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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Although CD8(+) T cells play a central role as immune effectors, CD4(+) T cells act to control the activation and persistence of the CD8(+) T cell response in autoimmune disease, antiviral immunity, and experimental systems with immunogenic model tumor Ag. However, little information is available on the effects of CD4(+) T cells on the function of endogenous CD8(+) T lymphocytes recognizing authentic tumor rejection Ag with limited immunogenicity. We report here that the prophylactic or postchallenge administration of T helper Th1-type and Th2-type CD4(+) clones specific for an unmutated rejection Ag (murine P815AB, resembling tumor-specific shared Ag in humans) leads to the induction of P815AB-specific reactivity in vivo and concomitant tumor destruction, with quantitative rather than qualitative differences characterizing the antitumor activity of Th1 vs Th2 cells. Because the transferred CD4(+) cells lacked direct antitumor activity in vitro and required the de novo generation of P815AB-specific CD8(+) T cells in vivo, these findings suggest that CD4(+) lymphocytes can enhance the ability of host APC to initiate an endogenous CD8(+) T cell response to authentic, poorly immunogenic tumor rejection Ag.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
165
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5495-501
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Immunotherapy, Adoptive, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Sarcoma, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Th2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11067902-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Th1 and Th2 cell clones to a poorly immunogenic tumor antigen initiate CD8+ T cell-dependent tumor eradication in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't