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SUBMITTER: Chapman NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3865716 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chapman Nicole M NM Connolly Sean F SF Reinl Erin L EL Houtman Jon C D JC
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20131113 12
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a critical regulator of signal transduction in multiple cell types. Although this protein is activated upon TCR engagement, the cellular function that FAK plays in mature human T cells is unknown. By suppressing the function of FAK, we revealed that FAK inhibits TCR-mediated signaling by recruiting C-terminal Src kinase to the membrane and/or receptor complex following TCR activation. Thus, in the absence of FAK, the inhibitory phosphorylation of Lck and/or Fyn is ...[more]