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B7-1 or B7-2 is required to produce the lymphoproliferative phenotype in mice lacking cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4).
The Journal of experimental medicine - 18 Jan 1999
Mandelbrot D A, McAdam A J, Sharpe A H
Abstract excerpt
The costimulatory molecules B7-1 and B7-2 regulate T lymphocyte activation by delivering activating signals through CD28 and inhibitory signals through cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4). The importance of CTLA-4-mediated inhibition was demonstrated by the uncontrolled T cell activation and lymphoproliferative disease that develops in CTLA-4-deficient (-/-) mice. To examine the role of B7...
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