Title : IL-2 protects T lymphocytes from glucocorticoid-induced DNA fragmentation and cell death.

Pub. Date : 1989 Dec 15

PMID : 2556479






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1 In the IL-2-dependent T cell clone CTLL-2, dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid, induces a suicide program characterized by the early degradation of chromatin in oligonucleosome-length fragments which precedes the loss of cell viability by 2 to 4 h. These effects are most likely mediated through the interaction with a specific glucocorticoid receptor as suggested by the structure-activity relationship of the various steroids tested. Dexamethasone interleukin 2 Mus musculus