| Literature DB >> 2124255 |
M Nakata1, M J Smyth, Y Norihisa, A Kawasaki, Y Shinkai, K Okumura, H Yagita.
Abstract
The cytotoxic activity and pore-forming protein (PFP) expression of human peripheral blood (PB) gamma/delta T cells were examined. Fresh gamma/delta T cells isolated from PB lymphocytes by fluorescence-activated cell sorting exhibited a substantial natural killer-like cytotoxic activity against K562 target cells and had a high cytotoxic potential triggered by anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (mAb) against P815 target cells bearing Fc gamma R. Immunocytochemical staining with an anti-PFP mAb revealed that virtually all PB gamma/delta T cells are granular lymphocytes with abundant PFP in their cytoplasmic granules. Constitutive expression of PFP in PB gamma/delta T cells was also demonstrated by Northern blot analysis. These observations support the proposed role of gamma/delta T cells in cytolytic immune surveillance in vivo.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2124255 PMCID: PMC2188778 DOI: 10.1084/jem.172.6.1877
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307