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PLAU inferred from a correlation network is critical for suppressor function of regulatory T cells
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.1930
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2012-11-20
Sprache
English
Institut
TORE-DOI
Journal
Volume
8
Start Page
Art.-Nr. 624
Citation
Molecular systems biology (8): art. no. 624 (2012)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
EMBO ; Macmillan Publishers
Human FOXP3(+)CD25(+)CD4(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential to the maintenance of immune homeostasis. Several genes are known to be important for murine Tregs, but for human Tregs the genes and underlying molecular networks controlling the suppressor function still largely remain unclear. Here, we describe a strategy to identify the key genes directly from an undirected correlation network which we reconstruct from a very high time-resolution (HTR) transcriptome during the activation of human Tregs/CD4(+) T-effector cells. We show that a predicted top-ranked new key gene PLAU (the plasminogen activator urokinase) is important for the suppressor function of both human and murine Tregs. Further analysis unveils that PLAU is particularly important for memory Tregs and that PLAU mediates Treg suppressor function via STAT5 and ERK signaling pathways. Our study demonstrates the potential for identifying novel key genes for complex dynamic biological processes using a network strategy based on HTR data, and reveals a critical role for PLAU in Treg suppressor function.
Subjects
high time-resolution time series
human CD4 regulatory T cell
infer key genes from undirected gene networks
Plau knockout mice
Treg development and suppressor function
DDC Class
570: Biowissenschaften, Biologie
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