CD2 interacts with lymphocyte function-associated antigen CD58 (LFA-3) and CD48/BCM1 to mediate adhesion between T-cells and other cell types. CD2 is implicated in the triggering of T-cells, the cytoplasmic domain is implicated in the signaling function.
Gene References into Functions
Ptpn22 and Cd2 Variations Are Associated with Altered Protein Expression and Susceptibility to Type 1 DiabetesPMID:26438525
CD2 stimuli were mandatory for Treg cell survival with reduced Bim expression, but CD2 may not function as a direct receptor for molecules on stromal cells.PMID:23278598
CD2 is important for the efficient development of CD4 single-positive thymocytes and TCR-dependent activation of mature CD4 lymph node T cells, but does not direct a particular helper T cell subset polarity.PMID:11801645
This antigen is a dominant target for heart allograft responses.PMID:12201362
molecular mechanism of heterophilic adhesion between the murine T-cell adhesion glycoprotein CD2 and its ligand CD48PMID:12356317
Despite normal T cell numbers, mice deficient in the costimulatory molecules CD2 and CD28 spontaneously develop Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.PMID:12902500
autoimmunity may be mediated by a combination of genes in the SLAM/CD2 family clusterPMID:15589166
Analysis of the ligand-receptor pairs involved in induction of germline transcripts (Igamma2a) necessary for switch recombination revealed that expression of CD48 on B cells and ligands CD2 and CD244 on NK cells are able to stimulate Igamma2aPMID:15778370
CD2 deficient mice are more resistant to T. gondii infection than wild type micePMID:17696249
nanoscale increases in CD2-CD48-mediated intermembrane spacing decrease adhesion and reorganize the immunological synapsePMID:18826951
CD244 inhibition and activation depends on CD2 and phospholipase C-gamma1PMID:19586919
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Subcellular Location
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.