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ArticleEBioMedicine2017

Cyclic AMP-Responsive Element-Binding Protein (CREB) is Critical in Autoimmunity by Promoting Th17 but Inhibiting Treg Cell Differentiation.

Xiaohu Wang, Lu Ni, Dehui Chang, Huiping Lu, Yu Jiang, Byung-Seok Kim, Aibo Wang, Xindong Liu, Bo Zhong, Xuexian Yang and 1 more

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Beta Adrenergic Signaling as a Therapeutic Target for Autoimmunity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. CREB regulates Foxp3Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  17. Prostaglandin EImmunology · 2021
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  18. SPRC Suppresses Experimental Periodontitis by Modulating Th17/Treg Imbalance.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaohu WangInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: wangxhu@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Lu NiInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Dehui ChangInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Huiping LuInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yu JiangInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Byung-Seok KimDepartment of Immunology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Aibo WangDepartment of Immunology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Xindong LiuInstitute of Pathology and Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
Bo ZhongSchool of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Xuexian YangDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Chen DongInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: chendong@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Tsinghua University · CNThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USSouthwest Hospital · CNUniversity of New Mexico · USWuhan University · CN

Funding

Transcriptional regulation of inflammatory helper T Cell differentiationR01AR050772 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DONG, CHEN · 2003 to 2016
$4.5M
Regulation of T helper cell effector functionR56AI110442 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI YANG, XUEXIAN · 2014 to 2014
$365k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI110442NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR050772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms that govern differential T cell development into pro-inflammatory Th17 vs. regulatory T (Treg) cells remain unclear. Here, we show that selective deletion of CREB in T cells or Th17 cells impaired Th17 cell differentiation in vitro and in vivo, and led to resistance to autoimmune diseases. Mechanistically, CREB, activated by CD3-PKC-ϴ signaling, plays a key role in regulating Th17 cell differentiation, at least in part through directly binding to the Il17-Il17f gene locus. Unexpectedly, although dispensable for FOXP3 expression and for the homeostasis and suppressive function of thymus-derived Treg cells, CREB negatively regulates the survival of TGF-β-induced Treg cells, and deletion of CREB resulted in increased FOXP3+ Treg cells in the intestine and protection in a colitis model. Thus, CREB is critical in autoimmune diseases by promoting Th17 cell and inhibiting de novo Treg cell generation.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesCD3 ComplexCell DifferentiationCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansInterleukin-17Lymphocyte ActivationMiceNuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3Protein Kinase C-thetaTh17 CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransforming Growth Factor betaCD3 ComplexCreb1 protein, mouseCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseIL17A protein, humanInterleukin-17Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3Protein Kinase C-thetaRORC protein, humanTransforming Growth Factor betaAutoimmune diseasesCREBTh17 cellsTreg cells

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PMID29050947
PMCPMC5704088
OpenAlexW2761683048

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