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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Mouse CD4(+)Vbeta5(+) T cells recognize a peripherally expressed superantigen encoded by an endogenous retrovirus. Ag encounter tolerizes the mature CD4 T cell compartment, either by deletion of autoreactive cells or by TCR revision. This latter process is driven by TCRbeta rearrangement through RAG activity and results in the rescue of cells expressing novel TCRs that no longer recognize the tolerogen. Consistent with the notion that revising T cells represent a distinct peripheral T cell population, we now show that these lymphocyte blasts express a hybrid effector/memory phenotype and are not undergoing cell division. A population of revising T cells is CD40(+), expresses the germinal center (GC) marker CXCR5, and is Vbeta5(low)Thy-1(low). Histology reveals that, consistent with their surface Ag phenotype, T cells undergoing TCR revision are enriched in splenic GCs. These data demonstrate that TCR revision is a multistep tolerance pathway supported by the unique microenvironment provided by GCs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
173
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6532-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Germinal Center, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Self Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:15557142-Thymectomy
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Cutting edge: TCR revision occurs in germinal centers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't