| Literature DB >> 1321339 |
Y Paquette1, L Doyon, A Laperrière, Z Hanna, J Ball, R P Sekaly, P Jolicoeur.
Abstract
The long terminal repeat from a thymotropic mouse mammary tumor virus variant, DMBA-LV, was used to drive the expression of two reporter genes, murine c-myc and human CD4, in transgenic mice. Expression was observed specifically in thymic immature cells. Expression of c-myc in these cells induced oligoclonal CD4+ CD8+ T-cell thymomas. Expression of human CD4 was restricted to thymic progenitor CD4- CD8- and CD4+ CD8+ T cells and was shut off in mature CD4+ CD8- and CD4- CD8+ T cells, known to be derived from the progenitor double-positive T cells. These results suggest the existence of similar and common factors in CD4+ CD8- and CD4- CD8+ T cells and support a model of differentiation of CD4+ CD8+ T cells through common signal(s) involved in turning off the expression of the CD4 or CD8 gene.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1321339 PMCID: PMC364609 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.8.3522-3530.1992
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biol ISSN: 0270-7306 Impact factor: 4.272