ALTERNATE IMMUNE-SYSTEM TARGETS FOR TCDD - LYMPHOCYTE STEM-CELLS AND EXTRATHYMIC T-CELL DEVELOPMENT

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SILVERSTONE, AE [1 ]
FRAZIER, DE [1 ]
GASIEWICZ, TA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,SCH MED,CTR ENVIRONM HLTH SCI,DEPT ENVIRONM MED,ROCHESTER,NY
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APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BCL-2; ONCOGENE; ESTRADIOL; DEXAMETHASONE; 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; EXTRATHYMIC T CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE STEM CELLS; THYMIC ATROPHY;
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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We here summarize evidence that thymic atrophy induced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) can be mediated, at least in part, by damage to extrathymic T-cell precursors in bone marrow and fetal liver. This atrophy induction does not involve apoptotic mechanisms in thymocytes affected by the bcl-2 proto-oncogene. TCDD mediates atrophy induction through its specific receptor (the AhR) and not through effects on the estrogen receptor. Both TCDD and estradiol induce extrathymic T-cell differentiation in the liver. These extrathymic T-cell populations include cells expressing elevated levels of V beta T-cell receptors that are normally deleted in thymic development.
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