Pre T-Cell Receptor Alpha (pTα) Expression Patterns and Functional Analysis in Human T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Background: The pTα/preTCR regulates the β-selection, a crucial T-cell developmental checkpoint, providing a most potent survival advantage to thymocytes mediated by the src-kinase p56Lck.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Philipp Ivanyi, Michael Morgan, Wenji Piao, Sya N. Ukena, Klaus Steube, Arnold Ganser, Anke Franzke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Cellular Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/CLO-2009-0500