Noriko Seishima, Satoru Kondo, Kousho Wakae, Naohiro Wakisaka, Eiji Kobayashi, Makoto Kano, Makiko Moriyama-Kita, Yosuke Nakanishi, Kazuhira Endo, Tomoko Imoto, Kazuya Ishikawa, Hisashi Sugimoto, Miyako Hatano, Takayoshi Ueno, Miki Koura, Koichi Kitamura, Masamichi Muramatsu, Tomokazu Yoshizaki
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide 3 (A3) family are cytidine deaminases that play critical roles in B-cell maturation, antiviral immunity and carcinogenesis. Adenoids and palatine tonsils are secondary lymphoid immune organs, in which AID and A3s are thought to have several physiological or pathological roles. However, the expression of AID or A3s in these organs has not been investigated. Therefore, we investigated the expression profiles of AID and A3s, using 67 samples of adenoids and palatine tonsils from patients, with reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and immunohistochemical analyses...
January 17, 2018: Scientific Reports