title: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor type 2 mediates thymocyte proliferation independently of TNF receptor type 1
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mediates its biological effects by binding to two distinct but homologous receptor molecules. The type 1 receptor (TNF-R1) has been shown to be essential and sufficient for most cellular responses to soluble TNF. In contrast, only limited data exist concerning the role of the type 2 receptor (TNF-R2) in TNF responses, both in vitro and in vivo. Here, we demonstrate by the use of thymocytes from TNF-R-deficient mice that the TNF-R2-dependent enhancement of proliferation and secretion of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is in fact mediated by TNF-R2 on its own, independent of co-expression and/or stimulation of TNF-R1.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Matthias.Grell@po.uni-stuttgart.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grell
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Becke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wajant
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Männel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scheurich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D047889:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D047889:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003208:Concanavalin A; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor