Allergen-driven limiting dilution analysis of human IL-4 and IFN-gamma production in allergic rhinitis and clinically tolerant individuals.
Allergen-driven limiting dilution analysis of human IL-4 and IFN-gamma production in allergic rhinitis and clinically tolerant individuals.
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对过敏性鼻炎和临床耐受个体中人 IL-4 和 IFN-γ 产生的过敏原驱动的有限稀释分析。
DOI:
10.1093/intimm/8.6.897
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
K. HayGlass
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文献类型:
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作者:
Y. Li;F. Simons;F. Jay;K. HayGlass
Difficulties in detecting human IL-4 synthesis in antigen-driven primary culture have led to widespread reliance on less physiologic approaches to T cell activation. Although there is general agreement of a Th2-like bias, the precise defects in cytokine responsiveness remain controversial. Analysis of cytokine protein production by fresh, unselected cell populations in response to cognate, antigen-driven stimulation remains an important goal. Here, limiting dilution analysis (LDA) was used to evaluate antigen-stimulated cytokine gene expression by fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). PBMC from 19 grass pollen sensitive, allergic rhinitis subjects and normal, non-atopic controls were evaluated 1 month after natural reimmunization (the peak of the local grass pollen season). Surprisingly, highly atopic subjects and clinically non-allergic individuals exhibited virtually equivalent antigen-specific, CD4-dependent cytokine production in response to short-term culture with these common environmental antigens. As anticipated, pronounced increases in Th2-like activity were evident in the circulating immune repertoire of grass pollen sensitive individuals, leading to a median ratio of antigen-stimulated IFN-gamma:IL-4 frequencies of 117:1 among normal subjects versus 4:1 among those with allergic rhinitis (Mann-Whitney U-test, P = 0. 00067). This Th2-like bias reflected both a lower frequency of IFN-gamma-producing cells and a markedly increased frequency of IL-4-producing cells in the circulating grass-pollen specific repertoire of atopic donors. The observation that every atopic and normal subject produced IFN-gamma (+/-IL-4) following antigen re-stimulation argues that the decision as to whether allergy or (clinical) tolerance results, hinges not on a genetically determined capacity of whether allergen-reactive T cells can be stimulated in any given individual by chronic exposure to ubiquitous environmental antigens, but on the nature of the cytokine response that comes to dominate that individual's response.
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影响因子:
56.9
作者:
MARSH, DG;NEELY, JD;BEATY, TH
通讯作者:
BEATY, TH
影响因子:
14.2
作者:
JUJO, K;RENZ, H;LEUNG, DYM
通讯作者:
LEUNG, DYM
DOI:
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发表时间:
1993
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Chan,SC;Kim,JW;HendersonJr,WR;Hanifin,JM
通讯作者:
Hanifin,JM
影响因子:
2.2
作者:
Adams,PW;Opremcak,EM;Orosz,CG
通讯作者:
Orosz,CG
DOI:
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发表时间:
1987
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Kelly,CD;Welte,K;Murray,HW
通讯作者:
Murray,HW