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ArticleInternational immunology2025

SLAMF6 regulates basal T cell receptor signaling and influences invariant natural killer T cell lineage diversity.

Yukihiro Endo, Ichita Hasegawa, Akemi Igi, Atsushi Onodera, Satomi Mita, Koichi Higashi, Ken Kurokawa, Atsushi Toyoda, Masahiro Kiuchi, Miho Shinzawa and 6 more

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Article in International immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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16 authors.

Yukihiro EndoDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.
Ichita HasegawaDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.
Akemi IgiDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.
Atsushi OnoderaInstitute for Advanced Academic Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522Japan.
Satomi MitaDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.
Koichi HigashiDepartment of Informatics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-0801Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8970-2652
Ken KurokawaDepartment of Informatics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-0801Japan.
Atsushi ToyodaDepartment of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-0801Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0728-7548
Masahiro KiuchiDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
Miho ShinzawaExperimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892USA.
Yangsong WangDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.
Ryo Koyama-NasuDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.
Kiyoshi HiraharaDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
Shinichiro MotohashiDepartment of Medical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.
Toshinori NakayamaDepartment of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
Motoko Y KimuraDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670Japan.

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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells differentiate into at least three distinct subsets within the thymus, with each subset's frequency varying considerably among mouse strains; however, the molecular mechanisms involved remain unclear. We herein report that iNKT cell lineage diversity results from the significant expansion of iNKT2 cells with limited T cell receptor (TCR) diversity in BALB/c mice and the selection of iNKT1 cells with significantly diverse TCRs in B6 mice. Furthermore, signaling lymphocytic-activation molecule family 6 (SLAMF6) expression on immature thymocytes significantly differs among mouse strains, with the low expression of SLAMF6 on BALB/c immature thymocytes resulting in high "basal TCR signaling" in preselected DP thymocytes, associated with iNKT cell expansion. Our data suggest that the expression level of SLAMF6 on immature thymocytes affects basal TCR signaling in preselected DP thymocytes, which may influence thymocyte development in a T-cell subset.

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Natural Killer T-CellsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule FamilySignal TransductionAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLThymocytesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule FamilySlamf6 protein, mouseiNKTlineage diversitymouse strainSLAMSNP

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PMID40405353
PMCPMC12809102

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