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Suppression of Human Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses by Adherent Peripheral Blood Leukocytes
Author(s) -
BERNSTEIN DENISE C.,
SHEARER GENE M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb36339.x
Subject(s) - citation , cytotoxic t cell , cancer , peripheral blood , medicine , immunology , gerontology , library science , biology , genetics , computer science , in vitro
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses to HLA alloantigens are unexpectedly weak compared to the CTL response to influenza virus. Allogeneic CTL activity was increased dramatically by removal of a Leu M3+ cell with adherence properties. The Leu M3+-enriched population was capable of suppressing the allogeneic-CTL response. Precultured cells suppressed both allogeneic and influenza-specific CTL responses. Inactivation of suppression was achieved by addition of influenza virus to the cultures in which suppressor activity was generated. A high proportion of asymptomatic HIV-seropositive and AIDS patients, as well as one high-risk group appear to have lost suppressor-cell activity. These findings are discussed with respect to the possible role of this suppressor system in transplantation immunology and the T cell-immune abnormalities observed in development of AIDS.