The humoral immune response to heterologous erythrocytes requires the cooperation of B lymphocytes and helper T cells. The production of anti-sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) 1 IgG is almost wholly dependent on the activity of T help (reviewed in 1). Helper T cells that recognize the carrier portion of an immunogen have been known for some time (2). More recently evidence has accumulated that other he...

In the article was studied effects of flavonol quercetin on indices adaptive immune response in experimental animals 14 th day bacterial-immune periodontitis development. Indices protection were determined by relative number lymphocytes with CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD19+, CD16+ and immunoregulatory index (CD4+ / CD8+) intact inflammatory process development periodontal tissues as well therapeutic que...

The thymus determines the spectrum of the receptor specificities of differentiating T cells for self-H-2; however, the phenotypic expression of T cell's specificity for self plus virus is determined predominantly by the H-2 type of the antigen presenting cells of the peripheral lymphoreticular system. Furthermore, virus specific helper T cells are essential for the generation of virus-specific ...

Pulmonary metastasis of breast cancer requires recruitment and expansion of T-regulatory cells (Treg) that promote escape from host protective immune cells. However, it remains unclear precisely how tumors recruit Tregs to support metastatic growth. Here we report the mechanistic involvement of a unique and previously undescribed subset of regulatory B cells. These cells, designated tumor-evoke...

T lymphocytes participate in many immunologic functions. For example, they may become cytotoxic cells (Tc), ~ exert helper (TH) or suppressor (Ts) effects on antibody production, or trigger the inflammatory response of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) (TD). Recently, it has been demonstrated (1, 2) that some of the T cells involved in these functions may be characterized by their cell surfac...

To reexamine the influence that T lymphocytes have on the regulation of human peripheral blood burst-forming unit (BFU-E) proliferation in the absence of a statistically significant number of monocytes, very low numbers (3 to 10 X 10(3)/mL) of a null cell fraction highly enriched for BFU-E were cultured alone and in the presence of 5 X 10(5) sheep erythrocyte-purified, autologous T lymphocytes ...

Activation of the transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-4 is critical for the differentiation of T-helper 1 cells/type-1 cytotoxic T-cells and the production of interferon (IFN)-gamma. Expression of STAT4, phospho-STAT4, IFN-gamma and T-box expressed in T-cells (T-bet) proteins in bronchial biopsies and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)-derived lymphocytes, obt...

PURPOSE Sight-damaging ocular inflammation is often mediated by T-helper (Th) lymphocytes. The population of Th cells is divided into two major subsets, designated Th1 and Th2, that differ by their cytokine production and biological activities. In the present study, the capacity of Th1 and Th2 cells to induce ocular inflammation was examined. METHODS Ocular inflammation was induced in transge...

In a one-stage, interleukin-2 (IL-2), limiting-dilution analysis, peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with uveitis and normal control subjects were assayed for S-antigen specific, tetanus-specific, and in vivo activated helper T cells. Controls subjects consistently demonstrated tetanus-specific responses, but neither in vivo activation nor S-antigen specific helper T cell response...

interleukin-4 (il-4) is produced by t-helper cells type 2 (th2) and induces ige synthesis. t-helper cells type 1 (th1) produce interferon-gamma (ifn-gamma) which suppresses th2 and reduces il-4 induced ige production. in this :;tudy , we demonstrated that the levels of specific ige in the serum of atopic children (n=20) were elevated while il-4 production was increased and ifn-gamma secretion w...