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. 2001 Nov;15(5):763-74.
doi: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00227-8.

A critical role for Dnmt1 and DNA methylation in T cell development, function, and survival

P P Lee  1 , D R Fitzpatrick, C Beard, H K Jessup, S Lehar, K W Makar, M Pérez-Melgosa, M T Sweetser, M S Schlissel, S Nguyen, S R Cherry, J H Tsai, S M Tucker, W M Weaver, A Kelso, R Jaenisch, C B Wilson
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A critical role for Dnmt1 and DNA methylation in T cell development, function, and survival

P P Lee et al. Immunity. 2001 Nov.
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Abstract

The role of DNA methylation and of the maintenance DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 in the epigenetic regulation of developmental stage- and cell lineage-specific gene expression in vivo is uncertain. This is addressed here through the generation of mice in which Dnmt1 was inactivated by Cre/loxP-mediated deletion at sequential stages of T cell development. Deletion of Dnmt1 in early double-negative thymocytes led to impaired survival of TCRalphabeta(+) cells and the generation of atypical CD8(+)TCRgammadelta(+) cells. Deletion of Dnmt1 in double-positive thymocytes impaired activation-induced proliferation but differentially enhanced cytokine mRNA expression by naive peripheral T cells. We conclude that Dnmt1 and DNA methylation are required for the proper expression of certain genes that define fate and determine function in T cells.

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