| Literature DB >> 1831490 |
H Yssel1, M C Shanafelt, C Soderberg, P V Schneider, J Anzola, G Peltz.
Abstract
18 cloned T cell lines reactive with Borrelia burgdorferi proteins, all CD3+4+8-TCR-alpha/beta+ and restricted by HLA class II proteins, were isolated from four patients with chronic Lyme arthritis. Analysis of these T cell clones indicated that the T cell response to the Lyme disease spirochete is not oligoclonally restricted; yet all produced the same pattern of lymphokines, resembling that of murine type 1 T helper cells, after antigen-specific or nonspecific stimulation. Therefore, a subset of human CD4+ T cells, with a distinct profile of lymphokine secretion, is selectively activated by the pathogen inciting this chronic inflammatory disease.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1831490 PMCID: PMC2118948 DOI: 10.1084/jem.174.3.593
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307