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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The onset and persistence of psoriatic lesions are linked to the presence of an inflammatory infiltrate of CD3+ lymphocytes that includes CD4+ and CD8+ subsets. Since a primary susceptibility factor for psoriasis is the Class I HLA-Cw6 molecule, we set out to learn more about the features of the epidermal CD8+ lymphocytes. The markers tested were GMP-17, a cytotoxic granule protein found in activated cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs), and the alpha chain of the IL-2 receptor (CD25), a plasma membrane molecule found on activated T cells. Lymphocytes in lesional skin expressed the GMP-17 protein, whereas lymphocytes in non-lesional skin, resolving lesional skin and normal skin had little or no GMP-17. By flow cytometry analysis, lesional epidermal GMP-17+ cells were CD8+CD3+, with a subpopulation expressing the activation marker CD25+. Due to the abundance of activated GMP-17+CD8+CD3+ lymphocytes (the phenotype of activated cytotoxic cells) in psoriatic lesions compared to non-lesional and normal skin, we hypothesize that they are contributing directly to the psoriatic phenotype.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0303-6987
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Antigens, CD3, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Antigens, CD8, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Poly(A)-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Psoriasis, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:9521496-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Intraepidermal lymphocytes in psoriatic lesions are activated GMP-17(TIA-1)+CD8+CD3+ CTLs as determined by phenotypic analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't