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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
From the peripheral lymphocytes of a patient with Graves' disease, we established a T cell line using its reaction to a pool of 49 synthetic peptides corresponding to the entire human thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) sequence. This T cell line showed a specific response to the pool of peptides in a microproliferation assay (stimulation index: 4.8). Flow cytometry analysis revealed that the cell surface markers were CD4+ CD8-, T cell receptor (TcR) alpha beta+, and Tcr gamma delta-. To investigate T cell epitopes on TSHR, the T cell line reacted well against three groups: the N-terminal (amino acids 31-169) and C-terminal (338-420) regions of the extracellular domain and the N-terminal half (441-661) of the transmembrane domain of the receptor. This suggests a multiplicity of T cell epitopes on the TSHR, and was further supported by analysis of TcR gene expression in the cell line that showed the expression of 5 V alpha genes; V alpha-1, 2, 10, 20, and w25. In conclusion, the results of the present study indicated multiple T cell epitopes on the TSHR molecule including the transmembrane domain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1050-7256
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Establishment and characterization of an antihuman thyrotropin (TSH) receptor-specific CD4+ T cell line from a patient with Graves' disease: evidence for multiple T cell epitopes on the TSH receptor including the transmembrane domain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't