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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

Suppression of FOXP3 expression by the AP-1 family transcription factor BATF3 requires partnering with IRF4.

Preston R Arnold, Mou Wen, Lei Zhang, Yuanlin Ying, Xiang Xiao, Xiufeng Chu, Guangchuan Wang, Xiaolong Zhang, Zhuyun Mao, Aijun Zhang and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Preston R ArnoldCollege of Medicine, Texas A&M Health, Bryan, TX, United States.
Mou WenImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Lei ZhangImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Yuanlin YingImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Xiang XiaoImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Xiufeng ChuImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Guangchuan WangImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Xiaolong ZhangImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Zhuyun MaoImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Aijun ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medicine Affiliate, Houston, TX, United States.
Dale J HamiltonDepartment of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medicine Affiliate, Houston, TX, United States.
Wenhao ChenImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Xian C LiImmunobiology and Transplant Science Center and Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Texas Medical Center · USCornell University · USHouston Methodist · USMethodist Hospital · USTexas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

Control of Treg exhaustion by OX40R01AI106200 · NIAID · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI LI, XIAN CHANG · 2014 to 2025
$4.2M
T cell fate decisions and transplant outcomesR01AI129906 · NIAID · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI LI, XIAN CHANG · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI106200NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI129906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

FOXP3 is the lineage-defining transcription factor for Tregs, a cell type critical to immune tolerance, but the mechanisms that control FOXP3 expression in Tregs remain incompletely defined, particularly as it relates to signals downstream of TCR and CD28 signaling. Herein, we studied the role of IRF4 and BATF3, two transcription factors upregulated upon T cell activation, to the conversion of conventional CD4+ T cells to FOXP3+ T cells (iTregs)

Indexed as

Forkhead Transcription FactorsTranscription Factor AP-1CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesGene Expression RegulationT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryForkhead Transcription FactorsTranscription Factor AP-1BATF familycell fate decisionFoxp3glycolytic reprogrammingIRF4regulatory T (Treg) cellsuper enhancerTCR signaling

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PMID36090981
PMCPMC9452699
OpenAlexW4293222292

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