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2. Abstracts for the ESDR Clinically Oriented Symposium.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *LYMPHOMAS , *T cells , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *B cells , *LYMPHOCYTES - Abstract
This article presents abstracts for various research papers to be presented in the European Society for Dermatological Research's symposium on September 26-28, 1997. These research papers pertain to subjects like the eortic classification for primary cutaneous lymphomas, different prognosis between cutaneous and systemic lymphoproliferative disorders, parapsoriasis and early cutaneous T cell lymphoma, immunoglobulin gene rearrangement of pseudo B-cell lymphomas and prognostic significance of polymerase chain reaction detectable dominant T lymphocyte clones.
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- 1997
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3. Peripheral human γδ T cells control growth of both avirulent and highly virulent strains of Francisella tularensis in vitro
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Rowland, Caroline A., Hartley, M. Gill, Flick-Smith, Helen, Laws, Thomas R., Eyles, Jim E., and Oyston, Petra C.F.
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T cells , *MICROBIAL virulence , *FRANCISELLA tularensis , *BACTERIAL diseases , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *LYMPHOCYTES , *PATHOGENIC microorganisms , *COMMUNICABLE diseases - Abstract
Abstract: In this paper we evaluate the role of human γδ T cells in control of Francisella tularensis infection. Using an in vitro model of infection, a reduction in bacterial numbers was detected in the presence of human γδ T cells for both attenuated LVS and virulent SCHU S4 strains of F. tularensis. Antibody neutralisation of IFN-γ caused an increase in survival of F. tularensis LVS suggesting that γδ T cell-mediated control of F. tularensis infection is partially mediated by IFN-γ. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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4. IMGT/GeneInfo: T cell receptor gamma TRG and delta TRD genes in database give access to all TR potential V(D)J recombinations.
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Baum, Thierry-Pascal, Hierle, Vivien, Pasqual, Nicolas, Bellahcene, Fatena, Chaume, Denys, Lefranc, Marie-Paule, Jouvin-Marche, Evelyne, Marche, Patrice Noël, and Demongeot, Jacques
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DATABASES , *CELL receptors , *T cells , *GENES , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *LYMPHOCYTES - Abstract
Background: Adaptative immune repertoire diversity in vertebrate species is generated by recombination of variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) genes in the immunoglobulin (IG) loci of B lymphocytes and in the T cell receptor (TR) loci of T lymphocytes. These V-J and V-D-J gene rearrangements at the DNA level involve recombination signal sequences (RSS). Whereas many data exist, they are scattered in non specialized resources with different nomenclatures (eg. flat files) and are difficult to extract. Description: IMGT/GeneInfo is an online information system that provides, through a user-friendly interface, exhaustive information resulting from the complex mechanisms of T cell receptor V-J and V-DJ recombinations. T cells comprise two populations which express the αβand γδ TR, respectively. The first version of the system dealt with the Homo sapiens and Mus musculus TRA and TRB loci whose gene rearrangements allow the synthesis of the αβ TR chains. In this paper, we present the second version of IMGT/GeneInfo where we complete the database for the Homo sapiens and Mus musculus TRG and TRD loci along with the introduction of a quality control procedure for existing and new data. We also include new functionalities to the four loci analysis, giving, to date, a very informative tool which allows to work on V(D)J genes of all TR loci in both human and mouse species. IMGT/GeneInfo provides more than 59,000 rearrangement combinations with a full gene description which is freely available at http://imgt.cines.fr/ GeneInfo. Conclusion: IMGT/GeneInfo allows all TR information sequences to be in the same spot, and are now available within two computer-mouse clicks. This is useful for biologists and bioinformaticians for the study of T lymphocyte V(D)J gene rearrangements and their applications in immune response analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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5. A human T-cell receptor recognizes 'O' - linked sugars from the hinge region of human IgA1 and IgD.
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Rudd, P.M., Fortune, F., Patel, T., Parekh, R.B., Dwek, R.A., and Lehner, T.
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T cells , *LYMPHOCYTES , *SUGARS , *CARBOHYDRATES , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *GLOBULINS - Abstract
A receptor which binds secretory lgA (sIgA) is expressed on human T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Behcet's syndrome and IgA nephropathy and on normal T cells following phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) stimulation. The specificity of this receptor was initially probed with a panel of normal serum immunoglobulins in competitive inhibition assays with sIgA using two-colour immunofluorescence. While the receptor showed the strongest affinity for igAl (IC5010-6 M), IgD which has a similarly glycosylated hinge region to IgAl, also bound to the receptor (IC50 10-5 M). IgA2, which lacks the 'O'-glycosylated hinge region, did not significantly inhibit the binding at these concentrations suggesting that the IgA determinants for this receptor might be the oligosaccharides present in the hinge region of IgAl. IgAl has up to 10 'O'-linked oligosaccharides and four N-linked oligosaccharides per molecule. In order to probe the role of the 'O'-linked hinge sugars in the binding event, a sugar library was prepared from IgAl by a procedure designed to release 'O'-linked oligosaccharides preferentially, and to retain them in the natural closed ring formation. The sugars were released by hydrazinolysis at 65° and the resulting oligosaccharide library analysed by high voltage paper electrophoresis (HVE) and P4 gel permeation chromatography. Competitive inhibition studies demonstrated that both the library and the individual 'O'-linked sugars associated with IgA1 were implicated in the binding of IgAl to this receptor (IC50 between 1 × 10-5 M and 6 × 10-s M). Within this range the individual sugars showed small differences in their affinity for the receptor in the following order: Galβ3GalNAc = NeuNAc2α3(6)Galβ3GalNAc > NeuNAc2α3(6)Galβ3[NeuNAc2α6]GalNAc ≥ GalNAc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1994
6. The targeting of T-helper cells and tumourcidal macrophages to a B-cell lymphoma using a PPD-monoclonal antibody heteroconjugate.
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Montgomery, A. M. P., Wing, M. O., and Lachmann, P. J.
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IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *T cells , *LYMPHOCYTES , *MONOCLONAL antibodies , *LABORATORY rats , *TUBERCULIN , *BACTERIAL antigens - Abstract
This paper describes a T-cell targeting strategy based on the use of an antigen-monoclonal antibody heteroconjugate. A rat anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody specific for a murine B-cell lymphoma was conjugated to the purified protein derivative (PPD) of tuberculin. This construct selectively delivered up to 4.5 × 104 molecules of PPD onto each tumour cell. Targeted PPD was internalized for endosomal processing and was presented in association with the I-A class II restriction element to PPD-reactive T-helper (Th) cells. Activated Th cells were demonstrated to proliferate and secrete significant levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF). Such lymphokine secretion was observed at a PPD concentration as low as 1 ng/mI. Despite the secretion of TNF, the S-cell lymphoma was found to be resistant to autonomous Th-mediated cytotoxicity. Targeted Th cells did, however, activate tumourcidal macrophages that subsequently mediated significant tumour cytostasis. Based on this observation, it is proposed that the targeting system described may be exploited as the basis for a future immunotherapeutic strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1992
7. Pattern of lectin binding to murine T lymphocytes.
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Sowalsky, R. A. and Fox, B. S.
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LYMPHOCYTES , *T cells , *HEMAGGLUTININ , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *ACETIC acid , *GLYCINE - Abstract
Lectins can be used to detect changes in cell-surface glycosylation. In this paper we examine the lectin-binding characteristics of murine T cells as measured by flow cytometry. A large panel of labelled lectins was used to stain naive, activated and resting murine T cells. Some lectins did not detectably bind any T cells, some bound to all T cells and some bound to only a subset of splenic T cells. Three lectins which preferentially bind to previously activated T cells were identified: Bandeiraea simplicifolia BS-I, Bauhinia purpurea and Lycopersicon esculentum. In addition, two lectins were found to bind preferentially to activated T cells; Glycine max and Triticum vulgaris. Finally, no differences were found in the ability of a large panel of lectins to bind to Th1 and Th2 clones. Lectin binding may be a powerful tool for distinguishing naive, activated and memory T cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1992
8. The T-cell response to haptenated insulins II. THE ANTIBODY RESPONSE.
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Florys, M., Wallace, G.R., Oettel, K., and Chain, B.M.
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T cells , *INSULIN , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *LYMPHOCYTES , *GLYCINE , *CELL proliferation - Abstract
As described in an accompanying paper, trinitrophenyl (TNP) modification of pork insulin (PI) at the A1 glycine position allows this molecule to stimulate a proliferative response in H-2b (B10) mice. We now show that this antigen stimulates low IgG responses in the same strain of mice. Our results show that T-cell help and proliferation may therefore be regulated independently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1989
9. Traffic and proliferative responses of recirculating lymphocytes in fetal calves.
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Hein, W. R., Shelton, J. N., Simpson-Morgan, M. W., and Morris, B.
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THORACIC duct , *CALVES , *LYMPHOCYTES , *GESTATIONAL age , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *T cells , *IMMUNE system - Abstract
The thoracic duct or efferent prescapular duct was cannulated in four fetal calves aged 121-259 days post-conception. The duration of lymph flow ranged from 2 to 20 days and the mean flow rates sustained over these collection periods varied from 54 to 488 ml/hr. Lymphocyte output ranged from 44 × 106 cells/hr in thoracic duct lymph from a 121-day fetus to 3.9 × 108 cells/hr in efferent prescapular lymph from a 259-day fetus. The circulating lymphocyte pool in fetal calves of about 120 and 190 days gestational age was calculated to contain, respectively, 4 × 108 cells and 2 × 1010 cells. The proportion of lymphocytes bearing surface immunoglobulin detected in fetal lymph ranged from 2.1% to 8.7%. Recirculating lymphocytes from fetal calves produced strong proliferative responses when stimulated by T-cell mitogens but responded poorly to B-cell mitogens. Fetal lymphocytes also responded to stimulation by allogeneic cells and stimulated other cells to proliferate during mixed lymphocyte culture. When stimulated with Con A, fetal lymphocytes secreted IL-2 to a degree that was indistinguishable from the secretory behaviour of lymphocytes from adult animals. The results presented in this paper show that chronic lymphatic fistulae can be established successfully in fetal calves to give access to recirculating lymphocytes. This provides a new experimental approach for studying the development of the bovine immune system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1988
10. Control of human T-colony formation by interleukin-2.
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Jourdan, M., Commes, T., and Klein, B.
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T cells , *LYMPHOCYTES , *INTERLEUKIN-2 , *CHROMATOGRAPHIC analysis , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *MONOCLONAL antibodies - Abstract
T-colony formation can be induced in PHA-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) from man, but not in PHA-stimulated purified T cells, the latter requiring the presence of factors produced by PHA-stimulated PBM and termed T-colony promoting activity (TCPA). In this paper, we demonstrate that interleukin-2 (IL-2), the growth hormone of T lymphocytes, controls T-colony formation. We show that: (i) IL-2 activity and TCPA produced by PHA-activated PBM are co-purified by gel filtration and chromatography on blue agarose, a procedure which yields a 850-fold IL-2 purification; (ii) recombinant IL-2, produced by genetically manipulated Eseherichia coli, can induce T-colony formation in PHA-stimulated purified T cells; (iii) Monoclonal antibody against the IL-2 receptor (anti-Tac antibody) completely inhibits the T-colony formation in PHA-stimulated PBM when directly added to the culture system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1985
11. Cellular bases of the production of and response to interleukin-2 in man: role of autologous rosette-forming T-cell subsets defined with monoclonal antibodies.
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Fishbein, Eugenia, Alcocer-Varela, J., and Alarcón-Segovia, D.
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T cells , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *INTERLEUKIN-2 , *MONOCLONAL antibodies , *LYMPHOCYTES , *INTERLEUKINS , *SCIENTIFIC experimentation - Abstract
In this paper we present experiments that indicate that, in man, most T-celI subpopulations produce interleukin-2 (IL-2), but that the main cell subpopulation which produces it, both upon activation with phytohaemagglutinin or in autologous mixed lymphocyte cultures, is that of autologous rosette-forming (Tar) T4+ T cells. Conversely, the main IL-2-responding T-cell subpopulation is that composed of T cells depleted of Tar (T-Tar) that are T8+ IL-2 was also found to be more effectively produced by Tar cells that do not bind peanut agglutinin (PNA) than by those that do. The PNA T4+ Tar cells were also found to respond best to interleukin- I (IL-I). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1983
12. Spontaneous development of autoimmune uveoretinitis in nude mice following reconstitution with embryonic rat thymus.
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Ichikawat, T., Taguchi, O., Takahashi, T., Ikeda, H., Takeuchi, M., Tanaka, T., Usui, M., and Nishizuka, Y.
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ENDOCRINE glands , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *LYMPHOCYTES , *T cells , *IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY , *PHOTOBIOLOGY , *RETINOIDS - Abstract
This paper describes the spontaneous occurrence of an autoimmune uveoretinitis in nude (nu/nu) mice reconstituted when 4 weeks old by the grafting of rat embryonic thymus. The uveoretinitis was characterized histologically by progressive loss of the photoreceptor layer, observed in 4.0, 17.6, 42.9% and 71.4% of such mice at 3, 5, 7 and 12 months of age, respectively. Mice with uveoretinitis were shown to have serum IgG antibody reactive by indirect immunofluorescence with retinal photoreceptors, and with interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP), but not retinal S-antigen, by immunoblotting and ELISA. A uveoretinitis could be adoptively transferred to syngeneic ungrafted nude mice by splenic CD4+ T cells from diseased animals. This is the first experimental model of a (T cell mediated) autoimmune uveoretinitis which develops spontaneously and which is not dependent upon deliberate sensitization with retinal antigens and adjuvants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1991
13. Regulation of the immune response in Plasmodium falciparum malaria II. Antigen specific proliferative responses in vitro.
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Troye-Blomberg, Marita, Perlmann, Hedvig, Patarroyo, M. E., and Perlmann, P.
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DNA synthesis , *PLASMODIUM falciparum , *LYMPHOCYTES , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *T cells , *ANTIGENS - Abstract
The antigen-induced DNA synthesis in vitro in lymphocytes from patients with acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria was investigated. The patients and healthy controls from Sweden or Colombia were the same as those studied in the accompanying paper (Troye-Blomberg el al., 1983). The malarial antigens used were sonicated membrane preparations or purified and concentrated supernatants from in vitro cultures of P. facliparum, similar preparations derived from normal human erythrocytes served as control antigen. In the patients' lymphocytes P. falciparum antigens induced a weak or moderate but significant stimulation of DNA synthesis, peaking after 3-4 days of incubation. This early response was specific for P. faleiparum since it was not obtained with lymphocytes from healthy donors nor with those from patients with acute P. vivax or P. ovale malaria. No antigen-induced response was seen in about half of the P.falciparum patients. However in a few negative eases, available for consecutive testing, positive reactions were seen with lymphocytes taken 2 weeks after infection when the blood of these patients was free of parasites. The early response induced in patients' lymphocytes to the P. falciparum antigens was not obtained with RBC antigen, however, these preparations frequently induced a response rising to significant levels later during incubation (day 5-6)- Similar delayed responses were obtained when either- patients' or control donors' lymphocytes were exposed to the P. falciparum antigens. This indicates that both the RBC and the parasite preparations contained mitogenic substances affecting human lymphocytes in general and easily obscuring the P, falciparum specific responses seen only in the patients. This latter response was relatively low and short lived, suggesting that it reflected a secondary in vitro stimulation of in vivo primed lymphocytes and that it was regulated by suppressor mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1983
14. Characterization of a T-lymphocyte inhibitor in the serum of tumour-bearing mice.
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Levy, Julia C., Smith, Anajane C., Whitney, R. B., McMaster, R., and Kilburn, D. G.
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T cells , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS , *CANCER in animals , *MICE as carriers of disease , *LYMPHOCYTES - Abstract
Sera from mice with large tumours from a variety of tissue types and sources have been shown to contain substances capable of suppressing the proliferative response of normal mouse lymphocytes to concanavalin A (Con A), bacterial endotoxin (LPS) and allogeneic cells. The present paper deals with studies on the nature of these inhibitory materials using mainly a methylcholanthreneinduced rhabdomyosarcoma in DBA/2J mice. It was found that a material responsible for inhibition of the Con A response eluted with immunoglobulins on Sephadex G-150 and eluted with monomeric immunoglobulin on Sephadex G-200. The component of tumour-bearer serum responsible for the suppression of the LPS response of normal lymphocytes eluted from Sephadex G-150 with the α and β globulins and albumin (molecular weight < 150,000). The immunoglobulin-containing serum fraction from tumour-bearing animals inhibited the mixed lymphocyte response, Con A response, and specific immune response to purified protein derivative (PPD) in allogeneic cell systems. It also inhibited the in vitro primary response of mouse cells to sheep red blood cells, and, to a lesser extent, the response to a T cell-independent antigen (DNP-dextran). The inhibitory activity continued to elute with monomeric IgG on Sephadex G-200 when columns were run in 1640 medium and adjusted to pH 2.5, indicating that an acid dissociable complex was not responsible for inhibitory activity. Inhibitor activity could be removed by absorption on immunoadsorbents containing goat anti-mouse immunoglobulin, and could be recovered by acid elution from the adsorbent. Inhibitor activity was not removed by immunoadsorption on columns prepared with antisera to chicken immunoglobulin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1976
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