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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Piotr Kraj
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-28130 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kuczma Michal M Lee Jeffrey R JR Kraj Piotr P
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20110603 1
Despite their importance for the functioning of the immune system, thymic development and peripheral maintenance of Foxp3(+) regulatory T (T(R)) cells are poorly understood. We have found that connexin 43 (Cx43), expressed by thymic T(R) cells progenitors, supports T(R) development. Mice with deletion of the Cx43 gene induced in T cells produce only few T(R) cells and had increased proportion of activated T cells in the lymph nodes, suggesting impaired peripheral tolerance. Reduction of the T(R) ...[more]