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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Various studies have provided evidence that peripheral T-cells from the diabetes-prone BB-DP rat are abnormal in function and cell surface phenotype. These characteristics have often been interpreted as indicators of immaturity and/or short life span. In this study, we describe a CD4-dependent signaling abnormality in BB-DP peripheral T-cells. In spite of the fact that CD4 plays a critical role in thymocyte development, the abnormal signaling does not appear to influence thymocyte development at the stage when the T-cell receptor is rearranged and the recombinase enzymes RAG-1 and RAG-2 transcripts are downregulated. Therefore, if a maturation defect leading to the seeding of the periphery with immature T-cells occurs in the BB-DP rat, it does not preclude the initial selection of the self major histocompatibility complex-restricted T-cell repertoire.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-DNA Nucleotidyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Integrases, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Major Histocompatibility Complex, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Rats, Inbred BB, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Rats, Inbred WF, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Recombinases, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8262316-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Peculiar T-cell signaling does not preclude positive selection in the diabetes-prone BB rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't