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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Protein phosphatase 2A has an essential role in promoting thymocyte survival during selection.

Mingzhu Zheng, Dan Li, Zhishan Zhao, Dmytro Shytikov, Qin Xu, Xuexiao Jin, Jingjing Liang, Jun Lou, Songquan Wu, Lie Wang and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mingzhu ZhengInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Dan LiInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Zhishan ZhaoInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Dmytro ShytikovInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Qin XuInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Xuexiao JinInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Jingjing LiangInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Jun LouInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Songquan WuMedical College of Lishui University, Lishui, 323000 Zhejiang, China.
Lie WangInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Hu HuDepartment of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Yiting ZhouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China.
Xiang GaoKey Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study of the Ministry of Education, Model Animal Research Center, Nanjing University, 210061 Nanjing, P. R. China; gaoxiang@nju.edu.cn lu_linrong@zju.edu.cn.
Linrong LuInstitute of Immunology, and Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058 Hangzhou, P. R. China; gaoxiang@nju.edu.cn lu_linrong@zju.edu.cn.
Zhejiang University · CNSir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CNLishui University · CNNanjing University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of thymocytes to mature T cells in the thymus is tightly controlled by cellular selection, in which only a small fraction of thymocytes equipped with proper quality of TCRs progress to maturation. It is pivotal to protect the survival of the few T cells, which pass the selection. However, the signaling events, which safeguard the cell survival in thymus, are not totally understood. In this study, protein Ser/Thr phosphorylation in thymocytes undergoing positive selection is profiled by mass spectrometry. The results revealed large numbers of dephosphorylation changes upon T cell receptor (TCR) activation during positive selection. Subsequent substrate analysis pinpointed protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) as the enzyme responsible for the dephosphorylation changes in developing thymocytes. PP2A catalytic subunit α (

Indexed as

Cell SurvivalAnimalsApoptosisCell ProliferationGenes, p53MiceMice, KnockoutPhosphorylationProtein Phosphatase 2Receptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionThymocytesProtein Phosphatase 2Receptors, Antigen, T-CellapoptosisPP2Athymocyte selection

Identifiers

PMID31152132
PMCPMC6589683
OpenAlexW2947798058

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