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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Recent studies from several laboratories suggest that the rate of postnatal maturation of T-cell function(s) associated with in vitro activation may be slower in children at high genetic risk for atopy (HR), compared to their normal (low risk; LR) counterparts. The present study compared the in vitro activity of the function-associated surface molecules CD2, CD3 and CD28 in panels of 27 HR and 13 LR infants, with a reference panel of 10 adults, employing assay systems involving T-cell stimulation with MoAbs against these molecules. The response maxima induced by saturating levels of the MoAbs were equivalent in all 3 groups, but T-cells from the HR infants required 10-50 fold higher levels of anti-CD3 stimulation to attain their maximum response, relative to adults (p = 0.02); T-cells from LR infants were also less responsive to anti-CD3 than adults, but these differences were smaller and did not attain statistical significance. It is suggested that these differences are attributable to varying proportions of competent T-memory cells (which respond to low levels of anti-CD3) in PBL from these populations, the postnatal accumulation of which proceeds slowest in the HR group.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0905-6157
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional assessment of CD2, CD3 and CD28 on the surface of peripheral blood T-cells from infants at low versus high genetic risk for atopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Child Health Research, West Perth, Western Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study