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Scurfin (FOXP3) acts as a repressor of transcription and regulates T cell activation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Oct 2001
Schubert L A, Jeffery E, Zhang Y, Ramsdell F, Ziegler S F
Abstract excerpt
We have recently identified and cloned Foxp3, the gene defective in mice with the scurfy mutation. The immune dysregulation documented in these mice and in humans with mutations in the orthologous gene indicates that the foxp3 gene product, scurfin, is involved in the regulation of T cell activation and differentiation. The autoimmune state observed in these patients with the immune dysregulation...
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