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ArticleCell reports2021

Splicing factor SRSF1 is indispensable for regulatory T cell homeostasis and function.

Takayuki Katsuyama, Vaishali R Moulton

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. RNA splicing in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
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  4. Dysregulation of U12-Type Splicing in Lupus Neutrophils.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026
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  6. Dysregulation of U12-Type Splicing in Lupus Neutrophils.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  9. Targeting SRSF1 improves cancer immunotherapy by dually acting on CD8Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takayuki KatsuyamaDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Vaishali R MoultonDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: vmoulton@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

LYMPHOCYTE SIGNALING DEFECTS IN PATIENTS WITH LUPUSR01AI042269 · NIAID · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI TSOKOS, GEORGE C · 1998 to 2017
$6.8M
Role of splicing factor SRSF1 in T cell function and autoimmunityR01AR068974 · NIAMS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ADAMOPOULOS, IANNIS ELIAS · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI042269NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of regulatory T (Treg) cells to control the immune response and limit the development of autoimmune diseases is determined by distinct molecular processes, which are not fully understood. We show here that serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 1 (SRSF1), which is decreased in T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, is necessary for the homeostasis and proper function of Treg cells, because its conditional absence in these cells leads to profound autoimmunity and organ inflammation by elevating the glycolytic metabolism and mTORC1 activity and the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Our data reveal a molecular mechanism that controls Treg cell plasticity and offer insights into the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease.

Indexed as

HomeostasisAnimalsCell PlasticityCell SurvivalGene DeletionGlycolysisHeterozygoteInflammationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPhenotypeSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsSirolimusT-LymphocytesT-Lymphocytes, RegulatorySerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsSirolimusSrsf1 protein, mouseautoimmunitycytokinesimmune homeostasisimmune regulationinflammationmTOR pathwaysplicing factorSRSF1T cellsTreg

Identifiers

PMID34233194
PMCPMC8476088
OpenAlexW3177839058

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