0 5 Human human JJ 6 22 immunodeficiency immunodeficiency NN 23 28 virus virus NN 29 33 type type NN 34 35 1 1 CD 36 39 Nef nef NN 40 47 protein protein NN 48 62 down-regulates down-regulate VBZ 63 76 transcription transcription NN 77 84 factors factor NNS 85 93 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 94 95 B B NNP 96 99 and and CC 100 104 AP-1 ap-1 NN 105 107 in in IN 108 113 human human JJ 114 115 T t NN 116 121 cells cell NNS 122 124 in in FW 125 130 vitro vitro FW 131 136 after after IN 137 143 T-cell t-cell NN 144 152 receptor receptor NN 153 164 stimulation stimulation NN 164 165 . . . 167 172 Human human JJ 173 189 immunodeficiency immunodeficiency NN 190 195 virus virus NN 196 200 type type NN 201 202 1 1 CD 203 204 ( ( ( 204 209 HIV-1 HIV-1 NNP 209 210 ) ) ) 211 219 negative negative JJ 220 226 factor factor NN 227 228 ( ( ( 228 231 Nef Nef NNP 231 232 ) ) ) 233 236 has have VBZ 237 241 been be VBN 242 247 shown show VBN 248 250 to to TO 251 264 down-regulate down-regulate VB 265 268 the the DT 269 282 transcription transcription NN 283 290 factors factor NNS 291 299 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 300 301 B B NNP 302 305 and and CC 306 310 AP-1 ap-1 NN 311 313 in in FW 314 319 vitro vitro FW 319 320 . . . 321 323 To to TO 324 330 define define VB 331 334 the the DT 335 344 mechanism mechanism NN 345 347 of of IN 348 354 action action NN 355 357 of of IN 358 361 the the DT 362 365 Nef Nef NNP 366 373 protein protein NN 373 374 , , , 375 378 the the DT 379 385 signal signal NN 386 398 transduction transduction NN 399 407 pathways pathway NNS 408 413 which which WDT 414 417 may may MD 418 420 be be VB 421 429 affected affect VBN 430 432 in in IN 433 434 T t NN 435 440 cells cell NNS 441 443 by by IN 444 456 constitutive constitutive JJ 457 467 expression expression NN 468 470 of of IN 471 474 the the DT 475 478 nef nef NN 479 483 gene gene NN 484 488 were be VBD 489 497 examined examine VBN 497 498 . . . 499 510 Stimulation stimulation NN 511 513 of of IN 514 515 T t NN 516 521 cells cell NNS 522 526 with with IN 527 532 tumor tumor NN 533 541 necrosis necrosis NN 542 548 factor factor NN 548 549 , , , 550 563 interleukin-1 interleukin-1 NN 563 564 , , , 565 567 or or CC 568 586 lipopolysaccharide lipopolysaccharide NN 587 595 resulted result VBD 596 598 in in IN 599 602 the the DT 603 614 recruitment recruitment NN 615 617 of of IN 618 633 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 634 641 factors factor NNS 642 644 to to TO 645 646 a a DT 647 654 similar similar JJ 655 660 level level NN 661 668 whether whether IN 669 671 or or CC 672 675 not not RB 676 679 the the DT 680 685 cells cell NNS 686 695 expressed express VBD 696 699 the the DT 700 703 nef nef NN 704 708 gene gene NN 708 709 . . . 710 712 On on IN 713 716 the the DT 717 722 other other JJ 723 727 hand hand NN 727 728 , , , 729 740 stimulation stimulation NN 741 743 of of IN 744 745 T t NN 746 751 cells cell NNS 752 754 by by IN 755 763 mitogens mitogen NNS 764 766 or or CC 767 777 antibodies antibody NNS 778 780 to to TO 781 784 the the DT 785 791 T-cell t-cell NN 792 800 receptor receptor NN 801 802 ( ( ( 802 810 TCR)-CD3 tcr)-cd3 NN 811 818 complex complex NN 819 827 resulted result VBD 828 830 in in IN 831 834 the the DT 835 850 down-regulation down-regulation NN 851 853 of of IN 854 869 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 870 877 factors factor NNS 878 886 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 887 888 B B NNP 889 892 and and CC 893 897 AP-1 ap-1 NN 898 900 in in IN 901 906 cells cell NNS 907 917 expressing express VBG 918 921 the the DT 922 925 nef nef NN 926 930 gene gene NN 931 939 compared compare VBN 940 944 with with IN 945 950 cells cell NNS 951 954 not not RB 955 965 expressing express VBG 966 969 the the DT 970 973 nef nef NN 974 978 gene gene NN 978 979 . . . 980 987 Because because IN 988 991 the the DT 992 995 Nef Nef NNP 996 1003 protein protein NN 1004 1008 does do VBZ 1009 1012 not not RB 1013 1019 affect affect VB 1020 1023 the the DT 1024 1031 surface surface NN 1032 1042 expression expression NN 1043 1045 of of IN 1046 1049 the the DT 1050 1057 CD3-TCR CD3-TCR NNP 1058 1065 complex complex NN 1065 1066 , , , 1067 1069 we we PRP 1070 1078 conclude conclude VBP 1079 1083 that that IN 1084 1087 the the DT 1088 1091 Nef Nef NNP 1092 1099 protein protein NN 1100 1114 down-regulates down-regulate VBZ 1115 1118 the the DT 1119 1134 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 1135 1142 factors factor NNS 1143 1151 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 1152 1153 B B NNP 1154 1157 and and CC 1158 1162 AP-1 ap-1 NN 1163 1165 in in IN 1166 1167 T t NN 1168 1173 cells cell NNS 1174 1176 in in FW 1177 1182 vitro vitro FW 1183 1190 through through IN 1191 1193 an an DT 1194 1200 effect effect NN 1201 1203 on on IN 1204 1207 the the DT 1208 1221 TCR-dependent tcr-dependent JJ 1222 1228 signal signal NN 1229 1241 transduction transduction NN 1242 1249 pathway pathway NN 1249 1250 . . .