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SUBMITTER: Ise W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3235641 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ise Wataru W Kohyama Masako M Nutsch Katherine M KM Lee Hyang Mi HM Suri Anish A Unanue Emil R ER Murphy Theresa L TL Murphy Kenneth M KM
Nature immunology 20091227 2
The inhibitory immunoregulatory receptor CTLA-4 is critical in maintaining self-tolerance, but the mechanisms of its actions have remained controversial. Here we examined the antigen specificity of tissue-infiltrating CD4(+) T cells in Ctla4(-/-) mice. After adoptive transfer, T cells isolated from tissues of Ctla4(-/-) mice showed T cell antigen receptor (TCR)-dependent accumulation in the tissues from which they were derived, which suggested reactivity to tissue-specific antigens. We identifie ...[more]