The T cell antigen receptor consists of the Ti alpha/beta heterodimer which recognizes antigen, and the associated CD3 chains, thought to be involved in signal transduction. To understand the nature of the interaction between Ti and CD3, chimeric molecules which included the COOH-terminal segments of Ti alpha or beta linked to the extracellular segment of CD8, were transfected into a mutant T c...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression of interleukin-21 (IL-21) and its correlation to T-cell subpopulation including Th1, Tc1 and Th17 cells in Ulcerative colitis (UC). MATERIAL AND METHODS We examined the expression of IL-21, IL-17 and IFN-γ in UC patients and controls by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and flow cytometry. RESULTS We found that IL-21 was expressed on CD3(+)CD8...

Four clones were derived from human peripheral blood T lymphocytes from which CD4+ and CD8+ cells had been removed by treatment with specific mAbs and complement. All expressed the CD2+, 3+, 4-, 8-, T44- phenotype, and did not react with the WT31 mAb, which is specific for a framework determinant of the CD3-associated alpha/beta heterodimer which serves as receptor for antigen on most human T l...

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Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells are non-major histocompatibility complex-restricted cytotoxic cells generated by incubation of peripheral blood lymphocytes with anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (MoAb), interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-1, and interferon-gamma. Cells with the greatest effector function in CIK cultures coexpress CD3 and CD56 surface molecules. CIK cell cytotoxicity can be blocked by MoAbs...

AIMS Normal human pregnancy is a complex process of many immunoregulatory mechanisms which protect fetus from the activation of the maternal immune system. The aim of the study was to investigate the apoptosis of lymphocytes in peripheral blood of normal pregnant patients and healthy nonpregnant women. METHODS Sixty pregnant women and 17 nonpregnant women were included in the study. Lymphocyt...

BACKGROUND There is little information available about the development of T-cell immunity in healthy and atopic children. We have studied prospectively the mean fluorescence intensity of the T-cell receptor complex-associated CD3, CD4 and CD8 in relation to atopic family history (AFH) and the development of atopic disease. METHODS Children with a defined AFH (n = 172) were followed from birth...