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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Timothy Bender
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-19528 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20100208 6
Mechanisms that regulate the lifespan of CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive (DP) thymocytes help shape the peripheral T cell repertoire. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling DP thymocyte survival remain poorly understood. The Myb proto-oncogene encodes a transcription factor required during multiple stages of T cell development. We demonstrate that Myb mRNA expression is upregulated as thymocytes differentiate from the double-negative into the metabolically quiescent, small, preselection DP s ...[more]