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ArticleCell reports2022

Cholinergic receptor-Wnt pathway controls immune activation by sensing intestinal dysfunction.

Jie Ren, Yu Sang, Alejandro Aballay

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Article in Cell reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie RenDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Yu SangDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Alejandro AballayDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. Electronic address: aballay@ohsu.edu.
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Aric L Daul, Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Genetic analysis of innate immunity using C. elegansR01GM070977 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ABALLAY, ALEJANDRO · 2004 to 2016
$4.2M
Genetic analysis of innate immunity using C. elegansR37GM070977 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Alejandro Aballay · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
Mechanism of innate immune activation by intestinal distensionR01AI156900 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI ABALLAY, ALEJANDRO · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI156900NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070977NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM070977NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alterations in the intestinal physiology caused by pathogen colonization result in immune activation. To provide insights into the mechanisms underlying the control of immune activation by changes in intestinal homeostasis, we conducted a forward genetic screen for suppressors of immune activation by intestinal distension in Caenorhabditis elegans. Our results indicate that C. elegans ACC-4, a member of a family of acetylcholine receptors, is required in immune activation by defects in the defecation motor program or by pathogen infection. ACC-4 acts postsynaptically in non-cholinergic RIM neurons to regulate several immune genes and a Wnt-mediated host immune response. These findings uncover a gut-brain-microbial axis that uses neural cholinergic signaling and the Wnt pathway to control immune activation in response to alterations in intestinal homeostasis.

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsAnimalsCholinergic AgentsReceptors, CholinergicWnt Signaling PathwayCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCholinergic AgentsReceptors, CholinergicACC-4acetylcholineC. eleganscholinergic receptorCP: Immunologyintestinal distensionRIM neuronWnt

Identifiers

PMID36323254
PMCPMC9699718
OpenAlexW4308038402

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