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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 196, Issue 6, Pages 743-752Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020907
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NF-kappa B; IKK; CD19-Cre; B cell subsets; maintenance
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Nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB proteins play crucial roles in immune responses and cellular survival. Activation of NF-kappaB is mediated by the IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex, which is composed of two kinases, IKK1 and IKK2, and a regulatory subunit termed NF-kappaB essential modulator (NEMO). IKK2- and NEMO-deficient mice die at early embryonic stages. We therefore used conditional gene targeting to evaluate the role of these proteins in B cells in adult mice. B lineage-specific disruption of either IKK signaling by deletion of NEMO, or of IKK2-specific signals by ablation of IKK2 activity leads to the disappearance of mature B lymphocytes. We conclude that maintenance of mature B cells depends on IKK-mediated activation of NF-kappaB.
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