LINC01871 is exclusively expressed in T and NK cells and is highly induced upon CD4+ T cell activation
iScience. 2025 Oct 15;28(11):113779. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113779. eCollection 2025 Nov 21.
Published on November 17, 2025
ABSTRACT
Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) regulate biological processes in health and disease. Recent findings highlight the importance of lincRNAs in regulating T cell development and function. Here, we identified a lincRNA, LINC01871, which is highly induced upon CD4+ T cell activation and is predominantly located in the cytoplasm. The anti-inflammatory cytokine TGF-β was found to suppress its expression. Silencing LINC01871 led to a modest decrease in IL-2 secretion. Notably, LINC01871 expression was highly specific to NK cells and T cells in several cross-tissue single cell RNA-seq atlases. These data suggest that LINC01871 is specifically expressed in T and NK cells and may contribute to T cell-mediated immunity in humans.
PMID:41244587 | PMC:PMC12613070 | DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2025.113779