Wnt function expands to mature T lymphocytes

Having No Mature Band T Lymphocytes

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Mice Lacking Mature T and B Lymphocytes

Wnt signaling in B and T lymphocytes.

Wnt signaling has been shown to be critical for proper embryonic development as well as growth regulation of certain adult tissues. Defects in Wnt pathways have additionally been associated with a number of human cancers. However, it is only recently that a role for Wnts in the immune system has come to be appreciated. Wnts have now been shown to play significant roles in early stage developmen...

Spontaneous and glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis in human mature T lymphocytes.

Glucocorticoid (GC)-induced apoptosis is a well-recognized physiologic regulator of murine T-cell number and function. We have analyzed its mechanisms in human mature T cells, which have been thought to be insensitive until recently. Peripheral blood T cells showed sensitivity to GC-induced apoptosis soon after the proliferative response to a mitogenic stimulation, and were also sensitive to sp...

Autophagy is essential for mitochondrial clearance in mature T lymphocytes.

Macroautophagy plays an important role in the regulation of cell survival, metabolism, and the lysosomal degradation of cytoplasmic material. In the immune system, autophagy contributes to the clearance of intracellular pathogens, MHCII cross-presentation of endogenous Ags, as well as cell survival. We and others have demonstrated that autophagy occurs in T lymphocytes and contributes to the re...