REQUIREMENT FOR POSITIVE SELECTION OF GAMMA-DELTA-RECEPTOR-BEARING T-CELLS

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作者
WELLS, FB
GAHM, SJ
HEDRICK, SM
BLUESTONE, JA
DENT, A
MATIS, LA
机构
[1] NCI, FREDERICK CANC RES & DEV CTR, MOLEC IMMUNOREGULAT LAB, BIOL RESPONSE MODIFIERS PROGRAM, FREDERICK, MD 21702 USA
[2] NCI, HOWARD HUGHES MED INST, RES SCHOLARS PROGRAM, BETHESDA, MD 20892 USA
[3] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, DEPT BIOL, LA JOLLA, CA 92093 USA
[4] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, CTR CANC, LA JOLLA, CA 92093 USA
[5] NCI, FREDERICK CANC RES & DEV CTR, PROGRAM RESOURCES INC DYNCORP, FREDERICK, MD 21701 USA
[6] UNIV CHICAGO, BEN MAY INST, DEPT PATHOL, COMM IMMUNOL, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
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10.1126/science.1831565
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The alpha-beta and gamma-delta-T cell receptors for antigen (TCR) delineate distinct T cell populations. TCR-alpha-beta-bearing thymocytes must be positively selected by binding of the TCR to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on thymic epithelium. To examine the requirement for positive selection of TCR gamma-delta-T cells, mice bearing a class I MHC-specific gamma-delta-transgene (Tg) were crossed to mice with disrupted beta-2 microglobulin (beta-2M) genes. The Tg+beta-2M- (class I MHC-) offspring had Tg+ thymocytes that did not proliferate to antigen or Tg-specific monoclonal antibody and few peripheral Tg+ cells. This is evidence for positive selection within the gamma-delta-T cell subset.
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