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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
The goal of these studies was to define the stimuli and factors that control the induction of anergy in unimmunized resting T lymphocytes. Initial experiments, aimed at establishing the system, showed that exposure of Th1 but not Th2 clones to immobilized anti-CD3 leads to a block in autocrine growth factor production and proliferation upon subsequent restimulation with Ag+APC. Anergy is not prevented by accessory cells, suggesting that this model of T cell tolerance may be due to receptor-mediated inhibitory signals, independent of costimulatory molecules. Culture of small (resting) unimmunized T lymphocytes with anti-CD3 +/- IL-2 induces unresponsiveness to restimulation with anti-CD3, but culture with anti-CD3+IL-4, which stimulates the differentiation of resting cells into IL-4 producers, does not induce anergy. Thus, IL-4-producing clones and bulk populations of IL-4-producing T cells are resistant to Ag receptor-mediated inhibitory stimuli. These results provide experimental models for studying the mechanisms of anergy in normal, unselected, mature T cells, and demonstrate fundamental similarities between cloned cell lines and unimmunized T lymphocytes in the induction of anergy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1921-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Antigen receptor-mediated anergy in resting T lymphocytes and T cell clones. Correlation with lymphokine secretion patterns.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.