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ArticlePLoS genetics2013

Tracking proliferative history in lymphocyte development with cre-mediated sister chromatid recombination.

Baojun Zhang, Meifang Dai, Qi-Jing Li, Yuan Zhuang

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Inferring average generation via division-linked labeling.Journal of mathematical biology · 2016
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  7. E proteins in lymphocyte development and lymphoid diseases.Current topics in developmental biology · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Baojun ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Meifang Dai
Qi-Jing Li
Yuan Zhuang
Duke Medical Center · US

Funding

HEB MEDIATED PATHWAYS AND FUNCTION IN T CELL DEVELOPMENTR01GM059638 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAN, FRANCIS KAMING · 1999 to 2021
$6.9M
Regulatory mechanisms of miR-19b, a novel mediator of T cell autoimmunityR01AI091878 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, QIJING · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
An episomal marking system for tracking cell proliferationR21AG034457 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHUANG, YUAN · 2009 to 2010
$427k
A New Genetic Tool for Lineage Tracing of Mitotic Cells in MiceR21RR032742 · NCRR · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHUANG, YUAN · 2011 to 2011
$236k
A New Genetic Tool for Lineage Tracing of Mitotic Cells in MiceR21OD011200 · OD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHUANG, YUAN · 2012 to 2012
$196k
NCRR NIH HHS R21 RR032742NCRR NIH HHS R21RR-032742NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091878NIA NIH HHS R21 AG034457NIA NIH HHS R21AG034457NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059638NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM-059638NIH HHS R21 OD011200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tracking and isolating live cells based on their proliferative history in live animals remains a technical challenge in animal studies. We have designed a genetic marking system for tracking the proliferative frequency and history of lymphocytes during their development and homeostatic maintenance. This system is based on activation of a fluorescent marker after Cre-dependent recombination between sister chromatids at a specially designed tandem loxP site, named Tlox. We have demonstrated the utility of the Tlox system in tracking proliferative windows of B and T lymphocyte development. We have further applied the Tlox system in the analysis of the proliferative behavior and homeostatic maintenance of Vγ1.1 positive γδ T cells. Our data show that Vγ1.1 T cells generated in neonatal but not adult life are able to expand in the thymus. The expanded Vγ1.1 T cells are preferentially maintained in the liver but not in lymphoid organs. It has been shown that numbers of Vγ1.1 T cells were dramatically increased in the lymphoid organs of Id3 deficient mice. By combining BrdU and Tlox assays we show that this phenotype is primarily due to enhanced neonatal expansion and subsequent retention of Vγ1.1 T cells. Thus, the Tlox system provides a new genetic tool to track clonal expansion within a defined cell population or tissue type in live animals.

Indexed as

Recombination, GeneticAnimalsCell ProliferationHomeostasisIntegrasesMiceSister Chromatid ExchangeT-Lymphocyte SubsetsCre recombinaseIntegrases

Identifiers

PMID24204301
PMCPMC3814321
OpenAlexW2012516214

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