title: Role of the common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gammac) in thymocyte selection.
abstract: During thymocyte development, T-cell receptor (TCR) alphabeta-mediated intracellular signals can elicit two entirely different cellular responses: positive selection (resulting in rescue from death and maturation or differentiation) and negative selection (induction of apoptosis). Here, Hiroshi Nakajima and colleagues discuss how survival signals that are dependent on the common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gammac) might affect the TCR-driven selection process in thymocytes, underscoring the potential role of cytokines in this process.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine II, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Leonard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002154:Calpain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D002154:Calpain