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Medical Immunology

Thomas Jefferson University

2010

Animals

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Ms4a4b, A Cd20 Homologue In T Cells, Inhibits T Cell Propagation By Modulation Of Cell Cycle., Hui Xu, Yaping Yan, Mark S Williams, Gregory B Carey, Jingxian Yang, Hongmei Li, Guang-Xian Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami Nov 2010

Ms4a4b, A Cd20 Homologue In T Cells, Inhibits T Cell Propagation By Modulation Of Cell Cycle., Hui Xu, Yaping Yan, Mark S Williams, Gregory B Carey, Jingxian Yang, Hongmei Li, Guang-Xian Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

MS4a4B, a CD20 homologue in T cells, is a novel member of the MS4A gene family in mice. The MS4A family includes CD20, FcεRIβ, HTm4 and at least 26 novel members that are characterized by their structural features: with four membrane-spanning domains, two extracellular domains and two cytoplasmic regions. CD20, FcεRIβ and HTm4 have been found to function in B cells, mast cells and hematopoietic cells respectively. However, little is known about the function of MS4a4B in T cell regulation. We demonstrate here that MS4a4B negatively regulates mouse T cell proliferation. MS4a4B is highly expressed in primary T cells, natural …


Rabies Virus Infection Induces Type I Interferon Production In An Ips-1 Dependent Manner While Dendritic Cell Activation Relies On Ifnar Signaling., Elizabeth J Faul, Celestine N Wanjalla, Mehul S Suthar, Michael Gale, Christoph Wirblich, Matthias J Schnell Jul 2010

Rabies Virus Infection Induces Type I Interferon Production In An Ips-1 Dependent Manner While Dendritic Cell Activation Relies On Ifnar Signaling., Elizabeth J Faul, Celestine N Wanjalla, Mehul S Suthar, Michael Gale, Christoph Wirblich, Matthias J Schnell

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

As with many viruses, rabies virus (RABV) infection induces type I interferon (IFN) production within the infected host cells. However, RABV has evolved mechanisms by which to inhibit IFN production in order to sustain infection. Here we show that RABV infection of dendritic cells (DC) induces potent type I IFN production and DC activation. Although DCs are infected by RABV, the viral replication is highly suppressed in DCs, rendering the infection non-productive. We exploited this finding in bone marrow derived DCs (BMDC) in order to differentiate which pattern recognition receptor(s) (PRR) is responsible for inducing type I IFN following infection …