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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Regulation of T-cell Receptor Gene Expression by Three-Dimensional Locus Conformation and Enhancer Function.

Alonso Rodríguez-Caparrós, Jesús Álvarez-Santiago, María Jesús Del Valle-Pastor, Carlos Suñé, Jennifer López-Ros, Cristina Hernández-Munain

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alonso Rodríguez-CaparrósInstitute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra"-Spanish Scientific Research Council (IPBLN-CSIC), Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud (PTS), 18016 Granada, Spain.
Jesús Álvarez-SantiagoInstitute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra"-Spanish Scientific Research Council (IPBLN-CSIC), Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud (PTS), 18016 Granada, Spain.
María Jesús Del Valle-PastorInstitute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra"-Spanish Scientific Research Council (IPBLN-CSIC), Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud (PTS), 18016 Granada, Spain.
Carlos SuñéInstitute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra"-Spanish Scientific Research Council (IPBLN-CSIC), Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud (PTS), 18016 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7991-0458
Jennifer López-RosInstitute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra"-Spanish Scientific Research Council (IPBLN-CSIC), Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud (PTS), 18016 Granada, Spain.
Cristina Hernández-MunainInstitute of Parasitology and Biomedicine "López-Neyra"-Spanish Scientific Research Council (IPBLN-CSIC), Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud (PTS), 18016 Granada, Spain.
Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López - Neyra" · ES

Funding

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2019AEP202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adaptive immune response in vertebrates depends on the expression of antigen-specific receptors in lymphocytes. T-cell receptor (TCR) gene expression is exquisitely regulated during thymocyte development to drive the generation of αβ and γδ T lymphocytes. The TCRα, TCRβ, TCRγ, and TCRδ genes exist in two different configurations, unrearranged and rearranged. A correctly rearranged configuration is required for expression of a functional TCR chain. TCRs can take the form of one of three possible heterodimers, pre-TCR, TCRαβ, or TCRγδ which drive thymocyte maturation into αβ or γδ T lymphocytes. To pass from an unrearranged to a rearranged configuration, global and local three dimensional (3D) chromatin changes must occur during thymocyte development to regulate gene segment accessibility for V(D)J recombination. During this process, enhancers play a critical role by modifying the chromatin conformation and triggering noncoding germline transcription that promotes the recruitment of the recombination machinery. The different signaling that thymocytes receive during their development controls enhancer activity. Here, we summarize the dynamics of long-distance interactions established through chromatin regulatory elements that drive transcription and V(D)J recombination and how different signaling pathways are orchestrated to regulate the activity of enhancers to precisely control TCR gene expression during T-cell maturation.

Indexed as

AnimalsChromatinEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression RegulationGenes, T-Cell ReceptorHumansSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesTranscription, GeneticV(D)J RecombinationChromatinchromatinenhancerT-cell developmentT-cell receptortranscriptionV(D)J recombination

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PMID33187197
PMCPMC7696796
OpenAlexW3103069739

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