RESPONSE OF RESTING HUMAN PERIPHERAL-BLOOD NATURAL-KILLER CELLS TO INTERLEUKIN-2
RESPONSE OF RESTING HUMAN PERIPHERAL-BLOOD NATURAL-KILLER CELLS TO INTERLEUKIN-2
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.160.4.1147
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
PERUSSIA, B
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作者:
TRINCHIERI, G;MATSUMOTOKOBAYASHI, M;PERUSSIA, B
Recombinant interleukin 2 (IL-2) purified to homogeneity apparently induces a rapid and potent enhancement of spontaneous cytotoxicity of human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The cells mediating cytotoxicity after 18 h treatment with IL-2 have surface markers of natural killer (NK) cells and are generated from the peripheral blood subset containing spontaneous cytotoxic cells. A parallel production of .gamma. interferon (IFN-.gamma.) is induced by recombinant IL-2 (rIL-2), and NK cells appear to be the major producer cells, whereas T cells are unable to produce IFN-.gamma. under these experimental conditions. The kinetics of the enhancement of cytotoxicity are faster than those of IFN-.gamma. production, and monoclonal anti-IFN-.gamma. antibodies do not suppress this effect, making it unlikely that the IFN-.gamma. produced is responsible for the enhancement. The enhancement of NK cell activity induced by rIL-2 precedes any proliferative response of the lymphocytes, which is instead observed in longer-term cultures of NK and T cells.