title: Life and death in peripheral T cells.
abstract: During the course of an immune response, antigen-reactive T cells clonally expand and then are removed by apoptosis to maintain immune homeostasis. Life and death of T cells is determined by multiple factors, such as T-cell receptor triggering, co-stimulation or cytokine signalling, and by molecules, such as caspase-8 (FLICE)-like inhibitory protein (FLIP) and haematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1), which regulate the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) pathway. Here, we discuss the concepts of activation-induced cell death (AICD) and activated cell-autonomous death (ACAD) in the regulation of life and death in T cells.
authors.affiliation: Tumour Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. P.Krammer@dkfz.de
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Krammer
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Inna N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Lavrik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002470:Cell Survival; D015536:Down-Regulation; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*