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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
Like interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4, IL-7 can act as a growth factor for activated T lymphocytes. Upon screening a panel of growth factor-dependent T cell lines, we found that only the cell line CT6 responded to IL-7, indeed as vigorously as to IL-2. Obviously, these findings challenge the validity of previous results on IL-2 production obtained using the CT6 cell line. However, they also demonstrate a novel and sensitive system for the bioassay of IL-7. The ability of the surveyed T cell lines to proliferate to IL-7 corresponded with the expression of IL-7 receptors (IL-7R) on the cell surface. The murine IL-7R on CT6 was shown to bind IL-7 with dual affinity and was visualized as an affinity cross-linked complex of 93 kDa. This IL-7R appears similar to that seen on murine splenic T cells and on 70Z/3, the pre-B cell line from which the murine IL-7R was cloned.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
716-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
The murine T cell line CT6 provides a novel bioassay for interleukin-7.
pubmed:affiliation
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Sunley Division, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't