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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
T cell development is regulated by extracellular signals that mediate cellular proliferation and differentiation via specific signal transduction pathways. To determine the importance of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) pathway in thymocyte development, we analyzed transgenic mice expressing dominant negative Raf (DN Raf) and a constitutively active v-Raf under the control of the p56lck proximal promoter. DN Raf had a profound effect on T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated signaling events as assessed by the inhibition of mitogen-induced proliferation of thymocytes in vitro. Overall thymocyte numbers were decreased by at most twofold from nontransgenic littermates. Positive selection was inhibited in DN Raf transgenic mice, as evidenced by both reduced numbers of mature thymocytes and a decrease in CD8+ thymocytes in female mice doubly transgenic for DN-Raf and a class I-restricted H-Y TCR. In contrast, the differentiation of double-positive thymocytes to single-positive thymocytes was enhanced in H-YTCR transgenic mice expressing constitutively active Raf (v-Raf). Thus, Raf regulates positive selection in the thymus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Differentiation..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CD69 antigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/H-Y Antigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lectins, C-Type, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oncogene Proteins v-raf, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2350-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-H-Y Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Lectins, C-Type, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Oncogene Proteins v-raf, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:8898944-Thymus Gland
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Raf regulates positive selection.
pubmed:affiliation
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, GB.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't