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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
We compared the degrees of depletion and the rates of recovery of CD4+ T cells in young and old mice given a single injection of an anti-CD4 (GK1.5) mAb. We found that in young mice the CD4+ population of T cells was completely depleted from the peripheral blood and, subsequently, the lymph nodes and spleen. Young mice recovered 80% of CD4+ T cells within 100 days after the injection. Although aged mice have less CD4+ T cells, CD4+ T cells were depleted by only 60% after mAb injection. This finding was associated with prolonged circulation of Ab-coated T cells. The rate of repopulation of peripheral CD4+ T cells was also affected by aging, because 5 times less CD4+ T cells appear in aged than in young mice between days 14 and 100 post injection. Further, we found that the CD4+ T cells that are depleted in both young and old mice by injection of anti-CD4 mAb are CD45RBhigh, suggesting a preferential depletion of immature cells. Finally, the thymus appears to be required to repopulate the T cell population post injection, because thymectomized young mice failed to recover CD3+CD4+ cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6644-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Antigens, CD44, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Antigens, CD45, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Lymphocyte Depletion, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Lymphoid Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Thymectomy, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Thymus Gland, pubmed-meshheading:7539027-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Differences in the degree of depletion, rate of recovery, and the preferential elimination of naive CD4+ T cells by anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody (GK1.5) in young and aged mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.