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Shp-2 is critical for ERK and metabolic engagement downstream of IL-15 receptor in NK cells

Niogret, Charlène ; Miah, S. M. Shahjahan ; Rota, Giorgia ; Fonta, Nicolas P. ; Wang, Haiping ; Held, Werner ; Birchmeier, Walter ; Sexl, Veronica ; Yang, Wentian ; Vivier, Eric ; Ho, Ping-Chih ; Brossay, Laurent ; Guarda, Greta

In: Nature communications, 2019, vol. 10, p. 1444

The phosphatase Shp-2 was implicated in NK cell development and functions due to its interaction with NK inhibitory receptors, but its exact role in NK cells is still unclear. Here we show, using mice conditionally deficient for Shp-2 in the NK lineage, that NK cell development and responsiveness are largely unaffected. Instead, we find that Shp-2 serves mainly to enforce NK cell responses to...

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Shp-2 is dispensable for establishing T cell exhaustion and for PD-1 signaling in vivo

Rota, Giorgia ; Niogret, Charlène ; Dang, Anh Thu ; Ramon Barros, Cristina ; Fonta, Nicolas Pierre ; Alfei, Francesca ; Morgado, Leonor ; Zehn, Dietmar ; Birchmeier, Walter ; Vivier, Eric ; Guarda, Greta

In: Cell reports, 2018, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 39-49

In chronic infection and cancer, T cells acquire a dysfunctional state characterized by the expression of inhibitory receptors. In vitro studies implicated the phosphatase Shp-2 downstream of these receptors, including PD-1. However, whether Shp-2 is responsible in vivo for such dysfunctional responses remains elusive. To address this, we generated T cell- specific Shp-2-deficient mice. These...