MICE LACKING THE C-REL PROTOONCOGENE EXHIBIT DEFECTS IN LYMPHOCYTE-PROLIFERATION, HUMORAL IMMUNITY, AND INTERLEUKIN-2 EXPRESSION
MICE LACKING THE C-REL PROTOONCOGENE EXHIBIT DEFECTS IN LYMPHOCYTE-PROLIFERATION, HUMORAL IMMUNITY, AND INTERLEUKIN-2 EXPRESSION
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DOI:
10.1101/gad.9.16.1965
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发表时间:
1995-08-15
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
GERONDAKIS, S
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作者:
KONTGEN, F;GRUMONT, RJ;GERONDAKIS, S
The c-rel proto-oncogene, which is expressed predominantly in hemopoietic cells encodes a subunit of the NF-kappa B-like family of transcription factors. In mice with an inactivated c-rel gene, whereas development of cells from all hemopoietic lineages appeared normal, humoral immunity was impaired and mature B and T cells were found to be unresponsive to most mitogenic stimuli. Phorbol ester and calcium ionophore costimulation, in contrast to certain membrane receptor-mediated signals, overcame the T cell-proliferative defect, demonstrating that T cell proliferation occurs by Rel-dependent and -independent mechanisms. The ability of exogenous interleukin-2 to restore T cell, but not B cell, proliferation indicates that Rel regulates the expression of different genes in B and T cells that are crucial for cell division and immune function.