Generation and first characterization of TRDC-knockout pigs lacking γδ T cells

Abstract The TRDC-locus encodes the T cell receptor delta constant region, one component of the γδ T cell receptor which is essential for development of γδ T cells. In contrast to peptide recognition by αβ T cells, antigens activating γδ T cells are mostly MHC independent and not well characterized....

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Main Authors: Bjoern Petersen, Robert Kammerer, Antje Frenzel, Petra Hassel, Tung Huy Dau, Roswitha Becker, Angele Breithaupt, Reiner Georg Ulrich, Andrea Lucas-Hahn, Gregor Meyers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94017-7