Purified CD4+ lymph node T cells were sorted into two populations on the basis of their expression of CD45RB (CD45RBhi and CD45RBlo) and injected into congenic severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. After a period of time that was dependent on the number of cells injected, the SCID mice that received CD45RBhi/CD4+ T cells developed a wasting disease that was not seen in SCID mice that received the CD4+/CD45RBlo cells or whole lymph node cells. At death, SCID mice that received the CD4+/CD45RBhi cells had increased spleen and lymph node cellularity compared with normal SCID mice and SCID mice that received the CD4+/CD45RBlo T cells. The spleen and lymph node contained CD4+ cells and neither CD8+ nor surface immunoglobulin M-positive cells, plus a population of cells that did not express any of those markers. At necropsy, the SCID mice that received the CD4+/CD45RBhi cells had significant hyperplasia of the intestinal mucosa with significant lymphoid cell accumulation in the lamina propria. Interestingly, mice that received mixtures of whole lymph node or purified CD4+ cells with CD4+/CD45RBhi cells did not develop weight loss, indicating that the unseparated CD4+ population contained cells that were capable of regulating the reactivity of the CD4+/CD45RBhi cells.
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July 01 1993
CD4+ T cells that express high levels of CD45RB induce wasting disease when transferred into congenic severe combined immunodeficient mice. Disease development is prevented by cotransfer of purified CD4+ T cells.
P J Morrissey,
P J Morrissey
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
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K Charrier,
K Charrier
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
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S Braddy,
S Braddy
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
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D Liggitt,
D Liggitt
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
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J D Watson
J D Watson
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
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P J Morrissey
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
K Charrier
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
S Braddy
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
D Liggitt
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
J D Watson
Department of Immunology, Immunex Research and Development Corp., Seattle, Washington 98101.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1993) 178 (1): 237–244.
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P J Morrissey, K Charrier, S Braddy, D Liggitt, J D Watson; CD4+ T cells that express high levels of CD45RB induce wasting disease when transferred into congenic severe combined immunodeficient mice. Disease development is prevented by cotransfer of purified CD4+ T cells.. J Exp Med 1 July 1993; 178 (1): 237–244. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.178.1.237
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