2016
Prolongevity hormone FGF21 protects against immune senescence by delaying age-related thymic involution
Youm YH, Horvath TL, Mangelsdorf DJ, Kliewer SA, Dixit VD. Prolongevity hormone FGF21 protects against immune senescence by delaying age-related thymic involution. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 1026-1031. PMID: 26755598, PMCID: PMC4743827, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514511113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic stem cell transplantationAge-related thymic involutionCaloric restrictionFGF21 functionThymic involutionThymic agingHormone fibroblast growth factor 21Peripheral T-cell diversityThymic T-cell exportFibroblast growth factor 21Diverse T cell repertoireCortical thymic epithelial cellsLow immune competenceT cell frequenciesStem cell transplantationGrowth factor 21Naïve T cellsMiddle-aged miceT cell repertoireT cell diversityThymic stromal cellsT cell exportThymic epithelial cellsBrown adipose tissueEarly thymocyte progenitors
2013
Hunger-promoting hypothalamic neurons modulate effector and regulatory T-cell responses
Matarese G, Procaccini C, Menale C, Kim JG, Kim JD, Diano S, Diano N, De Rosa V, Dietrich MO, Horvath TL. Hunger-promoting hypothalamic neurons modulate effector and regulatory T-cell responses. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 6193-6198. PMID: 23530205, PMCID: PMC3625304, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210644110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAllelesAnimalsAntigensAutoimmunityCatalytic DomainEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalFlow CytometryFood DeprivationForkhead Transcription FactorsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansHungerHypothalamusInflammationMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMyelin SheathNeuronsSirtuin 1Thymus GlandT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryConceptsRegulatory T cell responsesDelayed-type hypersensitivity responseHypothalamic feeding circuitsPeptide-expressing neuronsRegulatory T cellsSympathetic nervous systemT cell responsesForkhead box P3T helper 1Adaptive immune responsesWhole-body energy metabolismLow energy availabilityT cell activationAutoimmune disease susceptibilityBox P3Hypothalamic agoutiThymic generationHelper 1Hypersensitivity responseProinflammatory cytokinesHypothalamic neuronsSuppressive capacityT cellsImmune responseNervous system