Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Aiolos represses CD4+ T cell cytotoxic programming via reciprocal regulation of TFH transcription factors and IL-2 sensitivity

  • Kaitlin A. Read,
  • Devin M. Jones,
  • Srijana Pokhrel,
  • Emily D. S. Hales,
  • Aditi Varkey,
  • Jasmine A. Tuazon,
  • Caprice D. Eisele,
  • Omar Abdouni,
  • Abbey Saadey,
  • Melissa R. Leonard,
  • Robert T. Warren,
  • Michael D. Powell,
  • Jeremy M. Boss,
  • Emily A. Hemann,
  • Jacob S. Yount,
  • Gang Xin,
  • Hazem E. Ghoneim,
  • Chan-Wang J. Lio,
  • Aharon G. Freud,
  • Patrick L. Collins,
  • Kenneth J. Oestreich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37420-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The regulation and direction of CD4+ T cells into phenotypic and functional lineages is coordinated by a complex set of mechanisms. Here the authors show a role for Aiolos as a regulator of the CD4+ cytotoxic and T follicular helper lineages.