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ArticleCell reports2017

Strong TCRγδ Signaling Prohibits Thymic Development of IL-17A-Secreting γδ T Cells.

Nital Sumaria, Capucine L Grandjean, Bruno Silva-Santos, Daniel J Pennington

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Article in Cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.

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76 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nital SumariaBlizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK.
Capucine L GrandjeanBlizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK.
Bruno Silva-SantosInstituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1600-276 Lisboa, Portugal.
Daniel J PenningtonBlizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK. Electronic address: d.pennington@qmul.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite a growing appreciation of γδ T cell contributions to numerous immune responses, the mechanisms that underpin their thymic development remain poorly understood. Here, using precursor/product relationships, we identify thymic stages in two distinct developmental pathways that generate γδ T cells pre-committed to subsequent secretion of either IL-17A or IFNγ. Importantly, this framework for tracking γδ T cell development has permitted definitive assessment of TCRγδ signal strength in commitment to γδ T cell effector fate; increased TCRγδ signal strength profoundly prohibited the development of all IL-17A-secreting γδ T cells, regardless of Vγ usage, but promoted the development of γδ progenitors along the IFNγ pathway. This clarifies the recently debated role of TCRγδ signal strength in commitment to distinct γδ T cell effector fates and proposes an alternate methodology for the study of γδ T cell development.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedFemaleInterleukin-17Mice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaThymus GlandT-LymphocytesIl17a protein, mouseInterleukin-17Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaIL-17Amurine γδ T cellsT cell developmentTCRγδ signal strength

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PMID28636936
PMCPMC5489697

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