DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA ON THE SYNTHESIS OF T(H)1-LYMPHOKINES AND T(H)2-LIKE LYMPHOKINES BY HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-T

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FARGEAS, C
WU, CY
NAKAJIMA, T
COX, D
NUTMAN, T
DELESPESSE, G
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[1] UNIV MONTREAL, NOTRE DAME HOSP, ALLERGY RES LAB, 1560 SHERBROOKE ST E, MONTREAL H2L 4M1, QUEBEC, CANADA
[2] NIAID, PARASIT DIS LAB, BETHESDA, MD 20892 USA
[3] CIBA GEIGY PHARMACEUT CORP, BASEL, SWITZERLAND
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10.1002/eji.1830220833
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
(TGF)-beta is a pluripotent cytokine exerting differential effects on distinct components of the immune response. The present report, based on lymphokine determination in culture supernatants and Northern blot analysis of lympokine mRNA, demonstrates that TGF-beta-2 markedly inhibits interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5 synthesis by polyclonally activated human T cells in the absence of any significant effect on (IFN)-gamma, lymphotoxin or IL-2, suggesting a modulatory effect of TGF-beta-2 on the interferon T(h)1/T(h)2) balance of immune responses. The inhibitory effect of TGF-beta on IFN-gamma production by unfractionated peripheral blood mononuclear cells is likely to reflect the blunting of natural killer cell activation by TGF-beta.
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