Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Another zinc finger in the pie of CD4-CD8 lineage choice

The 'choice' between the CD4+CD8 and CD4CD8+ T cell lineage involves genomic specification via a set of transcription factors. A new study shows that the zinc-finger protein MAZR is another member of this transcription factor network.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Role of MAZR in CD8 lineage specification.

References

  1. Singer, A. et al. Nat. Rev. Immunol. 8, 788–801 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Nitta, T. et al. Immunity 32, 29–40 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Park, J.H. et al. Nat. Immunol. 11, 257–264 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Sakaguchi, S. et al. Nat. Immunol. 11, 442–448 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. He, X. et al. Nature 433, 826–833 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. He, X. et al. Immunity 28, 346–358 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Setoguchi, R. et al. Science 319, 822–825 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Collins, A. et al. Nat. Rev. Immunol. 9, 106–115 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Wang, L. et al. Nat. Immunol. 9, 1122–1130 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Aliahmad, P. & Kaye, J. J. Exp. Med. 205, 245–256 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Bilic, I. et al. Nat. Immunol. 7, 392–400 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Fedele, M. et al. J. Pathol. 215, 39–47 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yousuke Takahama.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Takada, K., Takahama, Y. Another zinc finger in the pie of CD4-CD8 lineage choice. Nat Immunol 11, 370–371 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0510-370

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0510-370

This article is cited by

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing