Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41066556›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

T cell cholesterol transport links intestinal immune responses to dietary lipid absorption.

Yajing Gao, John P Kennelly, Xu Xiao, Emily Whang, Alessandra Ferrari, Alexander H Bedard, Julia J Mack, Alexander Nguyen, Sonal Srikanth, Thomas Weston and 9 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. 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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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Design and structural basis of selective nonsteroidal inhibitors of aster cholesterol trafficking.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. How T cells handle lipids.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Yajing Gao *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8836-4452
John P Kennelly *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4399-3976
Xu XiaoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5033-7627
Emily WhangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0704-6178
Alessandra FerrariDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7354-9895
Alexander H BedardDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9208-398X
Julia J MackDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9239-8436
Alexander NguyenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6578-3454
Sonal SrikanthDepartment of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3034-095X
Thomas WestonDepartment of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3720-8633
Lauren F UchiyamaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6574-0064
Whitaker CohnThe Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9198-8904
Danielle H ChoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-2829-495X
Min Sub LeeDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8729-8182
Julian WhiteleggeThe Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yousang GwackVatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2821-9245
Stephen G YoungDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7270-3176
Steven J BensingerDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9657-4206
Peter TontonozDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1259-0477

Funding

Mechanisms of nonvesicular cholesterol transportR01HL175773 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PETER J TONTONOZ · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
Regulation of the STING pathway under sterile conditionsR01AI146352 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SRIKANTH, SONAL · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
Membrane cholesterol and vascular inflammationR01HL175240 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PETER J TONTONOZ · 2025 to 2026
$1.5M
Mechanisms of Dietary Nutrient AbsorptionR01DK142199 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PETER J TONTONOZ · 2025 to 2026
$1.5M
Mechanistic link between mitochondrial cristae integrity and Th1 responsesR01AI181072 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Yousang Gwack · 2025 to 2026
$1.0M
Distinct functions of Orai1 and Orai2 in naive and effector helper T cellsR21AI130653 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SRIKANTH, SONAL · 2017 to 2018
$424k
Regulation of intestinal lipid metabolism by type-3 immune cytokineK99DK138289 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Yajing Gao · 2025 to 2026
$181k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL175240NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL175773NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146352NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI181072NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI130653NIDDK NIH HHS K99 DK138289NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK142199
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intrinsic pathways that control membrane organization in immune cells and their impact on cellular functions are poorly defined. We found that the nonvesicular cholesterol transporter Aster-A linked plasma membrane (PM) cholesterol availability in CD4 T cells to systemic metabolism. Aster-A was recruited to the PM during T cell receptor (TCR) activation, where it facilitated the removal of accessible cholesterol. Loss of Aster-A increased cholesterol accumulation in the PM, which enhanced TCR nanoclustering and signaling. Aster-A associated with stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) and negatively regulated calcium (Ca

Indexed as

CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCholesterolDietary FatsIntestinal AbsorptionIntestinal MucosaTh17 CellsAnimalsBiological TransportCalciumCell MembraneHomeostasisInterleukin-22InterleukinsIntestinesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCalciumCholesterolDietary FatsInterleukin-22InterleukinsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID41066556
PMCPMC13034976

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