Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Sirtuin 6 maintains epithelial STAT6 activity to support intestinal tuft cell development and type 2 immunity

  • Xiwen Xiong,
  • Chenyan Yang,
  • Wei-Qi He,
  • Jiahui Yu,
  • Yue Xin,
  • Xinge Zhang,
  • Rong Huang,
  • Honghui Ma,
  • Shaofang Xu,
  • Zun Li,
  • Jie Ma,
  • Lin Xu,
  • Qunyi Wang,
  • Kaiqun Ren,
  • Xiaoli S. Wu,
  • Christopher R. Vakoc,
  • Jiateng Zhong,
  • Genshen Zhong,
  • Xiaofei Zhu,
  • Yu Song,
  • Hai-Bin Ruan,
  • Qingzhi Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32846-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Host defense against helminth infection is mediated by mucosal type 2 immunity. Using gain- and loss-of-function mouse models, and mouse intestinal organoids, Xiong et al. show that SIRT6 modulates tuft and goblet cell expansion in intestinal epithelium by activating STAT6 to maintain type 2 mucosal immunity in response to helminth infection.