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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gallo EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2581854 | biostudies-other | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gallo Elena M EM Ho Lena L Winslow Monte M MM Staton Tracy L TL Crabtree Gerald R GR
EMBO reports 20080926 11
The calcineurin/NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T-cells) signalling pathway is essential for many aspects of vertebrate development and is the target of the widely used immunosuppressive drugs FK506 and cyclosporine A. The basis for the therapeutic specificity of these drugs has remained unclear, as calcineurin is expressed ubiquitously. By inactivating calcineurin during haematopoietic development, we found that although this signalling pathway has an important, non-redundant role in the regu ...[more]