Interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase -1 is a protein kinase pivotal in mediating signals for innate immune responses. Here, I report that IRAK-1 also regulates cell-mediated immune responses. NFATc2 (nuclear factor of activated T cells) was found to be associated with IRAK-1 in T cells in vitro and its activity was elevated in the absence of IRAK-1. In addition, IRAK-1-/- mice had increased naturally occurring regulatory T cells and inducible regulatory T cells as well as Th1 responses as compared to WT mice. The findings suggest that activated T cells might employ IRAK-1 to mediate the regulation of acquired immunity. Therefore, IRAK-1 may participate in direct signaling cross talk between the innate and the acquired immunity. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/34931 |
| Date | 16 October 2008 |
| Creators | Zhang, Lin |
| Contributors | Biology, Li, Liwu, Gogal, Jr., Robert M., Good, Deborah J., Melville, Stephen B. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | thesis101508.pdf |
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