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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
The Fas receptor delivers signals crucial for lymphocyte apoptosis through its cytoplasmic death domain. Several Fas cytoplasmic-associated proteins have been reported and studied in cell lines. So far, only Fas-associated death domain protein (FADD), another death domain-containing molecule has been shown to be essential for Fas signals in vivo. FADD is thought to function by recruiting caspase-8 through its death-effector domain. To test whether FADD is sufficient to deliver Fas signals, we generated transgenic mice expressing a chimera comprised of the Fas extracellular domain and FADD death-effector domain. Expression of this protein in lymphocytes of Fas-deficient MRL-lpr/lpr mice completely diminishes their T cell but not their B cell abnormalities. These results suggest that FADD alone is sufficient for initiation of Fas signaling in primary T cells, but other pathways may operate in B cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2766-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
A tailless fas-FADD death-effector domain chimera is sufficient to execute Fas function in T cells but not B cells of MRL-lpr/lpr mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology and Cancer Research Lab, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.