Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Optineurin modulates the maturation of dendritic cells to regulate autoimmunity through JAK2-STAT3 signaling

  • Jiajia Wang,
  • Jiaying Wang,
  • Wenxiang Hong,
  • Lulu Zhang,
  • Liqian Song,
  • Qi Shi,
  • Yanfei Shao,
  • Guifeng Hao,
  • Chunyan Fang,
  • Yueping Qiu,
  • Lijun Yang,
  • Zhaoxu Yang,
  • Jincheng Wang,
  • Ji Cao,
  • Bo Yang,
  • Qiaojun He,
  • Qinjie Weng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26477-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Optineurin (OPTN) has been implicated in various biological processes, but its function in dendritic cells (DC) maturation is still unclear. Here the authors show, by characterizing Optn-conditional knockout mice, that the loss of OPTN induces Jak2/Stat3 activation and IL-10 production to suppress DC maturation and function, thereby ameliorating autoimmune responses in mice.