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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
Natural killer (NK) and CD1d-restricted Valpha14i natural killer T (NKT) cells play a critical early role in host defense. Here we show that mice with a targeted deletion of T-bet, a T-box transcription factor required for Th1 cell differentiation, have a profound, stem cell-intrinsic defect in their ability to generate mature NK and Valpha14i NKT cells. Both cell types fail to complete normal terminal maturation and are present in decreased numbers in peripheral lymphoid organs of T-bet(-/-) mice. T-bet expression is regulated during NK cell differentiation by NK-activating receptors and cytokines known to control NK development and effector function. Our results identify T-bet as a key factor in the terminal maturation and peripheral homeostasis of NK and Valpha14i NKT cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1074-7613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
477-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-T-Box Domain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15084276-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
T-bet regulates the terminal maturation and homeostasis of NK and Valpha14i NKT cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't