title: Signaling for NKT cell development: the SAP-FynT connection.
abstract: New studies demonstrate a critical role for the adaptor protein SAP (SLAM-associated protein) during NKT cell development. By connecting homotypic SLAM family receptor interactions with the FynT Src kinase, SAP may integrate a set of long-standing yet seemingly disparate observations characterizing NKT cell development. In fact, SAP-dependent signaling may underlie the development of multiple unconventional T cell lineages whose thymic selection relies on homotypic interactions between hematopoietic cells.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Borowski
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bendelac
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000502:physiology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D000071179:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Associated Protein; D000071177:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000502:physiology; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C114953:SH2D1A protein, human; D000071179:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Associated Protein; D000071177:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1; C494957:FYN protein, human; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D019061:src-Family Kinases