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Critical Reviews™ in Immunology

ISSN for PRINT: 1040-8401

Institutional price:	$831.00
Issues per year:	6

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2006, Volume26

106 pages

Issue price - $142.00

The Role of Cyclin-Dependent Kinases in T-Cell Development, Proliferation, and Function

Emily A. Rowell
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Andrew D. Wells
Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104

ABSTRACT

The transit of T lymphocytes through the cell cycle in response to extracellular signals is controlled in large part by the ordered expression and degradation of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases and their negative regulators, the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors. This review outlines findings that have provided insights into how T lymphocytes integrate signals from their antigen, costimulatory, and cytokine receptors to drive cell cycle progression and discusses how the coordinated activities of these families of proteins influence multiple aspects of T-cell function, from thymic development and peripheral homeostasis to antigen-driven responses and the induction of T-cell memory and tolerance.