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ArticleJCI insight2019

IL-33-mediated IL-13 secretion by ST2+ Tregs controls inflammation after lung injury.

Quan Liu, Gaelen K Dwyer, Yifei Zhao, Huihua Li, Lisa R Mathews, Anish Bhaswanth Chakka, Uma R Chandran, Jake A Demetris, John F Alcorn, Keven M Robinson and 6 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Quan LiuThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute.
Gaelen K DwyerThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute.
Yifei ZhaoThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute.
Huihua LiDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine.
Lisa R MathewsThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute.
Anish Bhaswanth ChakkaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, and.
Uma R ChandranDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, and.
Jake A DemetrisThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute.
John F AlcornDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Keven M RobinsonDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, and.
Luis A OrtizDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Heath, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bruce R PittDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Heath, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Angus W ThomsonThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute.
Ming-Hui FanDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine.
Timothy R BilliarDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hēth R TurnquistThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute.
University of Pittsburgh · USPulmonary and Allergy Associates · USChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh · USTsinghua University · CN

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Training in Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor RejectionT32CA082084 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Robert J Binder, Dario AA Vignali · 1999 to 2026
$9.2M
Transplant Pathology and Tissue Imaging Core (Core B)U19AI131453 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI THOMSON, ANGUS W · 2017 to 2022
$8.4M
Influenza A Inhibits TH17 Host Defense Against Bacterial PneumoniaR01HL107380 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ALCORN, JOHN F · 2012 to 2024
$5.4M
Immunoregulatory Mechanisms of IL-33 in Heart TransplantationR01HL122489 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Heth R Turnquist · 2015 to 2026
$4.9M
Countering the pro-inflammatory attributes of IL-33 during hematopoietic cell transplantation for tolerance inductionR21AI121981 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TURNQUIST, HETH R · 2016 to 2017
$418k
Special BD LSRFortessaTMS10OD011925 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BORGHESI, LISA · 2012 to 2012
$383k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS T32 CA082084NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL107380NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122489NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI121981NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI131453NIH HHS S10 OD011925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is an often fatal disease that develops after acute lung injury and trauma. How released tissue damage signals, or alarmins, orchestrate early inflammatory events is poorly understood. Herein we reveal that IL-33, an alarmin sequestered in the lung epithelium, is required to limit inflammation after injury due to an unappreciated capacity to mediate Foxp3+ Treg control of local cytokines and myeloid populations. Specifically, Il33-/- mice are more susceptible to lung damage-associated morbidity and mortality that is typified by augmented levels of the proinflammatory cytokines and Ly6Chi monocytes in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Local delivery of IL-33 at the time of injury is protective but requires the presence of Treg cells. IL-33 stimulates both mouse and human Tregs to secrete IL-13. Using Foxp3Cre × Il4/Il13fl/fl mice, we show that Treg expression of IL-13 is required to prevent mortality after acute lung injury by controlling local levels of G-CSF, IL-6, and MCP-1 and inhibiting accumulation of Ly6Chi monocytes. Our study identifies a regulatory mechanism involving IL-33 and Treg secretion of IL-13 in response to tissue damage that is instrumental in limiting local inflammatory responses and may shape the myeloid compartment after lung injury.

Indexed as

Acute Lung InjuryAnimalsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidChemokine CCL2CytokinesDisease Models, AnimalForkhead Transcription FactorsGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansInflammationInterleukin-13Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinInterleukin-33Interleukin-6LungMacrophagesCcl2 protein, mouseChemokine CCL2CytokinesForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorIl1rl1 protein, mouseIl33 protein, mouseInterleukin-13Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinInterleukin-33Interleukin-6CytokinesImmunologyMacrophagesPulmonologyT cells

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PMID30779711
PMCPMC6482994
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