Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Tumour suppressor death-associated protein kinase targets cytoplasmic HIF-1α for Th17 suppression

  • Ting-Fang Chou,
  • Ya-Ting Chuang,
  • Wan-Chen Hsieh,
  • Pei-Yun Chang,
  • Hsin-Yu Liu,
  • Shu-Ting Mo,
  • Tzu-Sheng Hsu,
  • Shi-Chuen Miaw,
  • Ruey-Hwa Chen,
  • Adi Kimchi,
  • Ming-Zong Lai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11904
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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HIF-1α is critical for Th17 differentiation. Here the authors show that DAPK (Death-Associated Protein Kinase) inhibits Th17 differentiation and immunopathology in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis by promoting HIF1-α binding to its negative regulator PHD2.