Molecular mechanisms in autoimmune thyroid disease

H Vargas-Uricoechea - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The most common cause of acquired thyroid dysfunction is autoimmune thyroid disease,
which is an organ-specific autoimmune disease with two presentation phenotypes …

Three-dimensional genome organization in immune cell fate and function

S Cuartero, G Stik, R Stadhouders - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Immune cell development and activation demand the precise and coordinated control of
transcriptional programmes. Three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome has …

The transcription factor FoxP3 can fold into two dimerization states with divergent implications for regulatory T cell function and immune homeostasis

F Leng, W Zhang, RN Ramirez, J Leon, Y Zhong, L Hou… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
FoxP3 is an essential transcription factor (TF) for immunologic homeostasis, but how it
utilizes the common forkhead DNA-binding domain (DBD) to perform its unique function …

Mutations from patients with IPEX ported to mice reveal different patterns of FoxP3 and Treg dysfunction

J Leon, K Chowdhary, W Zhang, RN Ramirez, I André… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Mutations of the transcription factor FoxP3 in patients with" IPEX"(immune dysregulation,
polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome) disrupt regulatory T cells (Treg) …

The regulation and differentiation of regulatory T cells and their dysfunction in autoimmune diseases

TS Sumida, NT Cheru, DA Hafler - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The discovery of FOXP3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells as a distinct cell lineage with a central
role in regulating immune responses provided a deeper understanding of self-tolerance …

Transcription factor Ikzf1 associates with Foxp3 to repress gene expression in Treg cells and limit autoimmunity and anti-tumor immunity

K Ichiyama, J Long, Y Kobayashi, Y Horita, T Kinoshita… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
The master transcription factor of regulatory T (Treg) cells, forkhead box protein P3 (Foxp3),
controls Treg cell function by targeting certain genes for activation or repression, but the …

FOXP3 recognizes microsatellites and bridges DNA through multimerization

W Zhang, F Leng, X Wang, RN Ramirez, J Park… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
FOXP3 is a transcription factor that is essential for the development of regulatory T cells, a
branch of T cells that suppress excessive inflammation and autoimmunity,,,–. However, the …

Genomic analysis of Foxp3 function in regulatory T cells

GA Dolsten, Y Pritykin - The Journal of Immunology, 2023 - journals.aai.org
Regulatory T (Treg) cells are critical for tolerance to self-antigens and for preventing
autoimmunity. Foxp3 has been identified as a Treg cell lineage-defining transcription factor …

Foxp3 orchestrates reorganization of chromatin architecture to establish regulatory T cell identity

Z Liu, DS Lee, Y Liang, Y Zheng, JR Dixon - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Chromatin conformation reorganization is emerging as an important layer of regulation for
gene expression and lineage specification. Yet, how lineage-specific transcription factors …

An intronic enhancer of Cebpa regulates adipocyte differentiation and adipose tissue development via long‐range loop formation

X Li, S Zeng, L Chen, Y Zhang, X Li, B Zhang… - Cell …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cebpa is a master transcription factor gene for adipogenesis. However, the mechanisms of
enhancer–promoter chromatin interactions controlling Cebpa transcriptional regulation …