Targeting Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Restricts Proinflammatory T Cell Differentiation and Ameliorates Takayasu Arteritis.
Jifeng ZhangLei ZhaoJing WangZhihua ChengMengyao SunJiayi ZhaoBin LiuXiyu LiuZhenke WenZhibo LiPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2019)
Our findings indicate that hyperactivity of mTORC1 is a critical cell-intrinsic mechanism underlying spontaneous maldifferentiation of proinflammatory T cells in TAK patients. Targeting mTORC1 is a promising therapeutic strategy against TAK.