Multiple roles for Blimp-1 in B and T lymphocytes.
Multiple roles for Blimp-1 in B and T lymphocytes.
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10.1007/0-387-46530-8_2
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2007
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D. Savitsky;L. Cimmino;Tracy C. Kuo;G. Martins;K. Calame
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D. Savitsky;L. Cimmino;Tracy C. Kuo;G. Martins;K. Calame
The transcriptional repressor B lymphocyte induced maturation protein-1 (Blimp-1) has been studied in our laboratory for several years. Although it was first characterized as a regulator of terminally differentiated plasma cells, it is becoming increasingly clear that Blimp-1 plays important regulatory roles in the differentiated function of several cell lineages in adult mice, in addition to critical roles during embryonic development. Here we briefly review our earlier work on Blimp-1 in the B lymphocyte lineage and describe more recent studies on B cells. We also describe our studies that demonstrate a role for Blimp-1 in the T lymphocyte lineage.