APA
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Fu, W., Hu, W., Yi, Y.-S., Hettinghouse, A., Sun, G., Bi, Y., … Liu, C.-ju. (2021). TNFR2/14-3-3ε signaling complex instructs macrophage plasticity in inflammation and autoimmunity. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 131(16).
Chicago/Turabian
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Fu, W., Wenhuo Hu, Young-Su Yi, A. Hettinghouse, Guodong Sun, Yufei Bi, Wenjun He, et al. “TNFR2/14-3-3ε Signaling Complex Instructs Macrophage Plasticity in Inflammation and Autoimmunity.” The Journal of clinical investigation 131, no. 16 (2021).
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Fu, W., et al. “TNFR2/14-3-3ε Signaling Complex Instructs Macrophage Plasticity in Inflammation and Autoimmunity.” The Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol. 131, no. 16, 2021.
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@article{w2021a,
title = {TNFR2/14-3-3ε signaling complex instructs macrophage plasticity in inflammation and autoimmunity.},
year = {2021},
issue = {16},
journal = {The Journal of clinical investigation},
volume = {131},
author = {Fu, W. and Hu, Wenhuo and Yi, Young-Su and Hettinghouse, A. and Sun, Guodong and Bi, Yufei and He, Wenjun and Zhang, Lei and Gao, G. and Liu, Jody and Toyo-oka, K. and Xiao, G. and Solit, D. and Loke, P. and Liu, Chuan-ju}
}
TNFR1 and TNFR2 have received prominent attention because of their dominance in the pathogenesis of inflammation and autoimmunity. TNFR1 has been extensively studied and primarily mediates inflammation. TNFR2 remains far less studied, although emerging evidences demonstrate that TNFR2 plays an anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory role in various conditions and diseases. Herein, we report that TNFR2 regulates macrophage polarization, a highly dynamic process controlled by largely unidentified intracellular regulators. Using biochemical co-purification and mass spectrometry approaches, we isolated the signaling molecule 14-3-3ε as a component of TNFR2 complexes in response to progranulin stimulation in macrophages. In addition, 14-3-3ε was essential for TNFR2 signaling-mediated regulation of macrophage polarization and switch. Both global and myeloid-specific deletion of 14-3-3ε resulted in exacerbated inflammatory arthritis and counteracted the protective effects of progranulin-mediated TNFR2 activation against inflammation and autoimmunity. TNFR2/14-3-3ε signaled through PI3K/Akt/mTOR to restrict NF-κB activation while simultaneously stimulating C/EBPβ activation, thereby instructing macrophage plasticity. Collectively, this study identifies 14-3-3ε as a previously-unrecognized vital component of the TNFR2 receptor complex and provides new insights into the TNFR2 signaling, particularly its role in macrophage polarization with therapeutic implications for various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases with activation of the TNFR2/14-3-3ε anti-inflammatory pathway.