2022
Citrullination of glucokinase is linked to autoimmune diabetes
Yang ML, Horstman S, Gee R, Guyer P, Lam TT, Kanyo J, Perdigoto AL, Speake C, Greenbaum CJ, Callebaut A, Overbergh L, Kibbey RG, Herold KC, James EA, Mamula MJ. Citrullination of glucokinase is linked to autoimmune diabetes. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 1870. PMID: 35388005, PMCID: PMC8986778, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29512-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose-stimulated insulin secretionResult of inflammationType 1 diabetesBeta-cell metabolismPancreatic beta cellsAutoimmune diabetesNOD miceAutoreactive CD4Inflammatory cytokinesAutoimmune biomarkersInsulin secretionT cellsBeta cellsType 1InflammationBiologic activityReactive oxygen speciesDiabetesPost-translational modificationsDiabetes biomarkersGlycogen synthesisBiomarkersCitrullinationGlucokinaseOxygen species
2021
Liver-Dependent Lung Remodeling during Systemic Inflammation Shapes Responses to Secondary Infection.
Odom CV, Kim Y, Burgess CL, Baird LA, Korkmaz FT, Na E, Shenoy AT, Arafa EI, Lam TT, Jones MR, Mizgerd JP, Traber KE, Quinton LJ. Liver-Dependent Lung Remodeling during Systemic Inflammation Shapes Responses to Secondary Infection. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 207: 1891-1902. PMID: 34470857, PMCID: PMC8631467, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary lung infectionAcute phase responseLung infectionSecondary infectionHepatic acute phase responseIntact liver functionSystemic inflammatory challengeAcute phase changesSignificant transcriptional alterationsWild-type miceHepatocyte-specific deletionPneumonic miceSecondary pneumoniaSystemic inflammationCytokine responsesLiver functionImmunological responsivenessInflammatory challengeLung remodelingLittermate miceLung homeostasisImmune activityLungGene signaturePneumonia