On the role of the pre-T cell receptor in alphabeta versus gammadelta T lineage commitment.
Immunity
; 9(5): 649-55, 1998 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
The role of the pre-T cell receptor (TCR) in lineage commitment to the gammadelta versus alphabeta lineage of T cells was addressed by analyzing TCRbeta chain rearrangements in gammadelta T cells from wild-type and pre-TCR-deficient mice by single cell polymerase chain reaction. Results show that the pre-TCR selects against gammadelta T cells containing rearranged Vbeta genes and that gammadelta T cell precursors but not gammadelta T cells express the pre-TCRalpha protein. Furthermore, pre-TCR-induced proliferation could not be detected in gammadelta T cells. We propose that the pre-TCR commits developing T cells to the alphabeta lineage by an instructive mechanism that has largely replaced an evolutionary more ancient stochastic mechanism of lineage commitment.
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Assunto principal:
Linfócitos T
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Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T gama-delta
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Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T alfa-beta
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En
Ano de publicação:
1998
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