PMID- 15184986 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050217 LR - 20181113 IS - 0946-2716 (Print) IS - 0946-2716 (Linking) VI - 82 IP - 9 DP - 2004 Sep TI - Role of Id proteins in B lymphocyte activation: new insights from knockout mouse studies. PG - 592-9 AB - Id (inhibitor of differentiation) proteins play important roles in cell differentiation, cell cycle control, and apoptosis. They act as negative regulators of basic helix-loop-helix-type transcription factors, which positively regulate differentiation of various cell types. Id proteins work to block B lymphocyte (B cell) maturation at an early differentiation step, as demonstrated by gain-of-function studies. In recent years a series of gene-targeted mice lacking different Ids have been generated. Analyses of these gene-targeted mice provide information useful for understanding the physiological roles of Ids in B cell biology. Id3 is required for proper B cell functions and acts by controlling the cell cycle. Upon B cell activation, Id2 acts as a negative regulator to prevent potentially harmful effects brought about by excessive immunological reactions; one of its special roles is to maintain low serum concentrations of immunoglobulin E (IgE). The Id2 protein does this by antagonizing E2A and Pax5 activities, both of which are required for proper B cell activation. This review presents several new insights into B cell differentiation and activation programs and the physiological role of Id proteins in B cell activation. FAU - Sugai, Manabu AU - Sugai M AD - Center for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, 606-8507 Kyoto, Japan. msugai@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp FAU - Gonda, Hiroyuki AU - Gonda H FAU - Nambu, Yukiko AU - Nambu Y FAU - Yokota, Yoshifumi AU - Yokota Y FAU - Shimizu, Akira AU - Shimizu A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20040604 PL - Germany TA - J Mol Med (Berl) JT - Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) JID - 9504370 RN - 0 (Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Idb2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Inhibitor of Differentiation Protein 2) RN - 0 (Inhibitor of Differentiation Proteins) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (PAX5 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Pax5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (Tcf3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 147785-34-0 (ID3 protein, human) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - EC 3.5.4.- (AICDA (activation-induced cytidine deaminase)) RN - EC 3.5.4.5 (Cytidine Deaminase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - B-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors MH - Cell Cycle/physiology MH - Cytidine Deaminase/biosynthesis MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/deficiency/genetics/*physiology MH - Immunoglobulin Class Switching MH - Immunoglobulin E/blood MH - Inhibitor of Differentiation Protein 2 MH - Inhibitor of Differentiation Proteins MH - Lymphocyte Activation/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Neoplasm Proteins/deficiency/genetics/*physiology MH - PAX5 Transcription Factor MH - Repressor Proteins/genetics/*physiology MH - Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors/deficiency/genetics/*physiology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/physiology RF - 72 EDAT- 2004/06/09 05:00 MHDA- 2005/02/18 09:00 CRDT- 2004/06/09 05:00 PHST- 2004/03/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/05/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/06/09 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/02/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/06/09 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00109-004-0562-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Med (Berl). 2004 Sep;82(9):592-9. doi: 10.1007/s00109-004-0562-z. Epub 2004 Jun 4.