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IMMUNITY
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 591-600Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.03.013
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI055502, AI46688] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS08952, NS11920] Funding Source: Medline
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Semaphorins play an essential role in axonal guidance, and emerging evidence points to diverse functions of several Semaphorin family members in the immune system. Semaphorin 7A (Sema7A) promotes axonal growth in the central nervous system. Here, we show that Sema7A also plays a critical role in negative regulation of T cell activation and function. T cells deficient in Sema7A exhibit enhanced homeostatic and antigen-induced proliferative response. Moreover, autoreactive Sema7A-deficient T cells mediate aggressive autoimmune disease. The deficiency in Sema7A leads to defective TCR downmodulation and T cell hyperres-ponsiveness. These results demonstrate an important role of Sema7A in limiting autoimmune responses and add to growing evidence of shared signaling pathways used by the immune and nervous systems.
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