Publication Date:
2000-10-06
Description:
Interactions between the T cell receptor (TCR) and major histocompatibility complex antigens are essential for the survival and homeostasis of peripheral T lymphocytes. However, little is known about the TCR signaling events that result from these interactions. The peripheral T cell pool of p56lck (lck)-deficient mice was reconstituted by the expression of an inducible lck transgene. Continued survival of peripheral naive T cells was observed for long periods after switching off the transgene. Adoptive transfer of T cells from these mice into T lymphopoienic hosts confirmed that T cell survival was independent of lck but revealed its essential role in TCR-driven homeostatic proliferation of naive T cells in response to the T cell-deficient host environment. These data suggest that survival and homeostatic expansion depend on different signals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Seddon, B -- Legname, G -- Tomlinson, P -- Zamoyska, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Oct 6;290(5489):127-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11021796" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens, CD3/metabolism
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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology/physiology
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CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology/physiology
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Cell Division
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Cell Survival
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Doxycycline/pharmacology
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Gene Expression
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Homeostasis
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Lymphocyte Activation
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Lymphocyte Count
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Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)/genetics/*physiology
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Lymphocyte Transfusion
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Lymphoid Tissue/cytology/immunology
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Mice
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Mice, Knockout
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Mice, Transgenic
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Phosphorylation
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics/metabolism
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Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
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Signal Transduction
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T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology/physiology
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T-Lymphocytes/immunology/*physiology/transplantation
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Thymus Gland/cytology/immunology
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Transgenes
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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