Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31171863›Full record

ArticleCellular & molecular immunology2020

A wave of Foxp3

Mingyang Li, Weijia Zhao, Yifan Wang, Lixue Jin, Gaowen Jin, Xiuyuan Sun, Wei Wang, Ke Wang, Xi Xu, Jie Hao and 9 more

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Article in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

19 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingyang LiDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Weijia ZhaoDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yifan WangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Lixue JinDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Gaowen JinDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xiuyuan SunDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Ke WangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xi XuCenter for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, No. 364 Building, 200 Xiaolinwei Street, Nanjing, 210094, China.
Jie HaoDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Rong JinDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Wenxian FuPediatric Diabetes Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Ying SunDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yingjun ChangBeijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital & Institute of Hematology, Beijing, 100044, China.
Xiaojun HuangBeijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital & Institute of Hematology, Beijing, 100044, China.
Xuyu ZhouInstitute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6626-0898
Hounan WuPeking University Medical and Health Analytical Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. wuhounan@bjmu.edu.cn.
Kunshan ZhangTranslational Stem Cell Research Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200065, China. mart555@163.com.
Qing GeDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China. qingge@bjmu.edu.cn.
Peking University · CNCapital Medical University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNNanjing University of Science and Technology · CNTongji University · CNUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Newborn animals require tightly regulated local and systemic immune environments to govern the development and maturation of multiple organs/tissues even though the immune system itself is far from mature during the neonatal period. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for maintaining immune tolerance/homeostasis and modulating inflammatory responses. The features of Tregs in the neonatal liver under steady-state conditions are not well understood. The present study aimed to investigate the phenotype, functions, and significance of neonatal Tregs in the liver. We found a wave of thymus-derived Treg influx into the liver during 1-2 weeks of age. Depletion of these Tregs between days 7 and 11 after birth rapidly resulted in Th1-type liver inflammation and metabolic disorder. More Tregs in the neonatal liver than in the spleen underwent MHC II-dependent activation and proliferation, and the liver Tregs acquired stronger suppressive functions. The transcriptomic profile of these neonatal liver Tregs showed elevated expression of PPARγ and T-bet and features of Tregs that utilize lipid metabolic machinery and are capable of regulating Th1 responses. The accumulation of Tregs with unique features in the neonatal liver is critical to ensure self-tolerance and liver maturation.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntigens, BacterialApoptosisCell ProliferationForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression ProfilingHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIInflammationLiverLymphocyte ActivationMice, Inbred C57BLPhenotypeSpleenT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAntigens, BacterialForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIFoxp3liverNeonatal period,Th1-type inflammationTreg cells

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PMID31171863
PMCPMC7193579
OpenAlexW2948607641

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