Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Act1 is a negative regulator in T and B cells via direct inhibition of STAT3

  • Cun-Jin Zhang,
  • Chenhui Wang,
  • Meiling Jiang,
  • Chunfang Gu,
  • Jianxin Xiao,
  • Xing Chen,
  • Bradley N. Martin,
  • Fangqiang Tang,
  • Erin Yamamoto,
  • Yibo Xian,
  • Han Wang,
  • Fengling Li,
  • R. Balfour Sartor,
  • Howard Smith,
  • M. Elaine Husni,
  • Fu-Dong Shi,
  • Ji Gao,
  • Julie Carman,
  • Ashok Dongre,
  • Susan C. McKarns,
  • Ken Coppieters,
  • Trine N. Jørgensen,
  • Warren J. Leonard,
  • Xiaoxia Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04974-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Adaptor for IL-17 receptors (Act1) is known to be crucial for IL-17-mediated immune responses. Here the authors show that Act1 also functions as a negative regulator of T and B cells by direct inhibition of STAT3.