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SUBMITTER: Guimond M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2713006 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guimond Martin M Veenstra Rachelle G RG Grindler David J DJ Zhang Hua H Cui Yongzhi Y Murphy Ryan D RD Kim Su Young SY Na Risu R Hennighausen Lothar L Kurtulus Sema S Erman Batu B Matzinger Polly P Merchant Melinda S MS Mackall Crystal L CL
Nature immunology 20090111 2
Interleukin 7 (IL-7) and T cell antigen receptor signals have been proposed to be the main drivers of homeostatic T cell proliferation. However, it is not known why CD4(+) T cells undergo less-efficient homeostatic proliferation than CD8(+) T cells do. Here we show that systemic IL-7 concentrations increased during lymphopenia because of diminished use of IL-7 but that IL-7 signaling on IL-7 receptor-alpha-positive (IL-7Ralpha(+)) dendritic cells (DCs) in lymphopenic settings paradoxically dimin ...[more]