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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Front Biol (Beijing). 2017 Mar 4;12(3):163–174. doi: 10.1007/s11515-017-1443-5

Table 1.

Immune-specific Pten deletion and corresponding phenotypes

Immune cells (for Pten deletion) Phenotypes of Pten deficiency References
T cells Defective thymic negative selection; Impaired peripheral tolerance; Spontaneous CD4+ T cell activation; Autoantibody production; CD4+ T cell lymphoma Suzuki et al., 2001
Peripheral T cells Increased proliferation and IL-2 production with TCR/CD28 stimulation; Augmented cytolytic activity Locke et al., 2013*
CD4+ T cells Impaired thymic selection; Increased proliferation; Activation of naïve cells w/o costimulaton; Autoimmunity; Lymphoma Soone et al., 2012
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) Autoimmune-lymphoproliferative disease; Excessive T helper type 1 (Th 1) responses; B cell activation; Excessive TFH cell and germinal center responses; Spontaneous inflammatory disease Huynh et al., 2015
Shrestha et al., 2015
B cells Hyperproliferation, resistance to apoptosis, increased migration, SLE Anzelon et al., 2003
Dendritic cells (DCs) Expansion of CD8+ and CD103+ DCs Jiao et al., 2014**
Neutrophils Delayed apoptosis, augmented transendothelial migration, increased bacteria killing Subramanian et al., 2007; Li et al., 2009
Macrophages Decreased TNF-α secretion, increased IL-10 production, increased phagocytosis Kral et al., 2016

Additional refernces:

*

Locke et al. J Immunol, 2013 Aug 15; 191(4): 1677-85;

**

Jiao et al. J Immunol. 2014 Apr 1; 192(7): 3374-82.