Phenotypic and functional alteration of murine CD4+ T cells after antigenic stimulation was studied using two anti-T cell mAbs recently described that define four distinct T cell subsets. Activation of T cells resulted in the permanent loss of 3G11 expression. However, two phenotypically distinct memory T cell populations were established depending on the system used; whereas those for anti-KLH antibody response were enriched in the fraction expression 6C10 (Fr. III), memory T cells for the allogeneic MLR lacked such expression (Fr. IV). Furthermore, successive stimulation with antigen in vitro resulted in secretion of IL-4 without detectable IL-2. This alteration of phenotype and interleukin secretion was also demonstrable when starting with 3G11+6C10- cells (Fr. I), the fraction that secretes IL-2 exclusively upon activation.
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June 01 1989
Phenotypic and functional alteration of CD4+ T cells after antigen stimulation. Resolution of two populations of memory T cells that both secrete interleukin 4.
K Hayakawa,
K Hayakawa
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111.
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R R Hardy
R R Hardy
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111.
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K Hayakawa
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111.
R R Hardy
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1989) 169 (6): 2245–2250.
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K Hayakawa, R R Hardy; Phenotypic and functional alteration of CD4+ T cells after antigen stimulation. Resolution of two populations of memory T cells that both secrete interleukin 4.. J Exp Med 1 June 1989; 169 (6): 2245–2250. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.169.6.2245
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