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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6011
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-17
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Although the mammalian immune system is generally thought to develop in a linear fashion, findings in avian and murine species argue instead for the developmentally ordered appearance (or "layering") of distinct hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that give rise to distinct lymphocyte lineages at different stages of development. Here we provide evidence of an analogous layered immune system in humans. Our results suggest that fetal and adult T cells are distinct populations that arise from different populations of HSCs that are present at different stages of development. We also provide evidence that the fetal T cell lineage is biased toward immune tolerance. These observations offer a mechanistic explanation for the tolerogenic properties of the developing fetus and for variable degrees of immune responsiveness at birth.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
330
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1695-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Adult Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Bone Marrow, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Bone Marrow Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Cytoprotection, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Immune Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Lymphopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Thymus Gland, pubmed-meshheading:21164017-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Fetal and adult hematopoietic stem cells give rise to distinct T cell lineages in humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-1234, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural