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ArticleNature aging2024

METTL3 governs thymocyte development and thymic involution by regulating ferroptosis.

Huiru Jing, Jiayu Song, Jie Sun, Shaojun Su, Jin Hu, Haojian Zhang, Yanmin Bi, Bing Wu

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Article in Nature aging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Huiru Jing *Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Medical Research Institute, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Jiayu Song *Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Medical Research Institute, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Jie SunDepartment of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Medical Research Institute, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Shaojun SuDepartment of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Medical Research Institute, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Jin HuFrontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Haojian ZhangFrontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9394-9383
Yanmin BiFrontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. ht000601@whu.edu.cn.ORCID 0009-0009-9281-4207
Bing WuDepartment of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Medical Research Institute, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. bingwu@whu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1656-3783

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32170886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given its central role in immune aging, it is important to identify the regulators of thymic involution. While conventional programmed cell death has a fundamental role in thymocyte development, how cell death pathways contribute to thymic involution are unclear. In this study, we found that CD4

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FerroptosisMethyltransferasesPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseThymocytesThymus GlandAgingAnimalsCell SurvivalMiceglutathione peroxidase 4, mouseMethyltransferasesMettl3 protein, mousePhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase

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