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SUBMITTER: Wang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3600908 | biostudies-other | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wang Chuanwu C Thangamani Shankar S Kim Myunghoo M Gu Bon-Hee BH Lee Jee H JH Taparowsky Elizabeth J EJ Kim Chang H CH
The Journal of experimental medicine 20130304 3
CCR9 and α4β7 are the major trafficking receptors for lymphocyte migration to the gut, and their expression is induced during lymphocyte activation under the influence of retinoic acid (RA). We report here that BATF (basic leucine zipper transcription factor, ATF-like), an AP-1 protein family factor, is required for optimal expression of CCR9 and α4β7 by T helper cells. BATF-deficient (knockout [KO]) mice had reduced numbers of effector T and regulatory T cells in the intestine. The intestinal T ...[more]