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Review
. 2007 May;8(5):463-70.
doi: 10.1038/ni1454.

Pax5: the guardian of B cell identity and function

César Cobaleda  1 , Alexandra Schebesta, Alessio Delogu, Meinrad Busslinger
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Pax5: the guardian of B cell identity and function

César Cobaleda et al. Nat Immunol. 2007 May.

Abstract

The transcription factor Pax5 is essential for commitment of lymphoid progenitors to the B lymphocyte lineage. Pax5 fulfils a dual role by repressing B lineage 'inappropriate' genes and simultaneously activating B lineage-specific genes. This transcriptional reprogramming restricts the broad signaling capacity of uncommitted progenitors to the B cell pathway, regulates cell adhesion and migration, induces V(H)-DJ(H) recombination, facilitates (pre-)B cell receptor signaling and promotes development to the mature B cell stage. Conditional Pax5 inactivation in early and late B lymphocytes revealed an essential role for Pax5 in controlling the identity and function of B cells throughout B lymphopoiesis. PAX5 has also been implicated in human B cell malignancies, as it is deregulated by chromosomal translocations in a subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemias and non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

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