rIL-4 (B cell stimulatory factor 1) induces the expression of Fc epsilon R2/CD23 on normal human monocytes (Mo). Fc epsilon R2/CD23 induction was detectable both by flow cytometry using anti-CD23 mAbs as well as soluble IgE, and by the immunoprecipitation with CD23-specific mAb or IgE of a 45-kD band from 125I-lactoperoxidase-labeled Mo. Fc epsilon R2/CD23 was fully expressed after a 24-h incubation with rIL-4, and was still detectable after 72 h from the addition of IL-4. This effect was specific, because none of the other rILs tested (IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-5, B cell stimulatory factor 2, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, and IFN-gamma) could induce FC epsilon R2/CD23, either alone or in various combinations. No synergism was observed between IL-4 and other ILs. IFN-gamma was not able to inhibit the IL-4-induced expression of Fc epsilon R2/CD23 on Mo, neither when added to the culture together with IL-4, nor when added 36 h earlier.
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April 01 1988
Human recombinant interleukin 4 induces Fc epsilon R2/CD23 on normal human monocytes.
D Vercelli,
D Vercelli
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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H H Jabara,
H H Jabara
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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B W Lee,
B W Lee
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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N Woodland,
N Woodland
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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R S Geha,
R S Geha
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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D Y Leung
D Y Leung
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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D Vercelli
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
H H Jabara
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
B W Lee
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
N Woodland
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
R S Geha
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
D Y Leung
The Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1988) 167 (4): 1406–1416.
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D Vercelli, H H Jabara, B W Lee, N Woodland, R S Geha, D Y Leung; Human recombinant interleukin 4 induces Fc epsilon R2/CD23 on normal human monocytes.. J Exp Med 1 April 1988; 167 (4): 1406–1416. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.167.4.1406
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