Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31527833›Full record

ArticleNature immunology2019

SDHA gain-of-function engages inflammatory mitochondrial retrograde signaling via KEAP1-Nrf2.

Anne-Valérie Burgener, Glenn R Bantug, Benedikt J Meyer, Rebecca Higgins, Adhideb Ghosh, Olivier Bignucolo, Eric H Ma, Jordan Loeliger, Gunhild Unterstab, Marco Geigges and 23 more

Open access · greenAbstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Nature immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A guide to B cell metabolism.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. MPPMolecular biology reports · 2025
    Article
  5. circRNA-79530 regulates Twist-mediated mitochondrial damageEuropean journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2025
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolites: new players in macrophage.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
    Review
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Mitochondrial Factors in the Cell Nucleus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors at 13 institutions in 5 countries.

Anne-Valérie Burgener *Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8119-8703
Glenn R Bantug *Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Benedikt J MeyerImmunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Rebecca HigginsDivision of Dermatology and Dermatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Adhideb GhoshDivision of Dermatology and Dermatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5160-4571
Olivier BignucoloDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4735-049X
Eric H MaCenter for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Jordan LoeligerImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Gunhild UnterstabImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Marco GeiggesEpigenomics Group, D-BSSE, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Basel, Switzerland.
Rebekah SteinerImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8921-3202
Michel EnamoradoImmunobiology Laboratory, entro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Robert IvanekBioinformatics Facility, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8403-056X
Danielle HunzikerImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Alexander SchmidtProteomics Core Facility, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3149-2381
Bojana Müller-DurovicImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Jasmin GrählertImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Raja EppleImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Sarah DimeloeInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Jonas LötscherImmunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Ursula SauderElectron Microscopy Core Facility, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Monika EbnötherDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Claraspital, Basel, Switzerland.
Bettina BurgerDivision of Dermatology and Dermatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7686-0176
Ingmar HeijnenDivision Medical Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Sarai Martínez-CanoImmunobiology Laboratory, entro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Nathan CantoniDivision of Hematology, Cantonal Hospital of Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9002-9015
Rolf BrückerDivision of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Hospital St. Anna, Luzern, Switzerland.
Christian R KahlertDivision of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0784-3276
David SanchoImmunobiology Laboratory, entro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2890-3984
Russell G JonesCenter for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Alexander NavariniDivision of Dermatology and Dermatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Mike Recher *Immunodeficiency Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Christoph Hess *Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. chess@uhbs.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0364-8825
University Hospital of Basel · CHBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology · CHSpanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research · ESUniversity of Basel · CHUniversity of Cambridge · GBVan Andel Institute · USHirslanden Klinik St. Anna · CHKantonsspital Aarau · CHNational Institutes of Health · USSt. Claraspital · CHUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Lausanne · CHUniversity of St.Gallen · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whether screening the metabolic activity of immune cells facilitates discovery of molecular pathology remains unknown. Here we prospectively screened the extracellular acidification rate as a measure of glycolysis and the oxygen consumption rate as a measure of mitochondrial respiration in B cells from patients with primary antibody deficiency. The highest oxygen consumption rate values were detected in three study participants with persistent polyclonal B cell lymphocytosis (PPBL). Exome sequencing identified germline mutations in SDHA, which encodes succinate dehydrogenase subunit A, in all three patients with PPBL. SDHA gain-of-function led to an accumulation of fumarate in PPBL B cells, which engaged the KEAP1-Nrf2 system to drive the transcription of genes encoding inflammatory cytokines. In a single patient trial, blocking the activity of the cytokine interleukin-6 in vivo prevented systemic inflammation and ameliorated clinical disease. Overall, our study has identified pathological mitochondrial retrograde signaling as a disease modifier in primary antibody deficiency.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsB-LymphocytesCell RespirationCells, CulturedElectron Transport Complex IIExome SequencingFumaratesGlycolysisHumansInflammationInterleukin-6 InhibitorsKelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1LymphocytosisMitochondriaMutationNF-E2-Related Factor 2Anti-Inflammatory AgentsElectron Transport Complex IIFumaratesInterleukin-6 InhibitorsKelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1NFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2SDHA protein, human

Identifiers

PMID31527833
OpenAlexW2974103142

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.