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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
Inhibitory receptors specific for MHC class I molecules are expressed on partially overlapping subpopulations of NK cells and memory T cells. A central question pertinent to NK cell development and function is how the combinatorial expression of different receptors with distinct class I specificities affects functional recognition. We therefore studied the quantitative effects resulting from class I engagement of multiple inhibitory Ly49 receptors. We used a transgenic mouse model in which all NK cells and T cells express two different Ly49 receptors with shared class I specificity. Comparisons of cells from these mice with cells from single transgenic mice and wild-type mice revealed that Ly49 receptors cumulatively inhibit lymphocyte effector functions. Multiple Ly49 interactions also had a cumulative impact on NK cell development. The findings suggest that the interactions of inhibitory receptors with class I are interpreted quantitatively rather than as on/off switches. They have intriguing implications concerning NK cell tolerance and reactivity toward cells with extinguished expression of a limited number of class I molecules.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3002-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Antigens, Ly, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-H-2 Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Immune Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Lectins, C-Type, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11207249-Wasting Syndrome
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Cumulative inhibition of NK cells and T cells resulting from engagement of multiple inhibitory Ly49 receptors.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't