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ArticleAutophagy2023

LAMP2 regulates autophagy in the thymic epithelium and thymic stroma-dependent CD4 T cell development.

Pedro M Rodrigues, Laura G Sousa, Chiara Perrod, Ana R Maceiras, Pedro Ferreirinha, Rita Pombinho, Gema Romera-Cárdenas, María Gomez-Lazaro, Meryem Senkara, Jelena Pistolic and 4 more

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Article in Autophagy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. ThymUS approaching maturity.Nature immunology · 2025
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  13. Restoration of LAMP2A expression in old mice leads to changes in the T cell compartment that support improved immune function.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  19. Listerin promotes cGAS protein degradation through the ESCRT pathway to negatively regulate cGAS-mediated immune response.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  20. The thymoproteasome in shaping the CD8Current opinion in immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Pedro M RodriguesInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Laura G SousaInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Chiara PerrodInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ana R MaceirasInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro FerreirinhaInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Rita PombinhoInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Gema Romera-CárdenasInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
María Gomez-LazaroInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Meryem SenkaraBiochemisches Institut, Christian Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Jelena PistolicGenomics Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Didier CabanesInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4001-1332
Ludger KleinFaculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Institute for Immunology, Biomedical Center Munich, Munich, Germany.
Paul SaftigBiochemisches Institut, Christian Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2637-7052
Nuno L AlvesInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1567-8389
i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto · PTChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEUniversidade do Porto · PTUrologische Klinik München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Within the thymus, thymic epithelial cells (TECs) provide dedicated thymic stroma microenvironments for T cell development. Because TEC functionality is sensitive to aging and cytoablative therapies, unraveling the molecular elements that coordinate their thymopoietic role has fundamental and clinical implications. Particularly, the selection of CD4 T cells depends on interactions between TCRs expressed on T cell precursors and self-peptides:MHC II complexes presented by cortical TECs (cTECs). Although the macroautophagy/autophagy-lysosomal protein degradation pathway is implicated in CD4 T cell selection, the molecular mechanism that controls the generation of selecting MHC II ligands remains elusive. LAMP2 (lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2) is a well-recognized mediator of autolysosome (AL) maturation. We showed that LAMP2 is highly expressed in cTECs. Notably, genetic inactivation of

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AutophagyCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesAnimalsEpithelial CellsEpitheliumHistocompatibility Antigens Class IILysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2MiceMice, Inbred C57BLPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellThymus GlandHistocompatibility Antigens Class IILysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2PeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAutophagyLAMP2TCR repertoirethymic selectionthymus

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PMID35535798
PMCPMC9851248
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