Lyt-23+ cyclophosphamide-sensitive T cells regulate the activity of an interleukin 2 inhibitor in vivo
Lyt-23+ cyclophosphamide-sensitive T cells regulate the activity of an interleukin 2 inhibitor in vivo
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Lyt-23 环磷酰胺敏感 T 细胞调节体内白细胞介素 2 抑制剂的活性
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
H. Wagner
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作者:
C. Hardt;M. Rollinghoff;K. Pfizenmaier;H. Mosmann;H. Wagner
Sera of thymus-bearing normal mice contain high levels of Interleukin 2 (II-2) inhibitor, whereas sera of athymic nu/nu mice do not. Evidence is presented that cyclophosphamide-sensitive Lyt-23+ T cells induce high II-2 inhibitor activity in the recipient nu/nu mice in the course of a graft-vs.-host reaction. The II-2 inhibitor has an approximately 50,000 mol wt. Its function is neither antigen specific nor H-2 restricted. During ontogeny, its activity parallels the development of T cell reactivity, i.e., it is absent both in the amniotic fluid and in sera of unborn mice, but increases to high levels during the early postnatal phase. The II-2 inhibitor described is viewed as an example of a T cell-dependent, in vivo regulatory mechanism able to effectively counteract the nonspecific activity of the Lyt-1+ helper T cell-derived II-2. Because the II-2 inhibitor activity is rather high in vivo, II-2 activity will exist only in close proximity to its producer cell, thereby maintaining specificity during the in vivo induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes