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Review
. 2007 Apr;19(2):156-62.
doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2007.01.003. Epub 2007 Feb 8.

Terminal differentiation of lymphocytes depends on Blimp-1

Axel Kallies  1 , Stephen L Nutt
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Terminal differentiation of lymphocytes depends on Blimp-1

Axel Kallies et al. Curr Opin Immunol. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

B lymphocyte induced maturation protein 1 (Blimp-1) has long been considered a master regulator of the terminal differentiation of B cells into antibody-secreting plasma cells. Gene-targeting experiments have now demonstrated that quantitative changes in Blimp-1 expression define plasma cell ontogeny--a process that requires the continual function of Blimp-1. Recently, new roles for Blimp-1 have been revealed, as a suppressor of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and as a key regulator of T-cell differentiation. Blimp-1 is expressed in differentiated effector T cells and controls their homeostasis. These new findings suggest that Blimp-1 has a conserved function in the final differentiation of both the cellular and the humoral arm of the adaptive immune response.

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