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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Functional studies with WC1+ gamma/delta T cell lines were performed to clarify the role of this subpopulation of gamma/delta T cells in the in vitro immune response to Babesia bovis. As CD4+ T cells decreased and gamma/delta T cells increased in B. bovis-stimulated T cell lines, antigen-specific proliferation declined to background levels. One irradiated gamma/delta T cell line inhibited proliferation of autologous Th1 cells, although unirradiated gamma/delta T cells either synergized with or had no effect on Th cell proliferation. gamma/delta T cells were not cytolytic for bovine alpha/beta T cells, but expressed natural killer (NK)-like cytotoxicity when assayed on xenogeneic NK-sensitive target cells. The gamma/delta T cells were IL-2 dependent and expressed IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, but not TNF-beta, IL-2, or IL-4 mRNA. Together, these results raise the possibility that WC1+ gamma/delta T cells respond in vitro to autoantigens present on CD4+ T cells or to cytokines secreted by activated CD4+ T cells, resulting in modulation of the CD4+ T cell response and outgrowth of the gamma/delta T cells in parasite-stimulated lines.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0008-8749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Antigens, CD45, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Antigens, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Babesia bovis, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-L-Selectin, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, pubmed-meshheading:7507005-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional and phenotypic characterization of WC1+ gamma/delta T cells isolated from Babesia bovis-stimulated T cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.