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A partial deficiency of interleukin-7R alpha is sufficient to abrogate T-cell development and cause severe combined immunodeficiency.
Blood - 15 Oct 2000
Roifman C M, Zhang J, Chitayat D, Sharfe N
Abstract excerpt
Both in vitro and in vivo studies established that interleukin 7 (IL-7) is essential for differentiation of immature T cells and B cells but not natural killer (NK) cells in the mouse. In humans, although both T-cell and B-cell progenitors express the functional IL-7 receptor that consists of IL-7R alpha and the gamma common (gamma c) chain, this lymphocyte receptor system is critical for T lineage but not for B...
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