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ArticleCell reports2016

Immunometabolic Pathways in BCG-Induced Trained Immunity.

Rob J W Arts, Agostinho Carvalho, Claudia La Rocca, Carla Palma, Fernando Rodrigues, Ricardo Silvestre, Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis, Ekta Lachmandas, Luís G Gonçalves, Ana Belinha and 6 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 397 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
397citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

397 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 633 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Rob J W ArtsDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Agostinho CarvalhoLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
Claudia La RoccaIstituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IEOS-CNR), 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Carla PalmaDepartment of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma, Italy.
Fernando RodriguesLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
Ricardo SilvestreLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
Johanneke KleinnijenhuisDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Ekta LachmandasDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Luís G GonçalvesInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.
Ana BelinhaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
Cristina CunhaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
Marije OostingDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Leo A B JoostenDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Giuseppe MatareseIstituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IEOS-CNR), 80131 Napoli, Italy; Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Reinout van CrevelDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Mihai G NeteaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: mihai.netea@radboudumc.nl.
University of Minho · PTRadboud University Nijmegen · NLRadboud University Medical Center · NLInstitute for Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology · ITIstituto Superiore di Sanità · ITNational Research Council · ITUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protective effects of the tuberculosis vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) on unrelated infections are thought to be mediated by long-term metabolic changes and chromatin remodeling through histone modifications in innate immune cells such as monocytes, a process termed trained immunity. Here, we show that BCG induction of trained immunity in monocytes is accompanied by a strong increase in glycolysis and, to a lesser extent, glutamine metabolism, both in an in-vitro model and after vaccination of mice and humans. Pharmacological and genetic modulation of rate-limiting glycolysis enzymes inhibits trained immunity, changes that are reflected by the effects on the histone marks (H3K4me3 and H3K9me3) underlying BCG-induced trained immunity. These data demonstrate that a shift of the glucose metabolism toward glycolysis is crucial for the induction of the histone modifications and functional changes underlying BCG-induced trained immunity. The identification of these pathways may be a first step toward vaccines that combine immunological and metabolic stimulation.

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Immunity, InnateAnimalsBCG VaccineChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyEpigenesis, GeneticGlycolysisHistone CodeHumansImmunologic MemoryMiceMonocytesTuberculosisBCG VaccineBCGepigeneticsglycolysisimmunometabolismmonocytestrained immunity

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PMID27926861
PMCPMC5177620
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