ZBTB transcription factors: key regulators of the development, differentiation and effector function of T cells

ZY Cheng, TT He, XM Gao, Y Zhao, J Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The development and differentiation of T cells represents a long and highly coordinated, yet
flexible at some points, pathway, along which the sequential and dynamic expressions of …

MAIT cells activate dendritic cells to promote TFH cell differentiation and induce humoral immunity

TE Pankhurst, KH Buick, JL Lange, AJ Marshall… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Protective immune responses against respiratory pathogens, such as severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza virus, are initiated by the …

A three-stage developmental pathway for human Vγ9Vδ2 T cells within the postnatal thymus

L Perriman, N Tavakolinia, S Jalali, S Li… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Vγ9Vδ2 T cells are the largest population of γδ T cells in adults and can play important roles
in providing effective immunity against cancer and infection. Many studies have suggested …

The 3D enhancer network of the developing T cell genome is shaped by SATB1

T Zelenka, A Klonizakis, D Tsoukatou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression regulation via 3D genome organization are
poorly understood. Here we uncover the regulatory chromatin network of developing T cells …

Bioinorganic chemistry of zinc in relation to the immune system

K Planeta Kepp - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc is well‐known to have a central role in human inflammation and immunity and is itself
an anti‐inflammatory and antiviral agent. Despite its massively documented role in such …

Chromatin organizer SATB1 controls the cell identity of CD4+ CD8+ double-positive thymocytes by regulating the activity of super-enhancers

D Feng, Y Chen, R Dai, S Bian, W Xue, Y Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract CD4+ and CD8+ double-positive (DP) thymocytes play a crucial role in T cell
development in the thymus. DP cells rearrange the T cell receptor gene Tcra to generate T …

Transcriptome and chromatin landscape of iNKT cells are shaped by subset differentiation and antigen exposure

MP Murray, I Engel, G Seumois… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) differentiate into thymic and peripheral NKT1,
NKT2 and NKT17 subsets. Here we use RNA-seq and ATAC-seq analyses and show iNKT …

Mettl3-m6A-Creb1 forms an intrinsic regulatory axis in maintaining iNKT cell pool and functional differentiation

M You, J Liu, J Li, C Ji, H Ni, W Guo, J Zhang, W Jia… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) methyltransferase Mettl3 is involved in conventional
T cell immunity; however, its role in innate immune cells remains largely unknown. Here, we …

BCL6 is required for the thymic development of TCRαβ+CD8αα+ intraepithelial lymphocyte lineage

Q Xing, D Chang, S Xie, X Zhao, H Zhang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
TCRαβ+ CD8αα+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (CD8αα+ αβ IELs) are a specialized subset of
T cells in the gut epithelium that develop from thymic agonist selected IEL precursors …

BCL11B is positioned upstream of PLZF and RORγt to control thymic development of mucosal-associated invariant T cells and MAIT17 program

TT Drashansky, EY Helm, N Curkovic, J Cooper… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells recognize microbial riboflavin metabolites
presented by MR1 and play role in immune responses to microbial infections and tumors …