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Record W4413891966 · doi:10.1093/jimmun/vkaf230

RasGRP1 signaling is required for Vγ2+ thymocyte c-Maf expression and γδT17 lineage programming

2025· article· en· W4413891966 on OpenAlexafffund
Kevin Joannou, Dominic P. Golec, Abul Kalam Azad, Laura M. Henao Caviedes, Troy A. Baldwin

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Journal of Immunology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldImmunology and Microbiology
TopicT-cell and B-cell Immunology
Canadian institutionsHeritage Medical Research ClinicUniversity of Alberta
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCanadian Institutes of Health Research
KeywordsThymocyteT-cell receptorEffectorCD8BiologyCell biologyT cellLineage (genetic)ImmunologyGeneticsAntigenImmune systemGene

Abstract

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The γδ TCR instructively directs both lineage specification and effector programming of developing γδ T cells. However, the way in which different TCR signal strengths and other auxiliary signals coordinate downstream of the γδ TCR to regulate γδ T-cell development remains unclear. In this study we defined the role of Ras guanyl-releasing protein 1 (RasGRP1) in the development and effector programming of γδ T cells. While RasGRP1 was not necessary for bulk γδ T-cell generation, we found it was required for efficient generation of Vγ4+ thymocytes and lineage-committed CD73+ γδ T cells in the thymus and periphery. Despite a decrease in immature CD73+ γδ thymocytes, there was an expansion of the perinatally derived CD8+IFNγ+ γδ T-cell population in the absence of RasGRP1. IL-17-producing γδ T cells were significantly reduced in RasGRP1 knockout mice, with a specific loss of Vγ2+ γδ T cells that corresponded to a loss of c-Maf expression as early as the DN1d thymocyte stage. Critically, these cells undergoing γδT17 programming in adults could express c-Maf in response to CCR9 stimulation, with RasGRP1 but not MEK activity being required for CCR9-induced c-Maf expression. Thus, RasGRP1 activation serves as an important signaling hub in the effector programming of γδ T cells, which integrates signals from both non-TCR and TCR inputs to direct differentiation.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.005

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.257
Teacher spread0.242 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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