کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2051377 1074198 2007 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Contribution of IL-12R mediated feedback loop to Th1 cell differentiation
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک دانش گیاه شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Contribution of IL-12R mediated feedback loop to Th1 cell differentiation
چکیده انگلیسی

T helper 1 (Th1) cell fate is induced by overlapping signaling pathways, whose kinetic principles and regulatory motifs are largely unknown. We identified a simple positive feedback loop in the STAT4 signaling pathway, whereby activation by IL-12 leads to the increased expression in IL-12 receptor. A computational analysis shows that this feedback loop synergizes with the one mediated by the IFN-γ secreted by differentiating cells, when the induction of Th1 cell fate is weak. Positive feedback loops are often utilized to enhance phenotypic differentiation. This effect was confirmed by experiments showing that stochastic fluctuations in the expression of IL-12 receptor gene were amplified, leading to two discrete levels of expression in a cell population.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: FEBS Letters - Volume 581, Issue 27, 13 November 2007, Pages 5199–5206
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