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SynthesisFrontiers in immunology2019

The Emerging Epigenetic Role of CD8+T Cells in Autoimmune Diseases: A Systematic Review.

Qiancheng Deng, Yangyang Luo, Christopher Chang, Haijing Wu, Yan Ding, Rong Xiao

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Cytotoxic T Cells: Kill, Memorize, and Mask to Maintain Immune Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Immune Modulatory Effects of PD-1/PD-L1 in Myasthenia Gravis: Insights From Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Analysis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  12. Enhancement of CD8Journal of translational autoimmunity · 2025
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  16. GzmkFrontiers in immunology · 2025
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18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Qiancheng DengHunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Department of Dermatology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yangyang LuoHunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Department of Dermatology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Christopher ChangDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
Haijing WuHunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Department of Dermatology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yan DingDepartment of Dermatology, Hainan Provincial Dermatology Disease Hospital, Haikou, China.
Rong XiaoHunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Department of Dermatology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Central South University · CNHainan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CNUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases are usually complex and multifactorial, characterized by aberrant production of autoreactive immune cells and/or autoantibodies against healthy cells and tissues. However, the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases has not been clearly elucidated. The activation, differentiation, and development of CD8+ T cells can be affected by numerous inflammatory cytokines, transcription factors, and chemokines. In recent years, epigenetic modifications have been shown to play an important role in the fate of CD8+ T cells. The discovery of these modifications that contribute to the activation or suppression of CD8+ cells has been concurrent with the increasing evidence that CD8+ T cells play a role in autoimmunity. These relationships have been studied in various autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), systemic sclerosis (SSc), type 1 diabetes (T1D), Grave's disease (GD), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aplastic anemia (AA), and vitiligo. In each of these diseases, genes that play a role in the proliferation or activation of CD8+ T cells have been found to be affected by epigenetic modifications. Various cytokines, transcription factors, and other regulatory molecules have been found to be differentially methylated in CD8+ T cells in autoimmune diseases. These genes are involved in T cell regulation, including interferons, interleukin (IL),tumor necrosis factor (TNF), as well as linker for activation of T cells (LAT), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4), and adapter proteins. MiRNAs also play a role in the pathogenesis of these diseases and several known miRNAs that are involved in these diseases have also been shown to play a role in CD8+ regulation.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmunityCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsHumansT-Lymphocytes, Regulatoryautoimmune diseasesCD8+T cellsDNA methylationepigeneticshistone modificationMiRNAs

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PMID31057561
PMCPMC6482221
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