2021
METTL3-mediated m6A RNA methylation promotes the anti-tumour immunity of natural killer cells
Song H, Song J, Cheng M, Zheng M, Wang T, Tian S, Flavell RA, Zhu S, Li HB, Ding C, Wei H, Sun R, Peng H, Tian Z. METTL3-mediated m6A RNA methylation promotes the anti-tumour immunity of natural killer cells. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5522. PMID: 34535671, PMCID: PMC8448775, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25803-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosineAnimalsCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorGene DeletionHomeostasisInterleukin-15Killer Cells, NaturalLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMethylationMethyltransferasesMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeoplasmsProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRNASignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsAnti-tumor immunityNK cellsTumor-infiltrating NK cellsNK cell infiltrationNatural killer cellsAccelerated tumor developmentExert critical rolesImmunosurveillance functionKiller cellsIL-15Cell infiltrationTumor microenvironmentTumor developmentProtein expressionSuppressed activationM6A RNA methylationEffector moleculesExpression levelsMETTL3Cells altersImmunityM6A methylationCellsPositive correlationHomeostasis
2018
cGAS activation in phased droplets
Liu Y, Li HB, Flavell RA. cGAS activation in phased droplets. Cell Research 2018, 28: 967-968. PMID: 30218060, PMCID: PMC6170418, DOI: 10.1038/s41422-018-0087-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetabolic control of regulatory T cell stability and function by TRAF3IP3 at the lysosome
Yu X, Teng XL, Wang F, Zheng Y, Qu G, Zhou Y, Hu Z, Wu Z, Chang Y, Chen L, Li HB, Su B, Lu L, Liu Z, Sun SC, Zou Q. Metabolic control of regulatory T cell stability and function by TRAF3IP3 at the lysosome. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2018, 215: 2463-2476. PMID: 30115741, PMCID: PMC6122976, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20180397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell metabolismPhosphatase catalytic subunitRapamycin complex 1Component raptorRegulatory T Cell StabilityCatalytic subunitMetabolic programsMechanistic targetPivotal regulatorSignaling mechanismTRAF3IP3Metabolic regulatorMetabolic fitnessCell functionRegulatorLysosomesMetabolismT reg cell functionCell stabilityPP2AcComplexes 1RaptorsSubunitsDeletionStrong antitumor T-cell responses
2017
m6A mRNA methylation controls T cell homeostasis by targeting the IL-7/STAT5/SOCS pathways
Li HB, Tong J, Zhu S, Batista PJ, Duffy EE, Zhao J, Bailis W, Cao G, Kroehling L, Chen Y, Wang G, Broughton JP, Chen YG, Kluger Y, Simon MD, Chang HY, Yin Z, Flavell RA. m6A mRNA methylation controls T cell homeostasis by targeting the IL-7/STAT5/SOCS pathways. Nature 2017, 548: 338-342. PMID: 28792938, PMCID: PMC5729908, DOI: 10.1038/nature23450.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosineAdoptive TransferAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationColitisDisease Models, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHomeostasisInterleukin-7MaleMethylationMethyltransferasesMiceRNA StabilityRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionSTAT5 Transcription FactorSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1 ProteinSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 ProteinSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling ProteinsT-Lymphocytes