Abstract
Notch drives critical decisions in a multitude of developmental decisions in many invertebrate and vertebrate organisms including flies, worms, fish, mice and humans. Therefore, it is not surprising that Notch family members also play a key role in cell fate choices in the vertebrate immune system. This review highlights the critical function of Notch in the development of mature T lymphocytes from hematopoietic precursors and describes the role of Notch in mature T cell activation, proliferation and differentiation.
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Abbreviations
- CTL:
-
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
- Dll:
-
Delta-like
- GSI, γ:
-
Secretase inhibitor
- IFNχ:
-
Interferon gamma
- IL17:
-
Interleukin 17
- IL2:
-
Interleukin 2
- IL4:
-
Interleukin 4
- Jag:
-
Jagged
- NICD:
-
Notch intracellular domain
- RBPJ:
-
Recombination signal binding protein for immunoglobulin kappa J region
- Tregs:
-
T regulatory cells
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The authors thank the members of the Osborne and Minter labs for lively discussions and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (RG 5151A1/2) and the NIH (CA166009) for support.
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Vijayaraghavan, J., Osborne, B.A. (2018). Notch and T Cell Function – A Complex Tale. In: Borggrefe, T., Giaimo, B. (eds) Molecular Mechanisms of Notch Signaling. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1066. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89512-3_17
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