Lymphocytes development

NF-kB is also crucial for the proper functioning of the adaptive immune system not only by acting on the immune cells themselves but also by participating in the development and organization of the secondary lymphoid organs (lymph nodes, spleen, and Peyer s patches), in which both B and T lymphocytes undergo maturation and activation. NF-kB proteins have an important role in lymphocyte development and... 

Syk and ZAP-70 are early intermediates in the transduction of signals from immune receptors, including the B- and T-cell recqrtors for antigen, activatory natural killer-cell receptors, the mast cell and basophil receptor for IgE, and the widely distributed receptors for the Fc portion of IgG. Immune receptors control checkpoints in lymphocyte development and serve to integrate the responses of innate and acquired immunity. 

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Key Words Chemokines lymphocyte development T-cell differentiation cell trafficking memory thymus bone marrow. 

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Programmed cell death plays an important role during lymphocyte development, by eliminating autoreactive cells, as well as in the effector phase of the immune response, when antigen induced cell death halt cell activation. Several groups have been studied the function of PTEN in the immune response. PTEN heterozygous (PTEN+/-) mutants develop a lethal polyclonal autoimmune disorder with features reminiscent of those observed in Fas-deficient mutants. Fas-mediated apoptosis was impaired in Pten+/-mice, and T lymphocytes from these mice show reduced activation-induced cell death and increased proliferation upon activation. PI3-K inhibitors restored Fas responsiveness in PTEN+/- cells. These results indicate that PTEN is an essential mediator of the Fas response and a repressor of autoimmunity, thus implicate the P13-Kinase/Akt pathway in Fas-mediated apoptosis (DiCristofano et al, 1999)... 

Ivascu C, Wasserkort R, Lesche R, et al DNA methylation profiling of transcription factor genes in normal lymphocyte development and lymphomas. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007 39 1523-1538. 

As to the functional role of sFas variants, there have been several reports based on apoptosis inhibition tests (Cl, Jl, L6, PI). According to these smdies, all sFas variants observed in normal donors are able to block the apoptosis induced by either an agonistic antibody or the natural Fas ligand in Fas-positive cells. Injection of sFas into mice significantly alters lymphocyte development (C3). Although the functional machinery remains controversial, Papoff et al. (PI) have proposed an attractive hypothetical model of structure/function relationships for the Fas molecule, as shown in Fig. 5. This model appears to be supported by the fact that all sFas variants have N-terminal ends containing the activation domain of 49 amino acids, which is required for proximal Fas ligand-mediated events. 

Lymphoid Referring to lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Also refers to tissue in which lymphocytes develop. [NIH]... 

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Cell death is equally important for the immune system.5 >58 xhg immune system produces killer T-cells, which eliminate infected ceUs and cancer cells (Chapter 14). Killer T-cells esqjress CD95L on the ceU surface. The CD95 ligand on T ceUs binds to the CD95 receptor on infected ceUs and cancer ceUs and calls up their CD programme. The next step in the elimination of infected cells and tumour ceUs (but also of normal ceUs in the course of lymphocyte development) is the recruitment of phagocsrtes, which are tethered by a... 

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