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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: David Tarlinton
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-43215 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Peperzak Victor V Vikström Ingela I Walker Jennifer J Glaser Stefan P SP LePage Melanie M Coquery Christine M CM Erickson Loren D LD Fairfax Kirsten K Mackay Fabienne F Strasser Andreas A Nutt Stephen L SL Tarlinton David M DM
Nature immunology 20130203 3
The long-term survival of plasma cells is entirely dependent on signals derived from their environment. These extrinsic factors presumably induce and sustain the expression of antiapoptotic proteins of the Bcl-2 family. It is uncertain whether there is specificity among Bcl-2 family members in the survival of plasma cells and whether their expression is linked to specific extrinsic factors. We found here that deletion of the gene encoding the antiapoptotic protein Mcl-1 in plasma cells resulted ...[more]