Regulation of B-cell differentiation: interactions of factors and corresponding receptors.
Regulation of B-cell differentiation: interactions of factors and corresponding receptors.
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B 细胞分化的调节:因子和相应受体的相互作用。
作者:
T. Hamaoka;S. Ono
The antibody response to nominal antigen such as hapten-carrier con jugates involves the cooperation of hapten-specific B cells and carrier specific helper T cells (1-4). In addition to the carrier specificity, helper T cells recognize determinants encoded by genes in the class-II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on antigen-presenting cells as well as on B cells (5-13). The interaction between helper T cells and antigen presenting accessory cells (APC) is genetically restricted by products of the major histocompatibility complex (14-16). However, the cellular interac tions between helper T cells and B cells have been reported as restricted by self-MHC products (5-7, 10-12, 17) or not restricted by the MHC elements (18, 19). Since genetic restrictions imposed by products of the MHC are considered as a requirement for the recognition by T cells of self-MHC determinants expressed by non-T cells (APC), this controversy can be explained on the basis of whether T cells must necessarily recognize the MHC determinants expressed by B cells in order to trigger them to secrete antibodies. Since the original description of a role for T cells in the antigen dependent stimulation of B cells, a great deal of effort has gone toward elucidating the mechanism by which helper T cells function. A series of studies demonstrated that some members of the B-cell population participate in cognate cellular interactions with helper T cells. Cognate interaction refers to the recognition of both antigen and a class-II MHC molecule on the B-cell surface as a requirement for activation. Other