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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: CBDM Lab
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-33878 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Giraud Matthieu M Yoshida Hideyuki H Abramson Jakub J Rahl Peter B PB Young Richard A RA Mathis Diane D Benoist Christophe C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20111227 2
Aire is a transcriptional regulator that induces expression of peripheral tissue antigens (PTA) in thymic medullary epithelial cells (MECs), driving immunological self-tolerance in differentiating T cells. To elucidate its mechanistic pathways, we examined its transcriptional impact in MECs in vivo by microarray analysis with mRNA-spanning probes. This analysis revealed initiation of Aire-activated genes to be comparable in Aire-deficient and wild-type MECs, but with a block to elongation after ...[more]