Autoimmune diseases linked to abnormal K+ channel expression in double-negative CD4-CD8- T cells.
Autoimmune diseases linked to abnormal K+ channel expression in double-negative CD4-CD8- T cells.
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自身免疫性疾病与双阴性 CD4-CD8-T 细胞中 K 通道表达异常有关。
DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830200406
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Grissmer,S
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作者:
Chandy,KG;Cahalan,MD;Grissmer,S
Using the patch‐clamp technique in combination with fluorescence microscopy we have found an abnormality in voltage‐gated K+channel expression in T cells that represents the first molecular marker linking three disparate autoimmune diseases in mice. CD4−CD8−Thy‐1.2+(double‐negative or DN) lymphocytes from every known murine model for systemic lupus erythematosus, type‐1 diabetes mellitus and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis exhibit abnormally high numbers of an unusual K+channel, termed typelcompared to their phenotypic counterparts in normal mice. Other T cell subsets from these diseased mice retain their normal pattern of K+channel expression. The unique K+channel phenotype of DN T cells arises in parallel with the onset of autoimmunity. Although mitogen‐activated T cells and rapidly proliferating thymocytes exhibit large numbers of K+channels, these channels are of an electrophysiologically distinct type calledn. Thus, abundant expression of typelK+channels appears to be a useful marker for DN T cells associated with autoimmunity and may provide a valuable tool for delineating the role of DN T cells in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.