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SUBMITTER: Yang K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3158818 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Kai K Neale Geoffrey G Green Douglas R DR He Weifeng W Chi Hongbo H
Nature immunology 20110717 9
The mechanisms that regulate T cell quiescence are poorly understood. We report that the tumor suppressor Tsc1 established a quiescence program in naive T cells by controlling cell size, cell cycle entry and responses to stimulation of the T cell antigen receptor. Abrogation of quiescence predisposed Tsc1-deficient T cells to apoptosis that resulted in loss of conventional T cells and invariant natural killer T cells. Loss of Tsc1 function dampened in vivo immune responses to bacterial infection ...[more]