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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Human memory CD4+ T lymphocytes are heterogenous in expression of integrins; one subset has the unexpected phenotype beta 1 low alpha 4 high. We demonstrate that this subset is unique among CD4+ cells in expression of high levels of alpha 4 beta 7, detected by a distinctive mAb Act-1. alpha 4 beta 7 is involved in binding to both fibronectin and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; Act-1 blocks cell binding to the former and augments binding to the latter. Act-1 expression marks a subset of memory cells that, unlike the predominant circulating memory cell, has up-regulated beta 7 rather than beta 1. Their phenotype is distinct from that described for skin-homing T cells and is fully consistent with that described for gut-homing T cells. Differential adhesion capacity of this subset is verified by selective binding to FN and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in a beta 1-independent fashion. Thus, alpha 4 beta 7 detected on this subset of circulating normal T cells fits the expectations for a gut-homing receptor.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
151
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
717-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective expression of integrin alpha 4 beta 7 on a subset of human CD4+ memory T cells with Hallmarks of gut-trophism.
pubmed:affiliation
Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't