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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
We describe here the properties of mAb GK1.5, which recognizes a cell surface molecule designated L3T4; the determinant on L3T4 recognized by mAb GK1.5 is designated L3T4a. We present evidence here that: i) the expression of L3T4a by murine T cell clones correlates primarily with class II MHC antigen-reactivity; ii) mAb GK1.5 blocks all class II MHC antigen-specific functions (cytolysis, proliferation, release of lymphokines) by murine class II MHC antigen-reactive T cell clones, although there appears to be clonal heterogeneity in the degree to which these functions are blocked by mAb GK1.5; iii) mAb GK1.5 blocks class II MHC antigen-specific release of IL-2 from cloned T cell hybridomas by blocking class II MHC antigen-specific binding; and iv) L3T4 is very similar to the human Leu3/T4 antigen. The properties of mAb GK1.5 (complement fixation, reactivity with all mouse strains tested, profound blocking of all class II MHC antigen-specific functions by murine T cells, usefulness for FACS analyses, and usefulness for immuno-precipitation/SDS-PAGE analyses) make it suitable for investigating both the role of class II MHC antigen-reactive T cells in various immunological phenomena and the mechanistic basis, at the molecular level, of class II MHC antigen-reactivity by murine T cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0105-2896
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
29-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Antigen-Antibody Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Antigens, Ly, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Histocompatibility Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Hybridomas, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:6195085-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of the murine antigenic determinant, designated L3T4a, recognized by monoclonal antibody GK1.5: expression of L3T4a by functional T cell clones appears to correlate primarily with class II MHC antigen-reactivity.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't