{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Babaeijandaghi F"],"funding":["Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (IRSC)","Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research"],"pagination":["e2209976119"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9636974"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["119(44)"],"pubmed_abstract":["IFNγ is traditionally known as a proinflammatory cytokine with diverse roles in antimicrobial and antitumor immunity. Yet, findings regarding its sources and functions during the regeneration process following a sterile injury are conflicting. Here, we show that natural killer (NK) cells are the main source of IFNγ in regenerating muscle. Beyond this cell population, IFNγ production is limited to a small population of T cells. We further show that NK cells do not play a major role in muscle regeneration following an acute injury or in dystrophic mice. Surprisingly, the absence of IFNγ per se also has no effect on muscle regeneration following an acute injury. However, the role of IFNγ is partially unmasked when TNFα is also neutralized, suggesting a compensatory mechanism. Using transgenic"],"journal":["Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America"],"pubmed_title":["TNFα and IFNγ cooperate for efficient pro- to anti-inflammatory transition of macrophages during muscle regeneration."],"pmcid":["PMC9636974"],"funding_grant_id":["CIHR-FDN-159908"],"pubmed_authors":["Babaeijandaghi F","Smandych J","Paiero A","Soliman H","Chang CK","Schutz PW","Ghassemi A","Long R","Smith SP","Kajabadi N","Rossi FMV","Kennedy WDM","Cheng R","Tung LW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"TNFα and IFNγ cooperate for efficient pro- to anti-inflammatory transition of macrophages during muscle regeneration.","description":"IFNγ is traditionally known as a proinflammatory cytokine with diverse roles in antimicrobial and antitumor immunity. Yet, findings regarding its sources and functions during the regeneration process following a sterile injury are conflicting. Here, we show that natural killer (NK) cells are the main source of IFNγ in regenerating muscle. Beyond this cell population, IFNγ production is limited to a small population of T cells. We further show that NK cells do not play a major role in muscle regeneration following an acute injury or in dystrophic mice. Surprisingly, the absence of IFNγ per se also has no effect on muscle regeneration following an acute injury. However, the role of IFNγ is partially unmasked when TNFα is also neutralized, suggesting a compensatory mechanism. Using transgenic","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-25T19:44:18.008Z","creation":"2025-04-06T08:03:11.83Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9636974","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36279473"],"doi":["10.1073/pnas.2209976119"]}}