کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3352375 | 1216477 | 2008 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
SummaryHypoxia-inducible factor–1α (HIF-1α) is critical not only in the regulation of oxygen homeostasis but also in the regulation of innate and adaptive immune systems. We previously reported that T-cell receptor–mediated activation of T cells in mice leads to the expression of an alternative isoform of HIF-1α that inhibits activated T cells in a delayed negative feed-back manner. In this paper, we describe a novel mRNA isoform of human HIF-1α that is upregulated in peripheral T lymphocytes after T-cell receptor stimulation. This activation- inducible isoform is expressed using the alternative first exon I.3, and it encodes a protein that is 24 amino acids longer than the ubiquitous HIF-1α isoform. This mRNA isoform I.3 of HIF-1α is expressed in a tissue-specific manner with the highest expression found in peripheral blood leukocytes and the thymus.
Journal: Human Immunology - Volume 69, Issue 7, July 2008, Pages 421–425