Crucial Role of Jak3 in Negative Selection of Self-reactive T Cells

Jak3 mediates growth signals through cytokine receptors such as interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, and IL-7, and its deficiency results in autosomal recessive SCID in mice and humans. In spite of the severely reduced number of lymphocytes in Jak3-deficient mice, the differentiation profile of thymocytes wa...

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Main Authors: Saijo, Kaoru, Park, Seung Yong, Ishida, Yasuo, Arase, Hisashi, Saito, Takashi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1997
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2196119/