A Shared Regulatory Element Controls the Initiation of Expression During Early T Cell and Innate Lymphoid Cell Developments.

Front Immunol

T-Cell Biology and Development Unit, Laboratory of Genome Integrity, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.

Published: March 2021

The transcription factor TCF-1 (encoded by ) plays critical roles in several lineages of hematopoietic cells. In this study, we examined the molecular basis for regulation in T cells, innate lymphoid cells, and migratory conventional dendritic cells that we find express . We identified a 1 kb regulatory element crucial for the initiation of expression in T cells and innate lymphoid cells, but dispensable for expression in -expressing dendritic cells. Within this region, we identified a Notch binding site important for the initiation of expression in T cells but not in innate lymphoid cells. Our work establishes that the same regulatory element is used by distinct transcriptional controllers to initiate expression in T cells and ILCs.

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