Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33411418›Full record

ArticleThe FEBS journal2021

Cellular self-cannibalism helps immune cells fight the flu.

Joshua Luke Postoak, Guan Yang, Lan Wu, Luc Van Kaer

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Article in The FEBS journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua Luke PostoakDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Guan YangDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Lan WuDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Luc Van KaerDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5275-2309
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Immunobiology of Blood and Vascular Systems Training ProgramT32HL069765 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HAWIGER, JACK J · 2002 to 2016
$6.5M
Interdisciplinary Training in Rheumatic DiseasesT32AR059039 · NIAMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Tracy Minan Frech, AMY S MAJOR · 2010 to 2026
$4.3M
Role of autophagy-related protein Vps34 in antigen presentation and self-toleranceR01AI139046 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI VAN KAER, LUC · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
iCD8alpha cells as novel innate-type lymphoid cells that mediate gut immunityR01DK104817 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI VAN KAER, LUC · 2015 to 2018
$1.3M
American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 19TPA34910078NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL069765NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139046NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR059039NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4 T cells are critical for generating protective immune responses to infection with influenza virus. Although most CD4 T cells react with peptides from extracellular sources, many react with peptides from viral particles synthesized inside cells; however, the pathways employed for processing the latter antigens remain uncertain. Deng et al. provide evidence for a role of autophagy, a cellular self-eating process, in this unconventional antigen processing route, with potential implications for the development of influenza virus vaccines.

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Antigen PresentationCannibalismCD4-Positive T-Lymphocytesantigen presentationautophagyCD4 T cellsinfluenza virusMHC class II

Identifiers

PMID33411418
PMCPMC8131204
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