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ArticleNature communications2023

Microbiota-assisted iron uptake promotes immune tolerance in the intestine.

Lizhen Zhu, Geng Li, Zhixin Liang, Tuan Qi, Kui Deng, Jiancheng Yu, Yue Peng, Jusheng Zheng, Yan Song, Xing Chang

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Article in Nature communications, 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
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. High Dietary Carbonyl Iron Reshapes the Gut Microbiome and Impairs Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity in a Time-Dependent Manner.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  15. Ferroptosis of T cell in inflammation and tumour immunity.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025
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  17. Gut microbiota, nutrients, and depression.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lizhen ZhuKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Geng LiKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6478-2732
Zhixin LiangKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Tuan QiKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Kui DengKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7546-0894
Jiancheng YuKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yue PengKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jusheng ZhengKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6560-4890
Yan SongSchool of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, US.
Xing ChangKey Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. changxing@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5072-9225
Westlake University · CNUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron deficiencies are the most common nonenteric syndromes observed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, but little is known about their impacts on immune tolerance. Here we show that homeostasis of regulatory T cells in the intestine was dependent on high cellular iron levels, which were fostered by pentanoate, a short-chain fatty acid produced by intestinal microbiota. Iron deficiencies in Treg caused by the depletion of Transferrin receptor 1, a major iron transporter, result in the abrogation of Treg in the intestine and lethal autoimmune disease. Transferrin receptor 1 is required for differentiation of c-Maf

Indexed as

Iron DeficienciesMicrobiotaAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsImmune ToleranceIntestinesIronMiceT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryValeratesBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsIronValerates

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PMID37188703
PMCPMC10185671
OpenAlexW4376641478

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