Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

HIF-2α is indispensable for regulatory T cell function

  • Tzu-Sheng Hsu,
  • Yen-Lin Lin,
  • Yu-An Wang,
  • Shu-Ting Mo,
  • Po-Yu Chi,
  • Alan Chuan-Ying Lai,
  • Hsuan-Yin Pan,
  • Ya-Jen Chang,
  • Ming-Zong Lai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18731-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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HIF-1α is known to repress regulatory T (Treg) cell function, but less is known about the effect of HIF-2α on these cells. Here, the authors use three different mouse models of inflammatory diseases to show that HIF-2α limits HIF-1α expression and is critical for Treg cell function.