| Literature DB >> 3920312 |
D N Männel, S B Mizel, T Diamantstein, W Falk.
Abstract
Thymocyte cultures from C3H/HeJ mice were stimulated for proliferative responses with purified preparations of interleukin 1 (IL 1) and interleukin 2 (IL 2). Synergistic responses were obtained in the absence of mitogen. In the presence of excess IL 2, the thymocyte proliferation response was strictly dependent on the amount of IL 1 in the cultures. Antibodies to IL 1 inhibited the response in a dose-dependent manner. The combination of IL 1 plus IL 2 induced the appearance of IL 2 receptors on murine thymocytes as detected with a monoclonal antibody directed against the IL 2 receptor. Neither IL 1 nor IL 2 alone had this effect. The thymic subpopulation found to become IL 2 responsive upon IL 1 stimulus was the peanut agglutinin-negative (PNA-) medullary fraction.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3920312
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunol ISSN: 0022-1767 Impact factor: 5.422