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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Mitochondrial metabolism is essential for invariant natural killer T cell development and function.

Xiufang Weng, Amrendra Kumar, Liang Cao, Ying He, Eva Morgun, Lavanya Visvabharathy, Jie Zhao, Laura A Sena, Sam E Weinberg, Navdeep S Chandel and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. IL-27 regulates the differentiation of follicular helper NKT cells via metabolic adaptation of mitochondria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  16. Invariant natural killer T cells in lung diseases.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiufang WengDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Amrendra KumarDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Liang CaoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0001-5974-9815
Ying HeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Eva MorgunDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Lavanya VisvabharathyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Jie ZhaoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Laura A SenaDepartment of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0001-6724-9546
Sam E WeinbergDepartment of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0002-9532-7051
Navdeep S ChandelDepartment of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Chyung-Ru WangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611; chyung-ru-wang@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

The Role of Group 1 CD1-restricted T Cells in Infectious DiseaseR01AI057460 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI WANG, CHYUNG-RU · 2004 to 2020
$5.7M
The Regulation and Function of Murine CD1 MoleculesR01AI043407 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI WANG, CHYUNG-RU · 1998 to 2017
$5.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI043407NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI057460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional T cell fate and function are determined by coordination between cellular signaling and mitochondrial metabolism. Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are an important subset of "innate-like" T cells that exist in a preactivated effector state, and their dependence on mitochondrial metabolism has not been previously defined genetically or in vivo. Here, we show that mature iNKT cells have reduced mitochondrial respiratory reserve and iNKT cell development was highly sensitive to perturbation of mitochondrial function. Mice with T cell-specific ablation of Rieske iron-sulfur protein (RISP; T-

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, CD1dCell DifferentiationElectron Transport Complex IIIEnergy MetabolismGene Knockdown TechniquesInterleukin-15Iron-Sulfur ProteinsLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, KnockoutMitochondriaNatural Killer T-CellsAntigens, CD1dCD1d antigen, mouseElectron Transport Complex IIIInterleukin-15Iron-Sulfur ProteinsUQCRFS1 protein, mouseCD1knockout micemitochondrial metabolismNKT cellsT cell development

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PMID33753493
PMCPMC8020658
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