Pre-B cell receptor expression is necessary for thymic stromal lymphopoietin responsiveness in the bone marrow but not in the liver environment

Christian A J Vosshenrich, Ana Cumano, Werner Müller, James P. Di Santo, Paulo Vieira

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    Abstract

    IL-7 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) are two major cytokines controlling murine B cell development. IL-7 has been studied extensively, but only recently has it become possible to unravel the role of TSLP in detail. We studied the biological activities of TSLP in B cell development at distinct ages in the mouse. On the one hand, TSLP is able to give rise to a measurable B1 cell compartment derived from fetal liver pro-B cells, although, as is the case for B2 cells, it does not play a prevalent role in the development of this subset. On the other hand, TSLP drives the proliferation of pro-B cells from the fetal and neonatal liver, but in the bone marrow environment, B cell precursors require pre-B cell receptor expression for TSLP responsiveness.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)11070-11075
    Number of pages5
    JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    Volume101
    Issue number30
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 Jul 2004

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