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ArticlePloS one2010

Functional glycosylation of dystroglycan is crucial for thymocyte development in the mouse.

Li-Ying Liou, Kevin B Walsh, Arineh R Vartanian, Daniel Beltran-Valero de Bernabe, Megan Welch, Kevin P Campbell, Michael B A Oldstone, Stefan Kunz

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Li-Ying LiouViral-Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Kevin B Walsh
Arineh R Vartanian
Daniel Beltran-Valero de Bernabe
Megan Welch
Kevin P Campbell
Michael B A Oldstone
Stefan Kunz
Scripps Research Institute · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USScripps Institution of Oceanography · US

Funding

Therapeutic Potential of ESC-Derived Myogenic PrecursorsU54NS053672 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI CAMPBELL, KEVIN P. · 2005 to 2019
$22.0M
Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center: Project 2P50NS053672 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI KEVIN P. CAMPBELL · 2020 to 2026
$11.9M
Novel Chemical and Immunological Approaches to Influenza TherapyU01AI074564 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI OLDSTONE, MICHAEL B · 2007 to 2011
$8.1M
PATHOGENESIS OF PERSISTENT VIRAL INFECTIONR01AI009484 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI OLDSTONE, MICHAEL B · 1985 to 2016
$7.2M
ARENAVIRUS RECEPTOR--STRUCTURE/FUNCTION STUDIESR01AI045927 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI OLDSTONE, MICHAEL B · 2000 to 2010
$3.6M
Therapeutics to Prevent/Treat Lassa Fever VirusR01AI055540 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI OLDSTONE, MICHAEL B · 2004 to 2010
$3.1M
Virology of the Central Nervous SystemT32NS041219 · NINDS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ELDER, JOHN H · 2001 to 2010
$2.4M
Therapeutics to Prevent/Treat Lassa Fever VirusR21AI055540 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI OLDSTONE, MICHAEL B · 2003 to 2003
$469k
PATHOGENESIS OF PERSISTENT VIRAL INFECTIONR37AI009484 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI OLDSTONE, MICHAEL B · 1988 to 1997
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Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS AI009484NIAID NIH HHS AI045927NIAID NIH HHS AI055540NIAID NIH HHS AI074564NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI009484NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI045927NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055540NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI055540NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI074564NINDS NIH HHS NS041219NINDS NIH HHS NS053672NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS053672NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS041219NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS053672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlpha-dystroglycan (alpha-DG) is a cell surface receptor providing a molecular link between the extracellular matrix (ECM) and the actin-based cytoskeleton. During its biosynthesis, alpha-DG undergoes specific and unusual O-glycosylation crucial for its function as a high-affinity cellular receptor for ECM proteins. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsWe report that expression of functionally glycosylated alpha-DG during thymic development is tightly regulated in developing T cells and largely confined to CD4(-)CD8(-) double negative (DN) thymocytes. Ablation of DG in T cells had no effect on proliferation, migration or effector function but did reduce the size of the thymus due to a significant loss in absolute numbers of thymocytes. While numbers of DN thymocytes appeared normal, a marked reduction in CD4(+)CD8(+) double positive (DP) thymocytes occurred. In the periphery mature naïve T cells deficient in DG showed both normal proliferation in response to allogeneic cells and normal migration, effector and memory T cell function when tested in acute infection of mice with either lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) or influenza virus. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our study demonstrates that DG function is modulated by glycosylation during T cell development in vivo and that DG is essential for normal development and differentiation of T cells.

Indexed as

GlycosylationActinsAnimalsCell CycleCell MembraneCytoskeletonDystroglycansExtracellular MatrixFlow CytometryHumansLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMiceOrthomyxoviridaeThymus GlandT-LymphocytesActinsDystroglycans

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PMID20369005
PMCPMC2848029
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