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T cell receptor ligation induces the formation of dynamically regulated signaling assemblies.

Tcell antigen receptor (TCR) ligation initiates tyrosine kinase activation, signaling complex assembly, and immune synapse formation. Here, we studied the kinetics and mechanics of signaling complex formation in live Jurkat leukemic T cells using...

Authors: Bunnell SC, Hong DI, Kardon JR, Yamazaki T, McGlade CJ, Barr VA and Samelson LE

Efficient transfection method for primary cells

Transfection of primary cells and stem cells is a problem in the laboratory routine and further in tissue engineering and gene therapy. Most methods working effectively for cell lines in culture fail to transfect primary cells. Here we describe the...

Authors: Hamm A, Krott N, Breibach I, Blindt R and Bosserhoff AK

Weibel-Palade bodies recruit Rab27 by a content-driven, maturation-dependent mechanism that is independent of cell type

The identification of organelles is crucial for efficient cellular function, yet the basic underlying mechanisms by which this might occur have not been established. One group of proteins likely to be central to organelle identity is the Rab family...

Authors: Hannah MJ, Hume AN, Arribas M, Williams R, Hewlett LJ, Seabra MC and Cutler DF

Imaging antigen-induced PI3K activation in T cells

Imaging antigen-induced PI3K activation in T cells. Harriague J, Bismuth G. Departement de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR 7627, Universite Rene Descartes, 22 rue Mechain, 75014 Paris, France. Activation of...

Authors: Harriague J and Bismuth G

Combined spatial and enzymatic regulation of Csk by cAMP and protein kinase A inhibits T cell receptor signaling

Raft-associated Csk controls signaling through the T cell receptor (TCR) and was mainly anchored to Cbp/PAG (phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched membrane domains). Treatment of cells with the cAMP-elevating agent prostaglandin...

Authors: Vang T, Abrahamsen H, Myklebust S, Horejesi V and Taskén K

Regulation of Bcl-2 expression by C/EBP in t(14;18) lymphoma cells

In follicular lymphomas with the t(14;18) translocation, there is increased expression of the bcl-2 gene, which is dependent upon regulatory elements within the bcl-2 5' flanking region and the immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene enhancers. We found that...

Authors: Heckman CA, Wheeler MA and Boxer LM

A central role for the Jun-N-terminal kinase pathway in mediating the antagonistic activity of pro-inflammatory cytokines against transforming growth factor-beta-driven Smad3/4 specific gene expression

We have focused our attention on the molecular events underlying the antagonistic activities of pro-inflammatory cytokines against transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)/SMAD signaling. Using jnk1/2-knockout (jnk(-/-)) and I kappa B...

Authors: Verrecchia F, Tacheau C, Wagner EF and Mauviel A

Disruption of basal JNK activity differentially affects key fibroblast function important for wound healing

We used both a gene knockout approach and pharmacologic modulation to study the implication of the JNK pathway in regulating fibroblast motility, capacity to contract mechanically unloaded collagen gels, and type I collagen gene expression in vitro....

Authors: Javelaud D, Laboureau J, Gabison E, Verrecchia F and Mauviel A

Distinct involvement of the Jun-N-terminal kinase and NF-kappaB pathways in the expression of the human COL1A2 gene by TNF-alpha

We used a gene knockout approach to elucidate the specific roles played by the Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) and NF-kappaB pathways downstream of TNF-alpha in the context of alpha(2) type I collagen gene (COL1A2) expression. In JNK1-/--JNK2-/- (JNK-/-)...

Authors: Verrecchia F, Wagner EF and Mauviel A

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin-3 induce cell cycle progression through the synthesis of c-Myc protein by internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in human factor-dependent leukemic cells

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin-3 induce cell cycle progression through the synthesis of c-Myc protein by internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in human...

Authors: Kobayashi N, Saeki K and Yuo A

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