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Development of regulatory T cells requires IL-7Ralpha stimulation by IL-7 or TSLP.
Blood - 15 Oct 2008
Mazzucchelli Renata, Hixon Julie A, Spolski Rosanne, Chen Xin, Li Wen Qing, Hall Veronica L, Willette-Brown Jami, Hurwitz Arthur A, Leonard Warren J, Durum Scott K
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-7 (IL-7), a cytokine produced by stromal cells, is required for thymic development and peripheral homeostasis of most major subsets of T cells. We examined whether regulatory T (Treg) cells also required the IL-7 pathway by analyzing IL-7Ralpha(-/-) mice. We observed a striking reduct...
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