Sustained TNF-α stimulation leads to transcriptional memory that greatly enhances signal sensitivity and robustness

Z Zhao, Z Zhang, J Li, Q Dong, J Xiong, Y Li, M Lan… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Transcriptional memory allows certain genes to respond to previously experienced signals
more robustly. However, whether and how the key proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α mediates …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic exposure to TNF reprograms cell signaling pathways in fibroblast-like synoviocytes by establishing long-term inflammatory memory

U Gangishetti, S Ramirez-Perez, K Jones, A Arif… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a critical role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). Chronic inflammation induces transcriptomic and epigenetic modifications that …

[HTML][HTML] NFκB signaling in T cell memory

MA Daniels, D Luera, E Teixeiro - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Memory T cells play an essential role in protecting against infectious diseases and cancer
and contribute to autoimmunity and transplant rejection. Understanding how they are …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-layered epigenetic mechanisms contribute to transcriptional memory in T lymphocytes

J Dunn, R McCuaig, WJ Tu, K Hardy, S Rao - BMC immunology, 2015 - Springer
Background Immunological memory is the ability of the immune system to respond more
rapidly and effectively to previously encountered pathogens, a key feature of adaptive …

[HTML][HTML] G9a and HP1 couple histone and DNA methylation to TNFα transcription silencing during endotoxin tolerance

M El Gazzar, BK Yoza, X Chen, J Hu… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
TNFα gene expression is silenced in the endotoxin tolerant phenotype that develops in
blood leukocytes after the initial activation phase of severe systemic inflammation or sepsis …

[PDF][PDF] NF-κB memory coordinates transcriptional responses to dynamic inflammatory stimuli

AG Wang, M Son, E Kenna, N Thom, S Tay - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Many scenarios in cellular communication require cells to interpret multiple dynamic signals.
It is unclear how exposure to inflammatory stimuli alters transcriptional responses to …

[PDF][PDF] Gene regulatory strategies that decode the duration of NFκB dynamics contribute to LPS-versus TNF-specific gene expression

S Sen, Z Cheng, KM Sheu, YH Chen, A Hoffmann - Cell systems, 2020 - cell.com
Pathogen-derived lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
activate NFκB with distinct duration dynamics, but how immune response genes decode …

Posttranscriptional regulation of TNF mRNA: a paradigm of signal-dependent mRNA utilization and its relevance to pathology

P Stamou, DL Kontoyiannis - TNF Pathophysiology, 2010 - karger.com
The relationship between TNF and immune pathology forced an intense research into the
regulation of its biosynthesis that extends to multiple mechanisms controlling the utilization …

Epigenetic regulation of BDNF gene transcription in the consolidation of fear memory

FD Lubin, TL Roth, JD Sweatt - Journal of Neuroscience, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
Long-term memory formation requires selective changes in gene expression. Here, we
determined the contribution of chromatin remodeling to learning-induced changes in brain …

Transcriptional control of rapid recall by memory CD4 T cells

W Lai, M Yu, MN Huang, F Okoye… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.aai.org
Memory T cells are distinguished from naive T cells by their rapid production of effector
cytokines, although mechanisms for this recall response remain undefined. In this study, we …