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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine1999

A role for the Tec family tyrosine kinase Txk in T cell activation and thymocyte selection.

C L Sommers, R L Rabin, A Grinberg, H C Tsay, J Farber, P E Love

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. T-cell signaling regulated by the Tec family kinase, Itk.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2010
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  13. Effector CD8+ T cells recovered from an influenza pneumonia differentiate to a state of focused gene expression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2005
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  20. Function of CD3 epsilon-mediated signals in T cell development.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2000
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

C L SommersLaboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. connies@helix.nih.gov
R L Rabin
A Grinberg
H C Tsay
J Farber
P E Love
Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network · CMNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

Genes and signals controlling mammalian hematopoiesis.ZIAHD001803 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI LOVE, PAUL E · 2009 to 2025
$36.9M
Signals Regulating T Cell DevelopmentZ01HD001803 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI LOVE, PAUL E · 1994 to 2008
$2.2M
NOVEL CYTOKINES FROM ACTIVATED MACROPHAGESZ01AI000680 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI FARBER, JOSHUA M · 1993 to 2005
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent data indicate that several members of the Tec family of protein tyrosine kinases function in antigen receptor signal transduction. Txk, a Tec family protein tyrosine kinase, is expressed in both immature and mature T cells and in mast cells. By overexpressing Txk in T cells throughout development, we found that Txk specifically augments the phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma1-mediated calcium signal transduction pathway upon T cell antigen receptor (TCR) engagement. Although Txk is structurally different from inducible T cell kinase (Itk), another Tec family member expressed in T cells, expression of the Txk transgene could partially rescue defects in positive selection and signaling in itk(-)(/)(-) mice. Conversely, in the itk(+/+) (wild-type) background, overexpression of Txk inhibited positive selection of TCR transgenic thymocytes, presumably due to induction of cell death. These results identify a role for Txk in TCR signal transduction, T cell development, and selection and suggest that the Tec family kinases Itk and Txk perform analogous functions.

Indexed as

Lymphocyte ActivationAnimalsCalcium SignalingCells, CulturedLeukocyte Common AntigensMiceMice, TransgenicProtein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaT-LymphocytesLeukocyte Common AntigensProtein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaTec protein-tyrosine kinase

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PMID10562318
PMCPMC3207325
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