Role for c-myc in activation-induced apoptotic cell death in T cell hybridomas - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1992 Jul 10;257(5067):212-4.

doi: 10.1126/science.1378649.

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Role for c-myc in activation-induced apoptotic cell death in T cell hybridomas

Y Shi et al. Science. 1992.

Abstract

Immature T cells and some T cell hybridomas undergo apoptotic cell death when activated through the T cell receptor complex, a phenomenon that is probably related to antigen induced negative selection of developing T cells. This activation-induced apoptosis depends on active protein and RNA synthesis in the dying cells, although none of the genes required for this process have previously been identified. Antisense oligonucleotides corresponding to c-myc block the constitutive expression of c-Myc protein in T cell hybridomas and interfere with all aspects of activation-induced apoptosis without affecting lymphokine production in these cells. These data indicate that c-myc expression is a necessary component of activation-induced apoptosis.

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