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The role of autophagy in CD8+ T cell immunity

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CD8+ T cells form a crucial arm of the adaptive immune system and act as sentinels against infection and cancer. The role of autophagy, a major lysosomal degradation pathway, in T cell biology is currently limited. Here, we show that autophagy is required for naïve CD8+ T cell homeostasis. When the essential autophagy gene Atg7 is deleted in the T cell lineage (T-Atg7-/- mice), mice develop lymphopaenia leading to increased CD8+ T cell homeost...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
Weatherall Insti. of Molecular Medicine
Oxford college:
St Catherine's College
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MSD
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NDM
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Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
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Supervisor
Publication date:
2015
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
Oxford University, UK
Language:
English
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Deposit date:
2015-07-02

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