Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

NK cell development requires Tsc1-dependent negative regulation of IL-15-triggered mTORC1 activation

  • Meixiang Yang,
  • Shasha Chen,
  • Juan Du,
  • Junming He,
  • Yuande Wang,
  • Zehua Li,
  • Guangao Liu,
  • Wanwen Peng,
  • Xiaokang Zeng,
  • Dan Li,
  • Panglian Xu,
  • Wei Guo,
  • Zai Chang,
  • Song Wang,
  • Zhigang Tian,
  • Zhongjun Dong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12730
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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IL-15 orchestrates NK cell metabolism, proliferation, and activation. Here the authors show that Tsc1 is dispensable for mature NK cells but is critical for survival of immature NK by preventing their exhaustive proliferation and activation downstream of IL-15.