DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-T DEFINED BY E-ROSETTING OR A MONOCLONAL ANTI-T-CELL ANTIBODY
DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-T DEFINED BY E-ROSETTING OR A MONOCLONAL ANTI-T-CELL ANTIBODY
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830110412
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
CALLARD, RE
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作者:
BEVERLEY, PCL;CALLARD, RE
The properties of humam lymphocyte fractions isolated either by sheep red cell (E) rosetting or by fluorescence-activated cell sorting after staining with UCHT1 monoclonal anti-T cell antibody were compared. Two populations of E+ cells with very different phenotype and function were identified. E+/UCHT1+ cells respond well to the T cell mitogens phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin A and provide help for an in vitro specific antibody response. They can also suppress the antibody response of allogeneic peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The E+/UCHT1- population, which has no other markers characteristic of T cells, fails to respond to mitogens or to provide help or suppression for an antibody response. These cells are highly active natural killers. They possess Fc.gamma. receptors and have a characteristic staining pattern of nonspecific esterase enzyme activity. Evidently not all cells capable of forming E rosettes are thymus-processed cells. This heterogeneity can be revealed by staining with the monoclonal anti-T cell reagent UCHT1.