Article
ITK and IL-15 support two distinct subsets of CD8+ T cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Aug 2006
Dubois Sigrid, Waldmann Thomas A, Müller Jürgen R
Abstract excerpt
CD8(+) T cells are commonly divided into naïve CD44(lo)CD122(lo) and "memory phenotype" CD44(hi)CD122(hi) cells. Here we show data suggesting that these two cell populations represent independent CD8(+) T cell subsets. Whereas IL-15(-/-) mice lack CD44(hi)CD122(hi) CD8(+) T cells, mice deficient in the kinase ITK lack CD44(lo)CD122(lo) cells among CD8(+) T cells. The same defects were observed during thymus...
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