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Cell cycle 'check points' T cell anergy

A pathway has been defined linking cell cycle inhibitor p27Kip1 to the inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 and its phosphorylation of transcription factor Smad3 in the induction of in vivo tolerance.

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Figure 1: The tolerogenic pathway involves inhibition of Cdk2 activity by p27Kip1 and an increase in Smad3 function.

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Rudd, C. Cell cycle 'check points' T cell anergy. Nat Immunol 7, 1130–1132 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1106-1130

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