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ArticleJournal of autoimmunity2023

Protein phosphatase 2A propels follicular T helper cell development in lupus.

Yu Jiang, Xuexiao Jin, Zhexu Chi, Yadan Bai, Kalpana Manthiram, Pamela Mudd, Kaixiang Zhu, Lie Wang, Pamela L Schwartzberg, Yongmei Han and 3 more

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Article in Journal of autoimmunity, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Protein phosphatases in systemic autoimmunity.Immunometabolism (Cobham, Surrey) · 2025
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  4. Protein Phosphatase 2A Promotes CD8Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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  7. PP2A catalytic subunit alpha is critically required for CD8bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu JiangInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Rheumatology in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.
Xuexiao JinInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Rheumatology in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.
Zhexu ChiInternational Institutes of Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, 322000, China; Department of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.
Yadan BaiInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Rheumatology in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.
Kalpana ManthiramCell Signaling and Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology (LISB), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Pamela MuddDivision of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA; Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Kaixiang ZhuInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Rheumatology in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China; Shanghai Immune Therapy Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Lie WangDepartment of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.
Pamela L SchwartzbergCell Signaling and Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology (LISB), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Yongmei HanDepartment of Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310016, PR China.
Xiang GaoKey Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study of the Ministry of Education, Model Animal Research Center, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210061, PR China.
Linrong LuInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Rheumatology in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China; Shanghai Immune Therapy Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, 200127, China. Electronic address: lu_linrong@zju.edu.cn.
Qin XuInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Rheumatology in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China; Cell Signaling and Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology (LISB), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: qin.xu@nih.gov.
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CNNational Institutes of Health · USShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNChildren's National · USModel Animal Research Center · CNZhejiang International Studies University · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

Genetic and Biochemical Approaches to Tyrosine Kinase and Lymphocyte SignalingZIAAI001240 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI SCHWARTZBERG, PAMELA · 2019 to 2025
$18.8M
Evaluation of Oropharyngeal responses to SARS-CoV-2ZIAAI001345 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI SCHWARTZBERG, PAMELA · 2021 to 2025
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001345
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells are important for generating humoral immune responses by helping B cells form germinal centers (GCs) and the production of high-affinity antibodies. However, aberrant Tfh cell expansion also contributes to the generation of self-reactive autoantibodies and promotes autoantibody-mediated autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit alpha isoform (PP2A Cα) expression levels are elevated in peripheral T cells of SLE patients and positively correlate with autoantibody titers and disease activity. Here, we demonstrate a critical role of PP2A in Tfh differentiation by using T cell restricted PP2A Cα deficient mice. We observed impaired Tfh differentiation and GC response in two different classical Tfh induction models. Mechanistic studies revealed that downregulation of protein translation of the Tfh lineage transcription factor BCL6 in PP2A deficient T cells. Importantly, we found that PP2A deficiency by either gene knockout or chemical inhibition alleviated lupus severity in mice. Lastly, we confirmed a positive correlation between PP2A Cα and BCL6 protein levels in human CD4

Indexed as

Lupus Erythematosus, SystemicT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerAnimalsAutoantibodiesB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationHumansMiceProtein Phosphatase 2AutoantibodiesProtein Phosphatase 2mTORPP2ASLETfh

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PMID37001432
PMCPMC10327577
OpenAlexW4361292256

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