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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we examined the effect of cyclosporine on three distinct subsets of T suppressor (Ts) cells identified in a rat renal allograft model. Ts inducer (Ts1) cells having the CD4 marker are found in the spleens of DA rats undergoing acute rejection of LEW kidneys. Transducer (Ts2) and effector (Ts3) cells both carry the CD8 marker and are found in the spleens of long-term surviving DA rats bearing LEW kidney allografts made tolerant by donor-specific blood transfusions or by cyclosporine (in most cases). These latter cells are distinguished by their susceptibility to cyclophosphamide (CY), Ts2 cells being resistant while Ts3 cells are sensitive to CY. When Ts cells from DA rats undergoing acute graft rejection of LEW kidneys or bearing long-term-surviving LEW kidneys that had been treated with cyclosporine (10mg/kg/day) for 2 or 10 days, respectively, were adoptively transferred into lightly irradiated DA recipients, these cells were still able to specifically induce long-term survival of LEW kidneys. LEW kidney survival was not prolonged in DA rats given no cells or cells from rats treated with cyclosporine for 10 days. Thus it would appear that the three functional subsets of Ts cells demonstrated in this renal allograft model by adoptive transfer of spleen lymphocytes are not inhibited by cyclosporine, suggesting that this resistance of Ts cells to cyclosporine may be partly responsible for the immunosuppressive effect of this agent.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0041-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
847-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Alloreactive T suppressor cells in the rat. I. Evidence of three distinct subsets of splenic suppressor T cells resistant to cyclosporine.
pubmed:affiliation
Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't