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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Mice carrying the lpr gene, SCG and MRL-lpr/lpr mice, were used to characterize the phenotype and lpr gene of abnormally proliferating T cells in these mice. A major population which expanded in these mice were T cells expressing intermediate (int) levels of T cell receptor (TCR) (and CD3) and the phenotype of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) beta lo alpha- (possibly abnormal TCRint cells). The levels of TCRhi cells of thymic origin (generated through the mainstream of T cell differentiation in the thymus) profoundly decreased after the onset of disease. However, a small population of normal TCRint cells (i.e. IL-2R beta hi alpha-) were also found to exist in all tested organs. For example, the majority of abnormal IL-2R beta lo TCRint cells were CD4-8- CD2-, while normal IL-2R beta hi TCRint cells were a mixture of single-positive cells (mainly CD8+), CD4-8- cells and CD2+ cells. Moreover, normal TCRint cells preferentially produced normal Fas mRNA and Fas molecules from the lpr gene. This phenomenon explains the leaky appearance of normal Fas mRNA and Fas molecules in mice carrying the lpr gene. It is suggested that a small population of IL-2R beta hi TCRint cells are resistant to the lpr genetic abnormality.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1409-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Autoimmune Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Lymphoproliferative Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-Receptors, Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:8766540-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Existence of a small population of IL-2R beta hi TCRint cells in SCG and MRL-lpr/lpr mice which produce normal Fas mRNA and Fas molecules from the lpr gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't