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ArticleCell metabolism2019

Fatty Acid Metabolites Combine with Reduced β Oxidation to Activate Th17 Inflammation in Human Type 2 Diabetes.

Dequina A Nicholas, Elizabeth A Proctor, Madhur Agrawal, Anna C Belkina, Stephen C Van Nostrand, Leena Panneerseelan-Bharath, Albert R Jones, Forum Raval, Blanche C Ip, Min Zhu and 10 more

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Article in Cell metabolism, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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89citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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89 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dequina A NicholasDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Elizabeth A ProctorDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Madhur AgrawalDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Anna C BelkinaDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA; Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Stephen C Van NostrandDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Leena Panneerseelan-BharathDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Albert R JonesDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Forum RavalDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Blanche C IpDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Min ZhuDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Jose M CacicedoDepartment of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Chloe HabibDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Nestor Sainz-RuedaDepartment of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Leah PerskyDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Patrick G SullivanDepartment of Neuroscience, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Barbara E CorkeyDepartment of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Caroline M ApovianDepartment of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Philip A KernDepartment of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Douglas A LauffenburgerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: lauffen@mit.edu.
Barbara S NikolajczykDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA; Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Electronic address: barb.nik@uky.edu.
Boston University · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI Jennifer F Rogers · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR001998 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI HARTMANN, KATHERINE E, KERN, PHILIP A · 2016 to 2025
$34.2M
Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI HU, FRANK B · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC RESEARCHT32DK007201 · NIDDK · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI CORKEY, BARBARA E., KANDROR, KONSTANTIN V · 1986 to 2023
$6.4M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN BLOOD DISEASES AND RESOURCEST32HL007501 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI LERNER, ADAM, STEINBERG, MARTIN H. · 1985 to 2018
$5.4M
Inflammation in human obesity and type 2 diabetesR01DK108056 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LAUFFENBURGER, DOUGLAS A, NIKOLAJCZYK, BARBARA · 2016 to 2019
$2.6M
Mitochondrial regulation of energy efficiencyR01DK099618 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CORKEY, BARBARA E., SHIRIHAI, ORIAN S · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
Boston University Inflammatory Disorders Training GrantT32AI089673 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI WETZLER, LEE MARK · 2011 to 2015
$1.4M
POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION IN T BRUCEIF32AI008967 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WILSON, KEITH E · 1994 to 1995
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NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001998NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007501NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI008967NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI089673NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK046200NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099618NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK108056NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanisms that regulate metabolites and downstream energy generation are key determinants of T cell cytokine production, but the processes underlying the Th17 profile that predicts the metabolic status of people with obesity are untested. Th17 function requires fatty acid uptake, and our new data show that blockade of CPT1A inhibits Th17-associated cytokine production by cells from people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). A low CACT:CPT1A ratio in immune cells from T2D subjects indicates altered mitochondrial function and coincides with the preference of these cells to generate ATP through glycolysis rather than fatty acid oxidation. However, glycolysis was not critical for Th17 cytokines. Instead, β oxidation blockade or CACT knockdown in T cells from lean subjects to mimic characteristics of T2D causes cells to utilize

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AdultAgedCarnitineCarnitine O-PalmitoyltransferaseCells, CulturedCross-Sectional StudiesCytokinesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Fatty AcidsFemaleGene Knockdown TechniquesGlycolysisHumansInflammationLymphocyte ActivationMaleacylcarnitineCarnitineCarnitine O-PalmitoyltransferaseCPT1A protein, humanCytokinesFatty AcidsMembrane Transport ProteinsSLC25A20 protein, humanfatty acid oxidationglycolysisimmunometabolismmetaflammation

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