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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
The secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha from macrophages is regulated by both priming and triggering signals. We found that macrophages from mice lacking gamma delta T cells [T cell receptor (TCR) delta-/- mice], which lack the gene encoding the delta chain, produced only small amounts of TNF-alpha in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and showed a reduced level of expression of CD14. Pre-incubation of macrophages from TCR delta-/- mice with gamma delta T cells from their TCR delta +/- littermates restored their capacity to produce TNF-alpha in response to LPS. The priming activity of gamma delta T cells was in part inhibited by neutralizing anti-interferon (IFN)-gamma monoclonal antibodies. Collectively, these results suggest that gamma delta T cells play a role in priming macrophages to a steady state of activation via IFN-gamma secretion, which allows them to produce TNF-alpha when exposed to LPS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1465-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Antigens, CD14, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Macrophage Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:7539762-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of gamma delta T cells in priming macrophages to produce tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Host Defense & Germfree Life, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article