ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021
UFMylation inhibits the proinflammatory capacity of interferon-γ-activated macrophages.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genome-wide association susceptibility loci for cluster headache support a role for inflammation in the pathophysiology.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Pooled it
- cGAS in nucleus: The link between immune response and DNA damage repair.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Narrative review-the emerging role, functions, and mechanisms of UFMylation in cancers.Translational cancer research · 2026Review
- Dual-targeting pharmacological UFMylation inhibition reprograms tumor and immune microenvironments to achieve long-term glioblastoma regression.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Article
- Systematic discovery of UFM1 receptors reveals a regulatory module in DNA repair directing non-homologous end-joining.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The mechanistic basis and cellular functions of UFMylation.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026Review
- UFMylation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Regulates Mitochondrial Metabolism.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- UFMylation in lipid metabolism disorders-associated diseases.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Hijacking the Ubl code: bacterial manipulation of ubiquitin-like proteins.Essays in biochemistry · 2025Review
- UFMylation: A supervisor of the HIF1α pathway and a potential therapeutic target for anti-PD-1 combination therapy in hypoxic tumors.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Progress on multifunctional transmembrane protein ATG9A.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Review
- Targeting PD-1 post-translational modifications for improving cancer immunotherapy.Cell insight · 2025Review
- Insights of immune cell heterogeneity, tumor-initiated subtype transformation, drug resistance, treatment and detecting technologies in glioma microenvironment.Journal of advanced research · 2025Review
- Proximity biotinylation at the host-bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Using host and bacterial genetic approaches to define virulence strategies and protective immunity duringmSphere · 2025Review
- UFMylation of NLRP3 Prevents Its Autophagic Degradation and Facilitates Inflammasome Activation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Multifaceted roles of UFMylation in health and disease.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2025Review
- UFMylation Modulates OFIP Stability and Centrosomal Localization.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025Article
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Abstract
Macrophages activated with interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in combination with other proinflammatory stimuli, such as lipopolysaccharide or tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), respond with transcriptional and cellular changes that enhance clearance of intracellular pathogens at the risk of damaging tissues. IFN-γ effects must therefore be carefully balanced with inhibitory mechanisms to prevent immunopathology. We performed a genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen in a macrophage cell line to identify negative regulators of IFN-γ responses. We discovered an unexpected role of the ubiquitin-fold modifier (Ufm1) conjugation system (herein UFMylation) in inhibiting responses to IFN-γ and lipopolysaccharide. Enhanced IFN-γ activation in UFMylation-deficient cells resulted in increased transcriptional responses to IFN-γ in a manner dependent on endoplasmic reticulum stress responses involving Ern1 and Xbp1. Furthermore, UFMylation in myeloid cells is required for resistance to influenza infection in mice, indicating that this pathway modulates in vivo responses to infection. These findings provide a genetic roadmap for the regulation of responses to a key mediator of cellular immunity and identify a molecular link between the UFMylation pathway and immune responses.
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