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Germinal Centers Regulate Human Th2 Development1
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Johansson-Lindbom, Bengt (författare)
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- Ingvarsson, Sigurdur (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för immunteknologi,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Department of Immunotechnology,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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- Borrebaeck, Carl (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för immunteknologi,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Department of Immunotechnology,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2003
- 2003
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Immunology. - 1550-6606. ; 171:4, s. 1657-1666
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Abstract
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- In the present study we demonstrate that all CD4+ T cells in human tonsil expressing the Th2-selective receptor chemoattractant receptor-homologous molecule expressed on Th2 cells (CRTH2) also 1) express high levels of CXCR5, and 2) display a transitional CD45RA/RO phenotype and consistently do not produce significant amounts of cytokines when immediately analyzed ex vivo. Hence, they represent precursors of Th2 effector cells, a conclusion confirmed by their robust production of IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13, but not IFN-{gamma}, after in vitro activation. CD4+ T cells, which express only intermediate levels of CXCR5, instead develop into IFN-{gamma}-producing cells under identical culture conditions, thus establishing a correlation between relative levels of CXCR5 expression and the acquired cytokine profile. Because CXCR5 is critically involved in follicular localization, the results suggest that these CRTH2+ Th2 cells preferentially develop their cytokine-producing phenotype within germinal centers (GCs), whereas extrafollicular differentiation instead promotes Th1 development. In support for this proposal, we show that T cells with an intermediate expression of CXCR5 can be forced to also produce IL-4 and IL-13 if cultured with allogenic GC B cells. Finally, we demonstrate that the previously described CD57+ GC T cells also express high levels of CXCR5 but instead of comprising a Th2 precursor, they represent anergized T cells. Taken together, these data suggest that GCs and B cells regulate CD4+ T cell differentiation in a finely tuned fashion, either by promoting differentiation of Th2 cells, which apparently leave the lymphoid tissue before evolving a cytokine-producing phenotype, or by furnishing T cell unresponsiveness.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Immunologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Immunology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
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