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Exploring Immunometabolism Research

NYCU Hsu Lab

Dive into cutting-edge research at NYMU IMI Hsu Immunometabolism Lab. Our work has been featured in prestigious scientific journals such as Cell Reports, EMBO Reports, and eLife. We are dedicated to unraveling the intricate connections between the immune system and metabolism to advance human health. Join us in our mission to discover novel therapeutic strategies and insights into immunometabolism. Explore our ongoing projects, publications, and collaborations that are shaping the future of this exciting field.

Published Work

The Fruits of Our Efforts

2024

Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 3 supports microglial functions and protects against the progression of Huntington’s disease in the mouse model.

Ying-Sui Lu, Wei-Chien Hung, Yu-Ting Hsieh, Pei-Yuan Tsai, Tsai-Hsien Tsai, Hsiu-Han Fan, Ya-Gin Chang, Hui-Kuei Cheng, Shen-Yan Huang, Hsin-Chuan Lin, Yan-Hua Lee, Tzu-Hsiang Shen, Bing-Yu Hung, Jin-Wu Tsai, Ivan Dzhagalov, Irene Han-Juo Cheng, Chun-Jung Lin, Yijuang Chern, Chia-Lin Hsu*
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2024 Volume 120, August 2024,413-429

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.06.021

2023

IFN-stimulated metabolite transporter ENT3 facilitates viral genome release.

Hsieh, Y.-T., Tsai, T.-L., Huang, S.-Y., Heng, J.-W., Huang, Y.-C., Tsai, P.-Y., Tu, C.-C., Chao, T.-L., Tsai, Y.-M., Chang, P.-C., Lee, C.-K., Yu, G.-Y., Chang, S.-Y., Dzhagalov, I.L. and Hsu, C.-L.*
EMBO rep e55286.

https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202255286

2023

Deletion of equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2 disturbs energy metabolism and exacerbates disease progression in an experimental model of Huntington's disease. 

Ching-Ya Chen, Fang-Yi Chou, Ya-Gin Chang, Chin-Jui Ho, Kuo-Chen Wu, Chia-Lin Hsu, Yijuang Chern, Chun-Jung Lin.

Neurobiology of Disease. 177 (2023) 106004. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106004

 

2023

Protocol for standardized intrathymic injection in mice. 

Tsung-Lin Tsai, Pei-Yuan Tsai, Ivan L.Dzhagalov, Chia-Lin Hsu*

STAR protocols. 2023 Jan

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2022.102010

2022

Thymic macrophages consist of two populations with distinct localization and origin.

Tyng-An Zhou, Hsuan-Po Hsu, Yueh-Hua Tu, Hui-Kuei Cheng, Chih-Yu Lin, Nien-Jung Chen, Jin-Wu Tsai, Ellen A Robey, Hsuan-Cheng Huang, Chia-Lin Hsu, Ivan L Dzhagalov. 

​eLife 2022;11:e75148

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75148

2022

Heparin is required for the formation of granules in connective tissue mast cells

Sandra Abril Herrera-Heredia, Hsuan-Po Hsu, Cheng-Yen Kao, Yu-Huan Tsai, Yu Yamaguchi, Axel Roers, Chia-Lin Hsu and Ivan L. Dzhagalov

Frontiers in Immunology, Nov 9, 2022

​​​http://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1000405

2022

Multiomics reveal the central role of pentose phosphate pathway in resident thymic macrophages to cope with efferocytosis-associated stress.

Tsung-Lin Tsai, Tyng-An Zhou, Yu-Ting Hsieh, Ju-Chu Wang, Hui-Kuei Cheng, Chen-Hua Huang, Pei-Yuan Tsai, Hsiu-Han Fan, Hsing-Kai Feng, Yu-Chia Huang, Chen-Ching Lin, Chao-Hsiung Lin, Chih-Yu Lin, Ivan L. Dzhagalov, Chia-Lin Hsu*

Cell reports, Vol. 40, ISSUE 2, 111065, JULY 12, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111065

2021

Evaluation of Mitochondria Content and Function in Live Cells by Multi-color Flow Cytometric Analysis.

Fan HH, Tsai TL, Dzhagalov I, Hsu CL*
Methods in Molecular Biology, 2021, Vol. 2276:
203-213. doi: 0.1007/978-1-0716-1266-8_15

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2021

Heparan sulfate is essential for thymus growth

Hsuan-Po Hsu, Yun-Tzu Chen, Yu-Ying Chen, Chih-Yu Lin, Po-Yu Chen, Shio-Yi Liao, Ciara Christianne Y. Lim, Yu Yamaguchi, Chia-Lin Hsu, Ivan L. Dzhagalov
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Feb, 2021, S0021-9258(21)00192-7,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100419

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2020

Examination of Fas-induced apoptosis of murine thymocytes in thymic tissue slices reveals that Fas is dispensable for negative selection

Feng HK, CF Chu, Sun KH, Hsu CL, Dzhagalov I.

Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 21 October 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.586807

 

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2020

Upregulation of RelB in the miR-122 knockout mice contributes to increased levels of proinflammatory chemokines/cytokines in the liver and macrophages

Hsu KH, Wei CW, Su YR, Chou T, Lin YL, Yang FC, Tsou AP, Hsu CL, Tseng PH, Chen NJ, Jeng KS, Leu CM.
Immunology Letters, July 02, 2020

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2020

Testing the Efficiency and Kinetics of Negative Selection Using Thymic Slices

Zhou TA, Hsu CL, Dzhagalov IL*

​Methods Mol Biol. 2020;2111:205-219. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0266-9_17.

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2019

Metabolite Transporters—The Gatekeepers for T cell Metabolism.

Hsu CL*, Dzhagalov I.  Immunometabolism. 2019

1:e190012.doi.org/10.20900/immunometab20190012 

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2018

Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 3 regulates T cell homeostasis by coordinating lysosomal function with nucleoside availability.

Wei CW, Lee CY, Lee DJ, Chu CF, Wang JC, Wang TC, Jane WN, Chang ZF, Leu CM, Dzhagalov I,Hsu CL*. Cell Reports 23, 2018: 2330-2341.

doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.04.077

2018

Identification of Lysosomal and Extralysosomal Globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) Accumulations Before the Occurrence of Typical Pathological Changes in the Endomyocardial Biopsies of Fabry Disease Patients.

Hsu MJ, Chang FP,Lu YH,Hung SC,Wang YC, Yang AH, Lee HR, Sung SH, Wang YF, Yu WC, Hsu TR,Huang, Chang SK, Dzhagalov I, Hsu CL*, Niu DM*.

Genetics in Medicine 06 June 2018: 21, 224-232

doi:10.1038/s41436-018-0010-z

2017

Suppression of LPS-induced inflammatory responses by the hydroxyl groups of dexamethasone.

Chuang TY, Cheng AJ, Lan TY, Huang IH, Shiau CW, Hsu CL, Liu YW, Tseng PH, Chang ZF, Kuo JC.

Oncotarget 2017 Jul 25;8(30):49735-49748

2016

Later Onset Fabry Disease, Cardiac Damage Progress in Silence

Hsu TR, Hung SC, Chang FP, Yu WC, Sung SH, Hsu CL, Dzhagalov I, Yang CF, Chu TH, Lee
HJ, Lu YH, Chang SK, Liao HC, Lin HY, Liao TC, Lee PC, Li HY, Yang AH, Ho HC, Chiang CC,
Lin CY, Desnick RJ, Niu DM. 

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, 2016: 2554-2563.

2012

Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 3 Deficiency Perturbs Macrophage Lysosome Functions and Homeostasis.

Hsu CL, Lin W, Seshasayee D, Chen YH, Ding X, Lin Z, Suto E, Huang Z, Lee WP, Park H, Xu M, Sun M, Rangell L, Lutman JL, Ulufatu S, Stefanich E, Chalouni C, Sagolla M, Diehl L, Fielder P, Dean B, Balazs M and Martin F. 

Science, 6 January 2012: 89-92.

2011

Constitutive MAP kinase activation in hematopoietic stem cells induces myelo-proliferative neoplasm.

Chung E, Hsu CL, and Kondo M

PLos One, 2011;6(12):e28350. Epub 2011 Dec 2.

2007

To be or not to be: that is the question—Lineage Commitment in Hematopoiesis.

Hsu CL, and Kondo M.

Current Immunology Reviews, 2007 Nov:3 (4) pp. 258-268(11)

2007

Activation of MEK/ERK signaling is involved in myeloid lineage commitment during hematopoiesis.

Hsu CL, Kikuchi K, Kondo M.

Blood, 2007 Sep 1;110(5):1420-8. Epub 2007 May 29.

2006

Antagonistic effect of CCAAT enhancer-binding protein-alpha and Pax5 in myeloid or lymphoid lineage choice in common lymphoid progenitors.

Hsu CL, King-Fleischman AG, Lai AY, Matsumoto Y, Weissman IL, Kondo M

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jan 17;103(3):672-7.

2005

IL-7 receptor signaling is necessary for stage transition in adult B cell development through up-regulation of EBF.

Kikuchi K, Lai AY, Hsu CL, Kondo M.

J Exp Med. 2005 Apr 18;201(8):1197-203.

2004

The extracellular matrix protein mindin is a pattern-recognition molecule for microbial pathogens.

He YW, Li H, Zhang J, Hsu CL, Lin E, Zhang N, Guo J, Forbush KA, Bevan MJ.

Nat Immunol. 2004 Jan;5(1):88-97.

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