2024
KLF13 promotes SLE pathogenesis by modifying chromatin accessibility of key proinflammatory cytokine genes
Wang A, Fairhurst A, Liu K, Wakeland B, Barnes S, Malladi V, Viswanathan K, Arana C, Dozmorov I, Singhar A, Du Y, Imam M, Moses A, Chen C, Sunkavalli A, Casco J, Rakheja D, Li Q, Mohan C, Clayberger C, Wakeland E, Khan S. KLF13 promotes SLE pathogenesis by modifying chromatin accessibility of key proinflammatory cytokine genes. Communications Biology 2024, 7: 1446. PMID: 39506084, PMCID: PMC11541912, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-07099-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusMyeloid cellsLupus nephritisT cellsKidneys of lupus-prone miceSystemic lupus erythematosus pathogenesisLevels of proinflammatory cytokinesLupus-prone miceActivated myeloid cellsActivated T cellsT cell activationProduction of RANTEST cell hyperactivityProinflammatory cytokine genesAssociated with increased productionLupus pathogenesisProinflammatory cytokines/chemokinesSle1 locusLupus erythematosusImmune activationProinflammatory cytokinesCytokine signaling pathwaysCytokine genesGenome-wide transcriptional changesReceptor ligands
2021
Ketogenic diet restrains aging-induced exacerbation of coronavirus infection in mice
Ryu S, Shchukina I, Youm YH, Qing H, Hilliard B, Dlugos T, Zhang X, Yasumoto Y, Booth CJ, Fernández-Hernando C, Suárez Y, Khanna K, Horvath TL, Dietrich MO, Artyomov M, Wang A, Dixit VD. Ketogenic diet restrains aging-induced exacerbation of coronavirus infection in mice. ELife 2021, 10: e66522. PMID: 34151773, PMCID: PMC8245129, DOI: 10.7554/elife.66522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΓδ T cellsKetogenic dietCoronavirus infectionAged miceT cellsHigher systemic inflammationInfected aged miceCOVID-19 severityCOVID-19 infectionActivation of ketogenesisMouse hepatitis virus strain A59Systemic inflammationInflammatory damageInfluenza infectionClinical hallmarkNLRP3 inflammasomeImmune surveillanceAdipose tissuePotential treatmentInfectionMiceStrongest predictorLungMortalityAge
2019
Not the usual suspect: type I interferon–responsive T cells drive infection-induced cachexia
Wang A, Medzhitov R. Not the usual suspect: type I interferon–responsive T cells drive infection-induced cachexia. Nature Immunology 2019, 20: 666-667. PMID: 31110313, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-019-0374-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research