David DombkowskiPathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
Melanie SchirmerBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Pauline H TanCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Atul K BhanPathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
Rahul RoychoudhuriCenter for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Nicholas P RestifoCenter for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
John J O'SheaMolecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Benjamin D MedoffPulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
Alykhan F ShamjiBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Stuart L SchreiberBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, United States.
Arlene H SharpeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Stanley Y ShawCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Ramnik J XavierGastrointestinal Unit and Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Broad Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USBoston University · USHarvard University · USNational Institutes of Health · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCenter for Cancer Research · USCenter for Systems Biology · US

Funding

Stat transcription factors in immunoregulation and autoimmune diseaseZIAAR041159 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI O'SHEA, JOHN · 2009 to 2025
$49.3M
Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Curtis Huttenhower · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Building on the success of the adoptive immunotherapy of cancerZIABC010763 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2009 to 2020
$25.0M
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND TUMOR BIOLOGYT32CA009216 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI David Michael Langenau · 1985 to 2026
$10.6M
TRANSFUSION BIOLOGY AND MEDICINET32HL066987 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI JOHN P MANIS · 2001 to 2026
$10.2M
Universite de Montreal IBD Genetics Research CenterU01DK062432 · NIDDK · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI John D. Rioux · 2002 to 2026
$9.6M
Targeting Janus kinases in the treatment of autoimmune diseaseZIAAR041106 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI O'SHEA, JOHN · 2009 to 2024
$4.8M
Mucosal and systemic circuits regulating Treg differentiation and functionK08DK104021 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KHOR, BERNARD · 2014 to 2018
$785k
ImageStream X Analyzer 2011S10OD012027 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PREFFER, FREDERIC IRA · 2012 to 2012
$595k
Intramural NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS T32 CA009216NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009216-31NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL066987NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL066987-12NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK104021NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK104021-01NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK062432NIH HHS S10 OD012027NIH HHS S10 OD012027-01A1Wellcome Trust 105663Wellcome Trust 105663/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The balance between Th17 and T regulatory (Treg) cells critically modulates immune homeostasis, with an inadequate Treg response contributing to inflammatory disease. Using an unbiased chemical biology approach, we identified a novel role for the dual specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation-regulated kinase DYRK1A in regulating this balance. Inhibition of DYRK1A enhances Treg differentiation and impairs Th17 differentiation without affecting known pathways of Treg/Th17 differentiation. Thus, DYRK1A represents a novel mechanistic node at the branch point between commitment to either Treg or Th17 lineages. Importantly, both Treg cells generated using the DYRK1A inhibitor harmine and direct administration of harmine itself potently attenuate inflammation in multiple experimental models of systemic autoimmunity and mucosal inflammation. Our results identify DYRK1A as a physiologically relevant regulator of Treg cell differentiation and suggest a broader role for other DYRK family members in immune homeostasis. These results are discussed in the context of human diseases associated with dysregulated DYRK activity.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationDyrk KinasesHarmineHomeostasisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesTh17 CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryDyrk KinasesHarmineProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine Kinasescomputational biologydual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase signalinghumanimmunologyinflammationmousesystems biologyT cell differentiation

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PMID25998054
PMCPMC4441007
OpenAlexW2130625735

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