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ArticleCell2020

Long-Term Programming of CD8 T Cell Immunity by Perinatal Exposure to Glucocorticoids.

Jun Young Hong, Jaechul Lim, Fernando Carvalho, Jen Young Cho, Bharat Vaidyanathan, Shuang Yu, Charles Annicelli, W K Eddie Ip, Ruslan Medzhitov

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Article in Cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jun Young HongDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Jaechul LimDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Fernando CarvalhoDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Jen Young ChoDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Bharat VaidyanathanDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Shuang YuDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Charles AnnicelliDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
W K Eddie IpDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Ruslan MedzhitovDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. Electronic address: ruslan.medzhitov@yale.edu.
Yale University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Role of GDF15 in the Regulation of Host Tolerance to InflammationR01AI144152 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MEDZHITOV, RUSLAN · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
Cancer Research Institute 8850.0Cancer Research Institute CRI2455Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI144152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early life environmental exposure, particularly during perinatal period, can have a life-long impact on organismal development and physiology. The biological rationale for this phenomenon is to promote physiological adaptations to the anticipated environment based on early life experience. However, perinatal exposure to adverse environments can also be associated with adult-onset disorders. Multiple environmental stressors induce glucocorticoids, which prompted us to investigate their role in developmental programming. Here, we report that perinatal glucocorticoid exposure had long-term consequences and resulted in diminished CD8 T cell response in adulthood and impaired control of tumor growth and bacterial infection. We found that perinatal glucocorticoid exposure resulted in persistent alteration of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Consequently, the level of the hormone in adults was significantly reduced, resulting in decreased CD8 T cell function. Our study thus demonstrates that perinatal stress can have long-term consequences on CD8 T cell immunity by altering HPA axis activity.

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AnimalsBacterial InfectionsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ProliferationDexamethasoneEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleGlucocorticoidsHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemInterleukin-4LipopolysaccharidesMacrophagesMaleNeoplasmsPituitary-Adrenal SystemDexamethasoneGlucocorticoidsInterleukin-4LipopolysaccharidesReceptors, GlucocorticoidCD8 T cellsdevelopmental plasticityearly-life stressglucocorticoidsperinatal programming

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PMID32142678
PMCPMC7399609
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