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Project description:Heterozygosity for human STAT3 dominant-negative (DN) mutations underlies an autosomal dominant form of hyper-IgE syndrome (HIES). We describe patients with an autosomal recessive form of HIES due to loss-of-function mutations of a previously uncharacterized gene, ZNF341. ZNF341 is a transcription factor that resides in the nucleus, where it binds a specific DNA motif present in various genes, including, most notably the STAT3 promoter. The patients’ cells have low basal levels of STAT3 mRNA and protein. The auto-induction of STAT3 production, activation, and function by STAT3-activating cytokines is particularly strongly impaired. Like patients with STAT3 DN mutations, ZNF341-deficient patients lack Th17 cells, have an excess of Th2 cells, and low memory B cells, due to the tight dependence of STAT3 activity on ZNF341 in lymphocytes. Their milder extra-hematopoietic manifestations and stronger inflammatory responses reflect the lower ZNF341-dependence of STAT3 activity in other cell types. Human ZNF341 is essential for the STAT3 transcription-dependent auto-induction and sustained activity of STAT3.
2018-06-04 | GSE113945 | GEO
Project description:Here we describe patients with an autosomal recessive form of HIES due to loss-of-function mutations of a previously uncharacterized gene, ZNF341.
2021-06-12 | GSE153886 | GEO
Project description:Heterozygosity for human STAT3 dominant-negative (DN) mutations underlies an autosomal dominant form of hyper-IgE syndrome (HIES). We describe patients with an autosomal recessive form of HIES due to loss-of-function mutations of a previously uncharacterized gene, ZNF341. ZNF341 is a transcription factor that resides in the nucleus, where it binds a specific DNA motif present in various genes, including, most notably the STAT3 promoter. The patients’ cells have low basal levels of STAT3 mRNA and protein. The auto-induction of STAT3 production, activation, and function by STAT3-activating cytokines is particularly strongly impaired. Like patients with STAT3 DN mutations, ZNF341-deficient patients lack Th17 cells, have an excess of Th2 cells, and low memory B cells, due to the tight dependence of STAT3 activity on ZNF341 in lymphocytes. Their milder extra-hematopoietic manifestations and stronger inflammatory responses reflect the lower ZNF341-dependence of STAT3 activity in other cell types. Human ZNF341 is essential for the STAT3 transcription-dependent auto-induction and sustained activity of STAT3.
2018-05-30 | GSE113194 | GEO
Project description:Gene expression in human activated memory CD4+ T cells
| PRJNA454370 | ENA
Project description:We report the differential mRNA expression of memory-like CD4+ T cells stimulated with iL-7, IL-1β, and IL-23. We found memory-like CD4+ T cells stimulated with IL-1β, or with IL-1β and IL-23, in the presence of IL-7, displayed a unique gene expression signature.
2019-02-26 | GSE124045 | GEO
Project description:Signal-transducer-and-activator-of-transcription-3 (STAT3) is a central regulator of immune homeostasis. STAT3 levels are strictly controlled and STAT3 impairment contributes to several diseases including the monogenic autosomal-dominant hyper-IgE syndrome (AD-HIES). We investigated patients of four consanguineous families with an autosomal-recessive disorder resembling the phenotype of AD-HIES, with symptoms of immunodeficiency, recurrent infections, skeletal abnormalities, and elevated IgE. Patients presented with reduced STAT3 expression and diminished Th17 cell numbers, in absence of STAT3 mutations. We identified homozygous nonsense mutations in ZNF341, encoding a zinc-finger transcription factor. Wildtype-ZNF341 bound to and activated the STAT3 promoter, whereas the mutant variants showed impaired transcriptional activation, partly due to nuclear translocation failure. In summary, nonsense mutations in ZNF341 account for the STAT3-like phenotype in four autosomal-recessive kindred. Thus, ZNF341 is a previously unrecognized regulator of immune homeostasis.
2018-05-02 | GSE107719 | GEO
Project description:Signal-transducer-and-activator-of-transcription-3 (STAT3) is a central regulator of immune homeostasis. STAT3 levels are strictly controlled and STAT3 impairment contributes to several diseases including the monogenic autosomal-dominant hyper-IgE syndrome (AD-HIES). We investigated patients of four consanguineous families with an autosomal-recessive disorder resembling the phenotype of AD-HIES, with symptoms of immunodeficiency, recurrent infections, skeletal abnormalities, and elevated IgE. Patients presented with reduced STAT3 expression and diminished Th17 cell numbers, in absence of STAT3 mutations. We identified homozygous nonsense mutations in ZNF341, encoding a zinc-finger transcription factor. Wildtype-ZNF341 bound to and activated the STAT3 promoter, whereas the mutant variants showed impaired transcriptional activation, partly due to nuclear translocation failure. In summary, nonsense mutations in ZNF341 account for the STAT3-like phenotype in four autosomal-recessive kindreds. Thus, ZNF341 is a previously unrecognized regulator of immune homeostasis.
2018-05-04 | GSE109030 | GEO
Project description:We performed an RNA-seq analysis on FACS-sorted CD4+ memory T cells (Tmem, CD4+CD25-CD45RA-) stimulated in vitro with anti-CD3/CD28 coated beads (1:5), IL-2 (100 U/mL) in the presence of a TNF-alpha inhibitor (Etanercept, ETN, 5 μg/mL) or recombinant human TNF-alpha (rhTNF-alpha, 50 ng/mL) treatment. The cells were cultured for three days at 37°C and 5% CO2. On day three Tmem were lysed (Buffer RLT supplemented with DTT, QIAGEN) and RNA extraction was performed (RNeasy Plus Micro kit), followed by sample preparation with TruSeq (polyA) mRNA kits (Illumina), RNA sequencing (carried out by an Illumina HiSeq2500), and the alignment of trimmed fastQ files to GRCh38 human reference genome. We also performed a Quality control (QC). This was done using the tool FastQC FastQC/0.11.3-Java-1.7.0_80. QC metrics were calculated for the aligned reads using Picard-tools picard/1.130-Java-1.7.0_80, CollectRnaSeqMetrics, MarkDuplicates, CollectInsertSize-Metrics and SAMtools/1.2-foss-2015b flagstat. Finally, we carried out a Differential expression gene (DEG) analysis using DESeq2, in order to evaluate the impact of ETN and rhTNF-alpha on Transcriptome profiling of stimulated CD4+ Tmem. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was carried out to visualise the samples given their entire transcriptome and any remaining batch effects.
2017-12-15 | E-MTAB-5622 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Resident memory T-cells (TRM) reside in the lung epithelium and mediate protective immunity against respiratory pathogens. While lung CD8+ TRM have been extensively characterized, the properties of CD4+ TRM remain unclear. Here we determined the transcriptional signature of CD4+ TRM, identified by the expression of CD103, retrieved from human lung resection material. Various tissue homing molecules were specifically upregulated on CD4+ TRM, while expression of tissue egress and lymph node homing molecules were low. CD103+ TRM expressed low levels of T-bet, only a small portion expressed Eomes, and while the mRNA levels for Hobit were increased, protein expression was absent. On the other hand, the CD103+ TRM showed a Notch signature. CD4+CD103+ TRM constitutively expressed high transcript levels of numerous cytotoxic mediators, which was functionally reflected by a fast recall response, magnitude of cytokine production, and a high degree of polyfunctionality. Interestingly, the superior cytokine production appears to be due to an accessible IFNγ locus and was partially due to rapid translation of preformed mRNA. Our studies provide a molecular understanding of the maintenance and potential function of CD4+ TRM in the human lung. Understanding the specific properties of CD4+ TRM is required to rationally improve vaccine design.
2017-11-08 | GSE103527 | GEO
Project description:CD4+ T cells (T helper cells) are cytokine-producing adaptive immune cells that activate or regulate the responses of different immune cells. They are known to play crucial roles in antibody class switching in B cells, neutrophil recruitment and activation of macrophages and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells. The activation and functional status of CD4+ T cells is important for adequate responses to pathogen infections but has also been associated with auto-immune disorders and survival in several cancers. In the current study, we carried out proteomic profiling of resting and activated primary human CD4+ T cells from healthy donors. In addition to identifying known markers of CD4+ T cell activation, we also identified protein kinases, protein phosphatases, and cytokines to be differentially expressed.
2023-01-18 | PXD021250 | Pride