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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

E-protein regulatory network links TCR signaling to effector Treg cell differentiation.

Xiaojuan Han, Huarong Huang, Ping Gao, Qi Zhang, Xinyuan Liu, Baoqian Jia, Warren Strober, Baidong Hou, Xuyu Zhou, George Fu Gao and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaojuan HanChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
Huarong HuangChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
Ping GaoChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
Qi ZhangChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
Xinyuan LiuChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
Baoqian JiaChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
Warren StroberMucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Baidong HouCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
Xuyu ZhouChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.
George Fu GaoChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3869-615X
Fuping ZhangChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China; zhangfp@im.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

Regulation of T cell DifferentiationZIAAI000872 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI STROBER, WARREN · 2009 to 2025
$9.6M
Immunoregulatory Defects In Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseZIAAI000354 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI STROBER, WARREN · 2009 to 2025
$8.7M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signaling is essential for the differentiation and maintenance of effector regulatory T (Treg) cells. However, the contribution of individual TCR-dependent genes in Treg cells to the maintenance of immunotolerance remains largely unknown. Here we demonstrate that Treg cells lacking E protein undergo further differentiation into effector cells that exhibit high expression of effector Treg signature genes, including IRF4, ICOS, CD103, KLRG-1, and RORγt. E protein-deficient Treg cells displayed increased stability and enhanced suppressive capacity. Transcriptome and ChIP-seq analyses revealed that E protein directly regulates a large proportion of the genes that are specific to effector Treg cell activation, and importantly, most of the up-regulated genes in E protein-deficient Treg cells are also TCR dependent; this indicates that E proteins comprise a critical gene regulatory network that links TCR signaling to the control of effector Treg cell differentiation and function.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCell DifferentiationGene Regulatory NetworksHomeostasisMiceReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTcf12 protein, mouseTcf3 protein, mousedifferentiation and functioneffector Treg cellE proteingene regulatory networkTCR signaling

Identifiers

PMID30770454
PMCPMC6410771
OpenAlexW2913426274

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