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J C Zúñiga-Pflücker1, D Jiang, M J Lenardo.
Abstract
CD25 expression occurs early in thymocyte differentiation. The mechanism of induction of CD25 before T cell receptor rearrangement and the importance of this mechanism for T cell development are unknown. In a thymus reconstitution assay, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), two cytokines produced within the thymic microenvironment, induced CD25 expression on early immature thymocytes. Either TNF-alpha or IL-1 alpha was necessary for further thymocyte maturation and CD4+CD8+ differentiation. In irradiated mice reconstituted with CD117+CD25+ thymocytes, commitment to the T cell lineage was marked by the loss of precursor multipotency.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7541554 DOI: 10.1126/science.7541554
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728