Life and death during lymphocyte development and function: evidence for two distinct killing mechanisms

Curr Opin Immunol. 1995 Apr;7(2):228-34. doi: 10.1016/0952-7915(95)80007-7.

Abstract

During their development and after their functional activation most lymphocytes die, either because they fail to receive a survival signal or because they are actively killed. Recent experiments on Bcl-2 and Fas/Apo-1 have provided evidence that these two death processes are subject to distinct genetic control.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / immunology*
  • Cell Survival / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • fas Receptor / genetics*

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • fas Receptor