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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
Helper T lymphocytes provide a contact dependent signal to resting B cells that is required for optimal differentiation into Ig-secreting cells. The surface structure(s) on T cells that mediate helper function have not been identified but are known to be induced by T cell activation. A CD4- subclone of the Jurkat leukemic T cell line (D1.1) was isolated and found to be distinct from CD4+ Jurkat clones and a variety of other T and non-T cell leukemic lines in that coculture of D1.1 with resting B cells induced B cells to specifically express surface CD23 molecules, a marker of B cell activation. Furthermore, Jurkat D1.1 induced B cell proliferation and terminal B cell differentiation into IgG-secreting cells in the presence of T cell-dependent B cell mitogens. Similar to the helper effector function of activated T cells, the effects of Jurkat D1.1 were neither Ag nor MHC restricted. Paraformaldehyde fixed Jurkat D1.1 cells remained competent to activate B cells while D1.1 supernatants and diffusible factors were inactive. The effect of Jurkat D1.1 on B cell activation was distinct from that of rIL-4 and was not inhibited by antibodies to IL-4. Together these observations suggested that surface structures on D1.1 and not secreted factors, mediated contact-dependent helper effector function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
147
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3389-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Leukemia, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Lymphocyte Cooperation, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Mitomycin, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Receptors, Fc, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Receptors, IgE, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, pubmed-meshheading:1834738-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
A human CD4- T cell leukemia subclone with contact-dependent helper function.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.