Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Attenuation of TCR-induced transcription by Bach2 controls regulatory T cell differentiation and homeostasis

  • Tom Sidwell,
  • Yang Liao,
  • Alexandra L. Garnham,
  • Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar,
  • Renee Gloury,
  • Jonas Blume,
  • Peggy P. Teh,
  • David Chisanga,
  • Christoph Thelemann,
  • Fabian de Labastida Rivera,
  • Christian R. Engwerda,
  • Lynn Corcoran,
  • Kohei Kometani,
  • Tomohiro Kurosaki,
  • Gordon K. Smyth,
  • Wei Shi,
  • Axel Kallies

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14112-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The transcription factor Bach2 is critical for T cell differentiation, but how it functions in Treg cells is unclear. Here the authors use a Treg-specific mouse model to show that Bach2 controls homeostasis and function of Treg cells by limiting DNA accessibility and activity of IRF4 in response to TCR signaling.