2023
Serendipitous Discovery of T Cell–Produced KLK1b22 as a Regulator of Systemic Metabolism
Arwood M, Sun I, Patel C, Sun I, Oh M, Bettencourt I, Claiborne M, Chan-Li Y, Zhao L, Waickman A, Mavrothalassitis O, Wen J, Aja S, Powell J. Serendipitous Discovery of T Cell–Produced KLK1b22 as a Regulator of Systemic Metabolism. ImmunoHorizons 2023, 7: 493-507. PMID: 37358498, PMCID: PMC10580127, DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2300016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose toleranceT cellsSystemic metabolismGenome ProjectWild-type T cellsMicroarray analysisCell differentiationNovel roleRhebMammalian targetInsulin receptorT cell differentiationReduced glucose toleranceMarked increaseStrains of miceBeige fatExpressionInsulin sensitivityOverexpressionSystemic overexpressionMetabolismCellsMiceToleranceFurther studies
2022
Cutting Edge: mTORC2 Regulates CD8+ Effector and Memory T Cell Differentiation through Serum and Glucocorticoid Kinase 1.
Patel C, Heikamp E, Xu W, Sun I, Oh M, Sun I, Wen J, Tam A, Blosser R, Powell J. Cutting Edge: mTORC2 Regulates CD8+ Effector and Memory T Cell Differentiation through Serum and Glucocorticoid Kinase 1. The Journal Of Immunology 2022, 209: 2287-2291. PMID: 36469844, PMCID: PMC10065985, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell differentiationT cellsMemory T cell differentiationMemory precursor phenotypeMemory T cellsEfficacy of vaccinesGlucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1Mechanistic targetRapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2) signalingT cell metabolismT cells resultsKinase 1Memory CD8Acute infectionGlucocorticoid kinase 1Tumor immunotherapyCD8Cell differentiationPrecursor phenotypeNuclear translocationPowerful targetSerumRecall capacityEssential regulatorCell metabolism
2016
Asymmetric inheritance of mTORC1 kinase activity during division dictates CD8+ T cell differentiation
Pollizzi K, Sun I, Patel C, Lo Y, Oh M, Waickman A, Tam A, Blosser R, Wen J, Delgoffe G, Powell J. Asymmetric inheritance of mTORC1 kinase activity during division dictates CD8+ T cell differentiation. Nature Immunology 2016, 17: 704-711. PMID: 27064374, PMCID: PMC4873361, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell DivisionCell SurvivalCells, CulturedFemaleGlycolysisImmunologic MemoryLipid MetabolismLysosomesMaleMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMultiprotein ComplexesPrecursor Cells, T-LymphoidProtein TransportReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases