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SUBMITTER: Casanova V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3519778 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Casanova Víctor V Naval-Macabuhay Isaac I Massanella Marta M Rodríguez-García Marta M Blanco Julià J Gatell José M JM García Felipe F Gallart Teresa T Lluis Carme C Mallol Josefa J Franco Rafael R Climent Núria N McCormick Peter J PJ
PloS one 20121211 12
ADA is an enzyme implicated in purine metabolism, and is critical to ensure normal immune function. Its congenital deficit leads to severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). ADA binding to adenosine receptors on dendritic cell surface enables T-cell costimulation through CD26 crosslinking, which enhances T-cell activation and proliferation. Despite a large body of work on the actions of the ecto-enzyme ADA on T-cell activation, questions arise on whether ADA can also modulate dendritic cell matur ...[more]