| Literature DB >> 14764698 |
Divya K Shah1, Ariadne L Hager-Theodorides, Susan V Outram, Susan E Ross, Alberto Varas, Tessa Crompton.
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The Hedgehog family of secreted intercellular signaling molecules are regulators of patterning and organogenesis during animal development. In this study we provide genetic evidence that Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) has a role in the control of murine T cell development. Analysis of Shh(-/-) mouse embryos revealed that Shh regulates fetal thymus cellularity and thymocyte differentiation. Shh is necessary for expansion of CD4(-)CD8(-) double-negative (DN) thymocytes and for efficient transition from the earliest CD44(+)CD25(-) DN population to the subsequent CD44(+)CD25(+) DN population and from DN to CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive cells.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14764698 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.4.2296
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunol ISSN: 0022-1767 Impact factor: 5.422