Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Opposing functions of circadian protein DBP and atypical E2F family E2F8 in anti-tumor Th9 cell differentiation

  • Sang-A Park,
  • Yun-Ji Lim,
  • Wai Lim Ku,
  • Dunfang Zhang,
  • Kairong Cui,
  • Liu-Ya Tang,
  • Cheryl Chia,
  • Peter Zanvit,
  • Zuojia Chen,
  • Wenwen Jin,
  • Dandan Wang,
  • Junji Xu,
  • Ousheng Liu,
  • Fu Wang,
  • Alexander Cain,
  • Nancy Guo,
  • Hiroko Nakatsukasa,
  • Chuan Wu,
  • Ying E. Zhang,
  • Keji Zhao,
  • WanJun Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33733-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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IL-9-producing CD4 T (Th9) cells have been implicated in allergy and tumor immunity, but how their differentiation is regulated by TGFβ is still unclear. Here the authors show that two transcription factors, DBP and E2F8, institute opposing effects on IL-9 expression downstream of TGFβ/Smad3 linker region-mediated signaling in activated mouse T cells to modulate antitumor responses.