TY - JOUR AU - Murga, Matilde AU - Fernandez-Capetillo, Oscar AU - Field, S J AU - Moreno, B AU - Borlado, L R AU - Fujiwara, Y AU - Balomenos, D AU - Vicario, A AU - Carrera, A C AU - Orkin, S H AU - Greenberg, M E AU - Zubiaga, A M PY - 2001 DO - 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00254-0 SN - 1074-7613 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/17701 AB - E2Fs are important regulators of proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Here we characterize the phenotype of mice deficient in E2F2. We show that E2F2 is required for immunologic self-tolerance. E2F2(-/-) mice develop late-onset autoimmune... LA - eng PB - Cell Press KW - Cell Cycle Proteins KW - DNA-Binding Proteins KW - Animals KW - Apoptosis KW - Autoimmune Diseases KW - Autoimmunity KW - Cell Division KW - Chimera KW - Clonal Deletion KW - E2F Transcription Factors KW - E2F1 Transcription Factor KW - E2F2 Transcription Factor KW - Gene Expression Regulation KW - Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative KW - H-Y Antigen KW - Humans KW - Immunologic Memory KW - Inflammation KW - Jurkat Cells KW - Lymphocyte Activation KW - Male KW - Mice KW - Mice, Inbred BALB C KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL KW - Mice, Knockout KW - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed KW - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell KW - Recombinant Fusion Proteins KW - Repressor Proteins KW - S Phase KW - Self Tolerance KW - Splenomegaly KW - T-Lymphocytes KW - Thymus Gland KW - Transcription Factors KW - Transfection TI - Mutation of E2F2 in mice causes enhanced T lymphocyte proliferation, leading to the development of autoimmunity. TY - journal article ER -