T cell-mediated suppression is an established phenomenon, but its underlying mechanisms are obscure. An in vitro system was used to test the possibility that anergic T cells can act as specific suppressor cells. Anergic human T cells caused inhibition of antigen-specific and allospecific T cell proliferation. In order for the inhibition to occur, the anergic T cells had to be specific for the same antigen-presenting cells (APCs) as the T cells that were suppressed. The mechanism of this suppression appears to be competition for the APC surface and for locally produced interleukin-2.
机构:Bernd Arnold, Günther Schönrich and Günter J. Hämmerling are at the Division of Somatic Genetics, Tumor Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
ARNOLD, B
SCHONRICH, G
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机构:Bernd Arnold, Günther Schönrich and Günter J. Hämmerling are at the Division of Somatic Genetics, Tumor Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
ARNOLD, B
SCHONRICH, G
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机构:Bernd Arnold, Günther Schönrich and Günter J. Hämmerling are at the Division of Somatic Genetics, Tumor Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
SCHONRICH, G
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机构:Bernd Arnold, Günther Schönrich and Günter J. Hämmerling are at the Division of Somatic Genetics, Tumor Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280