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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

Targeted Sos1 deletion reveals its critical role in early T-cell development.

Robert L Kortum, Connie L Sommers, Clayton P Alexander, John M Pinski, Wenmei Li, Alex Grinberg, Jan Lee, Paul E Love, Lawrence E Samelson

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert L KortumNational Cancer Institute, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Connie L Sommers
Clayton P Alexander
John M Pinski
Wenmei Li
Alex Grinberg
Jan Lee
Paul E Love
Lawrence E Samelson
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USNational Institutes of Health · 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
Biochemical Basis of T Cell ActivationZIABC010304 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SAMELSON, LAWRENCE · 2009 to 2025
$36.3M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of the small G protein Ras is required for thymocyte differentiation. In thymocytes, Ras is activated by the Ras guanine exchange factors (RasGEFs) Sos1, Sos2, and RasGRP1. We report the development of a floxed allele of sos1 to assess the role of Sos1 during thymocyte development. Sos1 was required for pre-T-cell receptor (pre-TCR)- but not TCR-stimulated developmental signals. Sos1 deletion led to a partial block at the DN-to-DP transition. Sos1-deficient thymocytes showed reduced pre-TCR-stimulated proliferation, differentiation, and ERK phosphorylation. In contrast, TCR-stimulated positive selection, and negative selection under strong stimulatory conditions, remained intact in Sos1-deficient mice. Comparison of RasGEF expression at different developmental stages showed that relative to Sos2 and RasGRP1, Sos1 is most abundant in DN thymocytes, but least abundant in DP thymocytes. These data reveal that Sos1 is uniquely positioned to affect signal transduction early in thymocyte development.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationFemaleGene TargetingGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutModels, ImmunologicalReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionSon of Sevenless ProteinsSOS1 ProteinT-LymphocytesGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsRasgrp1 protein, mouseReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSon of Sevenless ProteinsSOS1 ProteinSos2 protein, mouse

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PMID21746917
PMCPMC3145744
OpenAlexW1995872633

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