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题目:: The human liver contains multiple populations of NK cells, T cells, and CD3+CD56+ natural T cells with distinct cytotoxic activities and Th1, Th2, and Th0 cytokine secretion patterns.
作者:: Doherty(D G),Norris(S),Madrigal-Estebas(L),McEntee(G),Traynor(O),Hegarty(J E),O'Farrelly(C)
状态:: 发布时间1999-09-09 , 更新时间 2006-11-15
期刊:: J Immunol
摘要:: The human liver contains significant numbers of T cells, NK cells, and lymphocytes that coexpress T and NK cell receptors. To evaluate their functional activities, we have compared the cytotoxic activities and cytokines produced by normal adult hepatic CD3+CD56- (T) cells, CD3-CD56+ (NK) cells, and CD3+CD56+ (natural T (NT)) cells. In cytotoxicity assays using immunomagnetic bead-purified NK cell, T cell, and NT cell subpopulations as effectors, fresh hepatic NK cells lysed K562 targets, while NT cells could be induced to do so by culturing with IL-2. Both NT and T cells were capable of redirected cytolysis of P815 cells using Abs to CD3. Flow cytometric analysis of cytokine production by fresh hepatic lymphocyte subsets activated by CD3 cross-linking or PMA and ionomycin stimulation indicated that NT cells and T cells could produce IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-2, and/or IL-4, but little or no IL-5, while NK cells produced IFN-gamma and/or TNF-alpha only. The majority of NT cells produced inflammatory (Th1) cytokines only; however, approximately 6% of all hepatic T cells, which included 5% of Valpha24 TCR-bearing NT cells and 2% of gammadeltaTCR+ cells, simultaneously produced IFN-gamma and IL-4. The existence of such large numbers of cytotoxic lymphocytes with multiple effector functions suggests that the liver is an important site of innate immune responses, early regulation of adaptive immunity, and possibly peripheral deletion of autologous cells.
语言:: eng
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