CDB25:0003872 LGALS1 — CD7
Experimentally validated in Human; Orthology-inferred in Mouse, Rat, Zebrafish, Chicken, Macaque, Pig, Dog, Cow, Chimp, Horse, Sheep
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CD7 delivers a pro-apoptotic signal during galectin-1-induced T cell death.
Journal of immunology, 2000; PubMed, Homo sapiens LGALS1 — Homo sapiens CD7
ABSTRACT: Galectin-1, an endogenous lectin expressed in lymphoid organs and immune-privileged sites, induces death of human and murine thymocytes and T cells. Galectin-1 binds to several glycoproteins on the T cell surface, including CD7. However, the T cell surface glycoprotein receptors responsible for delivering the galectin-1 death signal have not been identified. We show that CD7 is required for galectin-1-mediated death. This demonstrates a novel function for CD7 as a death trigger and identifies galectin-1/CD7 as a new biologic death signaling pair.