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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2011

Interaction of Ras with p110γ is required for thymic β-selection in the mouse.

Michelle L Janas, Martin Turner

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michelle L JanasLaboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, United Kingdom.
Martin Turner
Babraham Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F02066X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/B/02010Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/B/0000C206Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/B/0000L230Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/B/0000M206Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymocytes are tested for productive rearrangement of the tcrb locus by expression of a pre-TCR in a process termed β-selection, which requires both Notch1 and CXCR4 signaling. It has been shown that activation of the GTPase Ras allows thymocytes to proliferate and differentiate in the absence of a Pre-TCR; the direct targets of Ras at this checkpoint have not been identified, however. Mice with a mutant allele of p110γ unable to bind active Ras revealed that CXCR4-mediated PI3K activation is Ras dependent. The Ras-p110γ interaction was necessary for efficient β-selection-promoted proliferation but was dispensable for the survival or differentiation of thymocytes. Uncoupling Ras from p110γ provides unambiguous identification of a Ras interaction required for thymic β-selection.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCD4 AntigensCD8 AntigensCell CycleCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCell SurvivalClass Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinaseGene Knock-In TechniquesImmunophenotypingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Knockoutras ProteinsCD4 AntigensCD8 AntigensClass Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePik3cg protein, mouseras ProteinsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta

Identifiers

PMID21930962
PMCPMC3198841
OpenAlexW1947443316

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