2022
tRNA-m1A modification promotes T cell expansion via efficient MYC protein synthesis
Liu Y, Zhou J, Li X, Zhang X, Shi J, Wang X, Li H, Miao S, Chen H, He X, Dong L, Lee GR, Zheng J, Liu RJ, Su B, Ye Y, Flavell RA, Yi C, Wu Y, Li HB. tRNA-m1A modification promotes T cell expansion via efficient MYC protein synthesis. Nature Immunology 2022, 23: 1433-1444. PMID: 36138184, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-022-01301-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell expansionKey functional proteinsVivo physiological roleDe novo protein productionCell cycle arrestTranslational controlRNA modificationsMyc proteinFunctional proteinsTranslation efficiencyKey proteinsCell homeostasisProtein productionPhysiological roleProtein synthesisProliferative stateCycle arrestConditional deletionT cell homeostasisNaive T cellsProteinQuiescent stateSpecific subsetT cellsCells
2014
NLRP6 Inflammasome Orchestrates the Colonic Host-Microbial Interface by Regulating Goblet Cell Mucus Secretion
Wlodarska M, Thaiss CA, Nowarski R, Henao-Mejia J, Zhang JP, Brown EM, Frankel G, Levy M, Katz MN, Philbrick WM, Elinav E, Finlay BB, Flavell RA. NLRP6 Inflammasome Orchestrates the Colonic Host-Microbial Interface by Regulating Goblet Cell Mucus Secretion. Cell 2014, 156: 1045-1059. PMID: 24581500, PMCID: PMC4017640, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.01.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegulatory pathwaysGoblet cell mucus secretionHost-microbial mutualismHost-microbial interfaceNLRP6 inflammasomeMucus secretionGoblet cellsBiogeographical distributionProkaryotic cellsInnate immune playersNLRP6 deficiencyGranule exocytosisImmune regulatory pathwaysInflammasome-deficient miceColonic microbiota compositionLarge intestinal lumenCritical orchestratorsImmune playersPersistent infectionMucus productionCellsIntestinal lumenPathwayMucosal surfacesMicrobiota composition
2011
NLRP6 Inflammasome Regulates Colonic Microbial Ecology and Risk for Colitis
Elinav E, Strowig T, Kau AL, Henao-Mejia J, Thaiss CA, Booth CJ, Peaper DR, Bertin J, Eisenbarth SC, Gordon JI, Flavell RA. NLRP6 Inflammasome Regulates Colonic Microbial Ecology and Risk for Colitis. Cell 2011, 145: 745-757. PMID: 21565393, PMCID: PMC3140910, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.04.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDextran sodium sulfateDamage-associated molecular patternsIL-18 levelsInflammatory cell recruitmentInflammasome-deficient miceWild-type miceColonic microbial ecologyMouse colonic epithelial cellsColonic epithelial cellsColitogenic activityDSS colitisHuman IBDChemical colitisIL-18Antibiotic treatmentInflammasome pathwayNLRP6 inflammasomeCell recruitmentIntestinal hyperplasiaColitisCaspase-1Fecal microbiotaMolecular patternsEpithelial cellsExacerbation