TRACKING ALLOREACTIVE CELL DIVISION IN VIVO1
HK Song, H Noorchashm, YK Lieu, S Rostami… - …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
HK Song, H Noorchashm, YK Lieu, S Rostami, SAS Greeley, CF Barker, A Naji
Transplantation, 1999•journals.lww.comBackground. The study of alloimmune responses has been limited by a lack of assays that
can track the behavior of alloreactive lymphocytes in vivo. Here we utilize an experimental
system that allows the identification and study of alloreactive CD4+ lymphocytes responding
to major histocompatibility antigens in vivo. Methods. Responder mouse lymphocytes were
labeled with a fluorescein-based dye, adoptively transferred into irradiated allogeneic
stimulator mice, and recovered at serial time points for analysis by flow cytometry. Results …
can track the behavior of alloreactive lymphocytes in vivo. Here we utilize an experimental
system that allows the identification and study of alloreactive CD4+ lymphocytes responding
to major histocompatibility antigens in vivo. Methods. Responder mouse lymphocytes were
labeled with a fluorescein-based dye, adoptively transferred into irradiated allogeneic
stimulator mice, and recovered at serial time points for analysis by flow cytometry. Results …
Abstract
Background.
The study of alloimmune responses has been limited by a lack of assays that can track the behavior of alloreactive lymphocytes in vivo. Here we utilize an experimental system that allows the identification and study of alloreactive CD4+ lymphocytes responding to major histocompatibility antigens in vivo.
Methods.
Responder mouse lymphocytes were labeled with a fluorescein-based dye, adoptively transferred into irradiated allogeneic stimulator mice, and recovered at serial time points for analysis by flow cytometry.
Results.
Discrete generations of CD4+ responder lymphocytes proliferating specifically in response to allogeneic MHC class II were distinguished by fluorescein intensity. Successive division of alloreactive CD4+ lymphocytes was traced up to six generations after 60 hr.
Conclusions.
This experimental system provides information on the division kinetics of alloreactive CD4+ cells. Other applications include immunophenotyping of alloreactive lymphocyte subsets. Further study of systems such as this will allow the detailed characterization of how alloimmune responses are initiated and proceed in vivo.
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