Publication Date:
1991-06-07
Description:
As well as being activated or rendered unresponsive, mature T lymphocytes can be deleted, depending on the signals received by the cell. Deletion by programmed cell death (apoptosis) is triggered if a T cell that has received a signal through its T cell receptor complex also receives a signal through the alpha 3 domain of its class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule. Such a signal can be delivered by a CD8 molecule, which recognizes the alpha 3 domain, or by an antibody to this domain. Precursors of both cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL's) and T helper cells are sensitive to this signal but become resistant at some point before completing differentiation into functioning CTL's or T helper cells. Because CTL's carry CD8, they can induce cell death in T cells that recognize them. This pathway may be important in both removal of autoreactive T cells and immunoregulation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sambhara, S R -- Miller, R G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jun 7;252(5011):1424-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1828618" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens, CD8
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Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/physiology
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Cell Survival/physiology
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Cells, Cultured
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Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*physiology
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In Vitro Techniques
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Interleukin-2/analysis
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Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
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Mice
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Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*physiology
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Signal Transduction
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T-Lymphocytes/*physiology
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T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/physiology
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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