CLONAL HETEROGENEITY IN THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR LYT-2/3 MOLECULES ON CYTOLYTIC LYMPHOCYTES-T (CTL) - POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AFFINITY OF CTL ANTIGEN RECEPTORS
CLONAL HETEROGENEITY IN THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR LYT-2/3 MOLECULES ON CYTOLYTIC LYMPHOCYTES-T (CTL) - POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AFFINITY OF CTL ANTIGEN RECEPTORS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-065x.1982.tb01061.x
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
CEROTTINI, JC
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作者:
MACDONALD, HR;GLASEBROOK, AL;CEROTTINI, JC
Despite extensive investigation over the past decade, the mechanism of target cell lysis by cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) remains obscure (for recent reviews, see Perlmann & Cerottini 1979, Berke 1980). Since lysis is known to require close contact between CTL and target cells, one promising approach to this problem is the search for surface molecules on CTL which may play a role in antigen recognition and/or the expression of cytolytic activity. With the recent availability of monoclonal antibodies, it has become possible to identify such potentially interesting surface molecules by virtue of the ability of a corresponding monoclonal antibody to block CTL activity in the absence of complement. Using such an approach, two possible" functional" molecular complexes on CTL populations have been recently identified: Lyt-2/3 (Nakayama et al. 1979, Shinohara et al. 1979) and LFA-1 (Davignon et al. 1981). At least two limitations to the interpretation of these antibody blocking experiments can be invoked. Firstly, blocking was carried out on polyclonal CTL populations activated by lectins or alloantigens; thus it is not possible to