Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Armc5 deletion causes developmental defects and compromises T-cell immune responses

  • Yan Hu,
  • Linjiang Lao,
  • Jianning Mao,
  • Wei Jin,
  • Hongyu Luo,
  • Tania Charpentier,
  • Shijie Qi,
  • Junzheng Peng,
  • Bing Hu,
  • Mieczyslaw Martin Marcinkiewicz,
  • Alain Lamarre,
  • Jiangping Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13834
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Mutations in ARMC5 are associated with risk of primary macronodular adrenal gland hyperplasia. Here the authors show that mice lacking Armc5 have adrenal gland hyperplasia and defective T-cell proliferation, differentiation, survival andin vivoT-cell-mediated immune responses.