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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Human dermal fibroblasts (HDF) undergo activation and secrete cytokines when cocultured with T cells. Here, we identify potent activators of HDF among human peripheral CD2(+)-lymphocytes. Populations with strong HDF activating capacity consisted essentially of cells with a natural killer (NK) surface marker phenotype (CD3(-), CD4(-), CD8(-), CD56(+)). Addition of these cells to HDF resulted in rapid increase of intracellular free calcium concentrations as an early rapid cell activation signal. Upregulation of mRNA encoding for the inflammatory cytokines IL-1 beta and IL-6 as well as for chemokines IL-8 and MCP-1 was detected after cells were cocultured. Elevated concentrations of IL-6 and IL-8 were found in coculture supernatants of HDF and NK-cells. Skin-homing NK cells leaving the blood-stream during an inflammatory skin reaction might therefore represent potent activators of local inflammatory cytokine and chemokine production.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1043-4666
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1755-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Antigens, CD2, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Antigens, CD56, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Antigens, CD8, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Chemokine CCL2, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Interleukin-8, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11097744-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Natural killer cells activate human dermal fibroblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Oral Cell Biology, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't