| Literature DB >> 8641977 |
U Lee1, K Santa, S Habu, T Nishimura.
Abstract
Freshly isolated CD8+ T cells, but not CD4+ T cells, contained 20-30% of asialo GM1+ (ASGM1+) T cells which were distinct from ASGM1+NK1.1+ natural killer cells. This novel ASGM1+CD8+ T cell subpopulation showed a strong proliferative response to interleukin-12 (IL-12) in the presence of IL-2. Culture of ASGM1+CD8+ T cells with IL-12 plus IL-2 allowed the generation of anomalous killer T cells concomitantly with the accumulation of cytolytic molecules. Moreover, ASGM1+CD8+ T cells produced high levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), but not IL-4, upon stimulation with IL-12 plus IL-2. Such immune responses were not observed in ASGM1-CD8+ T cell subpopulations constituting the majority of CD8+ T cells. These results demonstrated that ASGM1+CD8+ T cells are a novel subpopulation of IL-12-responsive and IFN-gamma-producing killer T cell precursors.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8641977 PMCID： PMC5921113 DOI： 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb00241.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Cancer Res ISSN： 0910-5050