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ArticleCellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology2020

A New Model of Spontaneous Colitis in Mice Induced by Deletion of an RNA m

Thomas X Lu, Zhong Zheng, Linda Zhang, Hui-Lung Sun, Marc Bissonnette, Haochu Huang, Chuan He

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Article in Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas X LuSection of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Zhong ZhengDepartment of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Linda ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Hui-Lung SunDepartment of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Marc BissonnetteSection of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Haochu HuangGenentech, South San Francisco, California.
Chuan HeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: chuanhe@uchicago.edu.
University of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Chicago · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

ULTRASTRUCTURE AND CYTOMORPHOLOGY COREP30DK042086 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LIU, CAMBRIAN YANGSHAO · 1990 to 2025
$29.8M
Transcriptome-wide base-resolution sequencing of pseudouridine in human normal and AD brain tissues-CEGS Admin supplement 2020-2021RM1HG008935 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HE, CHUAN · 2016 to 2025
$24.4M
J. NRSA Training CoreTL1TR002388 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ALI KESHAVARZIAN, Sonia Kupfer · 2017 to 2026
$6.7M
Development of 5hmC and 5mC biomarkers in cell-free circulating DNA for sensitive colon cancer detection and prognosisU01CA217078 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI BISSONNETTE, BRUCE MARC, ZHANG, WEI · 2017 to 2021
$3.2M
RNA methylation and regulatory T cellsR21AI128469 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HE, CHUAN · 2017 to 2018
$444k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR002388NCI NIH HHS U01 CA217078NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG008935NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128469NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK042086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsMouse models of colitis have been used to study the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and for pre-clinical development of therapeutic agents. Various epigenetic pathways have been shown to play important regulatory roles in IBD. Reversible N

methodsConditional Mettl14 was lineage specifically deleted with CD4-regulated Cre in T cells. Colitis phenotype was determined by H&E staining, colon weight-to-length ratio and cytokine expression. We additionally utilized T cell transfer model of colitis and adoptive transfer of regulatory T cells. Mice were treated with antibiotics to determine if the colitis could be attenuated.

resultsMETTL14 deficiency in T cells induced spontaneous colitis in mice. This was characterized by increased inflammatory cell infiltration, increased colonic weight-to-length ratio and increased Th1 and Th17 cytokines. The colitis development was due to dysfunctional regulatory T (T

conclusionHere we report a new mouse model of spontaneous colitis based on perturbation of RNA methylation in T cells. The colitis is T cell-mediated and dependent on the microbiome. This model represents a new tool for elucidating pathogenic pathways, studying the contribution of intestinal microbiome and preclinical testing of therapeutic agents for inflammatory bowel disease.

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Gene DeletionAdenosineAnimalsColitisDisease Models, AnimalMethyltransferasesMiceMice, KnockoutT-LymphocytesAdenosineMethyltransferasesMettl14 protein, mouseN-methyladenosineInflammatory Bowel DiseaseMouse Colitis ModelRegulatory T CellsRNA m(6)A Methylation

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PMID32634481
PMCPMC7498954
OpenAlexW3038782177

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