Tec family kinases Itk and Rlk / Txk in T lymphocytes: cross‐regulation of cytokine production and T‐cell fates
Open Access
- 1 March 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in The FEBS Journal
- Vol. 278 (12), 1980-1989
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08072.x
Abstract
Developing thymocytes and T cells express the Tec kinases Itk, Rlk/Txk and Tec, which are critical modulators of T‐cell receptor signaling, required for full activation of phospholipase Cγ, and downstream Ca2+ and ERK‐mediated signaling pathways. Over the last 10 years, data have implicated the Tec family kinases Itk and Rlk/Txk as important regulators of cytokine production by CD4+ effector T‐cell populations. Emerging data now suggest that the Tec family kinases not only influence cytokine‐producing T‐cell populations in the periphery, but also regulate the development of distinct innate‐type cytokine‐producing T‐cell populations in the thymus. Together, these results suggest that the Tec family kinases play critical roles in helping shape immune responses via their effects on the differentiation and function of distinct cytokine‐producing, effector T‐cell populations.This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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