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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
It is thought that protective immunity is mediated in part by Ag-experienced T cells that respond more quickly and vigorously than naive T cells. Using adoptive transfer of OVA-specific CD4 T cells from TCR transgenic mice as a model system, we show that Ag-experienced CD4 T cells accumulate in lymph nodes more rapidly than naive T cells after in vivo challenge with Ag. However, the magnitude of clonal expansion by Ag-experienced T cells was much less than that of naive T cells, particularly at early times after primary immunization. Ag-experienced CD4 T cells quickly reverted to the slower but more robust clonal expansion behavior of naive T cells after transfer into a naive environment. Conversely, the capacity for rapid clonal expansion was acquired by naive CD4 T cells after transfer into passively immunized recipients. These results indicate that rapid in vivo response by Ag-experienced T cells is facilitated by Ag-specific Abs, whereas the limited capacity for clonal expansion is imposed by some other factor in the immune environment, perhaps residual Ag.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
164
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4551-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Adoptive Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Immunization, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Ovalbumin, pubmed-meshheading:10779756-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Antigen-experienced CD4 T cells display a reduced capacity for clonal expansion in vivo that is imposed by factors present in the immune host.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't