Effect of LINC01871 silencing on CD4+ T cell activation.
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ABSTRACT: Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) play crucial roles in regulating biological processes in health and disease. However, little is known about the contribution of lincRNAs in T-cell activation. Here, we identified a lincRNA, LINC01871, which is highly induced upon T-cell activation and is predominantly located in the cytoplasm. The anti-inflammatory cytokine TGF-β was found to suppress its expression. Silencing LINC01871 led to a modest decrease in IL-2 secretion. RNA-seq and proteomic analyses of LINC01871-deficient CD4+ T cells revealed several targets, including genes associated with autophagy and membrane organization such as ATG2B; TRIM5; SNX30; TIMM8B; and ATP10A. Notably, LINC01871 expression was highly specific to T cells in several cross tissue single cell RNA-seq atlases. Furthermore, ex-vivo CD4+ T cells from children progressing to beta-cell autoimmunity showed higher LINC01871 expression as compared to their age, sex and HLA-risk matched controls. These data suggest that LINC01871 has an in-vivo function in T-cell-mediated immunity.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE268455 | GEO | 2025/08/27
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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