Linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex coordinates late thymic T-cell differentiation and regulatory T-cell homeostasis.

Linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex coordinates late thymic T-cell differentiation and regulatory T-cell homeostasis.

Nature communications (2016-11-20)

Charis E Teh, Najoua Lalaoui, Reema Jain, Antonia N Policheni, Melanie Heinlein, Silvia Alvarez-Diaz, Julie M Sheridan, Eva Rieser, Stefanie Deuser, Maurice Darding, Hui-Fern Koay, Yifang Hu, Fiona Kupresanin, Lorraine A O'Reilly, Dale I Godfrey, Gordon K Smyth, Philippe Bouillet, Andreas Strasser, Henning Walczak, John Silke, Daniel H D Gray

PMID27857075

RÉSUMÉ

The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) is essential for innate immunity in mice and humans, yet its role in adaptive immunity is unclear. Here we show that the LUBAC components HOIP, HOIL-1 and SHARPIN have essential roles in late thymocyte differentiation, FOXP3