| Literature DB >> 9486103 |
E Z Tchilian1, J J Owen, E J Jenkinson.
Abstract
We have shown that an antibody (9C10) to the alpha 4 integrin induces apoptosis in murine immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes and in activated (but not resting) mature lymph node T cells. In both cases, apoptosis is blocked by the highly selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Ro31.8425, suggesting that 9C10 induces signalling through the alpha 4 integrin resulting in PKC activation leading to apoptosis. Overall, our results indicate the potential role of the alpha 4 integrin-mediated interactions in apoptosis induction during T-cell development and following mature T-cell activation.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9486103 PMCID: PMC1363791 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00351.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunology ISSN: 0019-2805 Impact factor: 7.397