| Literature DB >> 12514733 |
David Allman1, Arivazhagan Sambandam, Sungjune Kim, Juli P Miller, Antonio Pagan, David Well, Anita Meraz, Avinash Bhandoola.
Abstract
Early T lineage progenitors (ETPs) in the thymus are thought to develop from common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs) in the bone marrow (BM). We compared thymic ETPs to BM CLPs in mice and found that they differed in several respects. Thymic ETPs were not interleukin 7 (IL-7)-responsive and generated B lineage progeny with delayed kinetics, whereas BM CLPs were IL-7-responsive and rapidly generated B cells. ETPs sustained production of T lineage progeny for longer periods of time than BM CLPs. Analysis of Ikaros-deficient mice that exhibit ongoing thymopoiesis without B lymphopoeisis revealed near-normal frequencies of thymic ETPs, yet undetectable numbers of BM CLPs. We conclude that ETPs can develop via a CLP-independent pathway.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12514733 DOI: 10.1038/ni878
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Immunol ISSN: 1529-2908 Impact factor: 25.606