Quantification of antigen-reactive cells among human T lymphocytes
| Autor: | J. Pinkster, M. H. J. Van Oers, Wim P. Zeijlemaker |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Other departments |
| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
| Předmět: |
T cell
T-Lymphocytes Immunology chemical and pharmacologic phenomena Biology Lymphocyte Activation Tuberculin complex mixtures chemistry.chemical_compound Epitopes Immune system Antigen Limiting dilution medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Cells Cultured Antigens Bacterial Tetanus Toxoid medicine.disease Blood Cell Count medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Bacterial antigen Lymphocyte Culture Test Mixed Thymidine |
| Zdroj: | European journal of immunology, 8(7), 477-484. Wiley-VCH Verlag |
| ISSN: | 0014-2980 |
| Popis: | The number of antigen-reactive cells among human peripheral blood T lymphocytes was estimated by a limiting dilution analysis. Antigen-induced lymphocyte activation was measured by means of incorporation of tritiated thymidine [3H]dThd. We have studied the frequency of memory T cells for the bacterial antigens tuberculin PPD and tetanus toxoid in immune donors, as well as the frequency of alloantigen-reactive T cells. In 11 different donors, the observed frequencies of the antigen-reactive T cell ranged between 1:300 and 1:16000 for PPD; for tetanus toxoid values, between 1:750 and 1:11500 were obtained in 5 different donors. The frequency of alloantigen-reactive T cells was found to be higher: between 1:200 and 1:600 (n=10). For 3 donors, the estimated frequencies proved to be reproducible over a period of several months. Finally, a correlation could be demonstrated between the frequency of PPD-reactive T cells and the [3H]dThd incorporation of 4 × 104 PPD-stimulated lymphocytes. |
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