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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2025

Early transcriptional effects of inflammatory cytokines reveal highly redundant cytokine networks.

Juliana J Lee, Liang Yang, Jonathan J Kotzin, Dughan Ahimovic, Michael J Bale, Peter A Nigrovic, Steven Z Josefowicz, Diane Mathis, Christophe Benoist, Immunological Genome Project Consortium

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2025. 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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  8. Dynamics and variegation in the Treg response to Interleukin-2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Juliana J LeeDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7393-9997
Liang YangDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-2903-641X
Jonathan J KotzinDivision of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5179-2034
Dughan AhimovicImmunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences , New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5849-335X
Michael J BaleImmunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences , New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6899-1459
Peter A NigrovicDivision of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2126-3702
Steven Z JosefowiczImmunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences , New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7453-779X
Diane MathisDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6110-4626
Christophe BenoistDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1172-6555
Immunological Genome Project Consortium

Funding

ImmGen: Gene Expression and Regulation in Immune CellsR24AI072073 · NIAID · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI CHRISTOPHE O. BENOIST · 2007 to 2026
$28.5M
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AI072073NIAID NIH HHS R24 AI072073NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory cytokines are fundamental mediators of the organismal response to injury, infection, or other harmful stimuli. To elucidate the early and mostly direct transcriptional signatures of inflammatory cytokines, we profiled all immunologic cell types by RNAseq after systemic exposure to IL1β, IL6, and TNFα. Our results revealed a significant overlap in the responses, with broad divergence between myeloid and lymphoid cells, but with very few cell-type-specific responses. Pathway and motif analysis identified several main controllers (NF-κB, IRF8, and PU.1), but the largest portion of the response appears to be mediated by MYC, which was also implicated in the response to γc cytokines. Indeed, inflammatory and γc cytokines elicited surprisingly similar responses (∼50% overlap in NK cells). Significant overlap with interferon-induced responses was observed, paradoxically in lymphoid but not myeloid cell types. These results point to a highly redundant cytokine network, with intertwined effects between disparate cytokines and cell types.

Indexed as

CytokinesInflammationInflammation MediatorsTranscription, GeneticAnimalsGene Expression RegulationInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6LymphocytesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyeloid CellsNF-kappa BTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCytokinesInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6NF-kappa BTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID39873673
PMCPMC11865922

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