INDUCER LYMPHOCYTES-T SYNTHESIZE A FACTOR THAT STIMULATES PROLIFERATION OF CLONED MAST-CELLS
INDUCER LYMPHOCYTES-T SYNTHESIZE A FACTOR THAT STIMULATES PROLIFERATION OF CLONED MAST-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1038/291332a0
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
CANTOR, H
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作者:
NABEL, G;GALLI, SJ;CANTOR, H
Inducer T lymphocytes activate other cells to divide and express new function. Known target cells include other lymphocytes and hematopoietic stem cells. The inducer T cell evidently acts on another important target population, mast cells. Mast cells have a central role in the expression of immediate hypersensitivity and are prominent in T cell mediated reactions of the delayed type. Because the proliferation of differentiated cells is often regulated by soluble growth factors, an inducer T cell clone was examined for its ability to stimulate mast cell proliferation. Cloned [mouse] Ly1+2- inducer T cells produced a factor that selectively induces morphologically and karyotypically normal mouse mast cell clones to proliferate. Inducer T cells may regulate mast cell numbers by releasing a soluble growth factor that stimulates them to divide. Because mast cell products also affect certain T cell functions, mast cell-T cell interactions may comprise part of an immunoregulatory circuit.