title: Serologically defined subpopulations of human T lymphocytes.
abstract: Several rabbit antisera to T cells obtained from various sources (thymus, peripheral blood, brain, T-derived leukemias) were studied with the aim to obtain reagents specific for a subset of T cells. Sera were first absorbed on human tissues and B cells; thereafter these T cell-specific sera were additionally absorbed with T cells of different origin and especially with leukemic T cells, which are likely to represent a clonal expnasion of a subset of T cells with potentially unique antigenic markers. Three antigenically distinct subpopulations of T cells were delineated. The relationship of these subsets with previously defined human T cell subpopulations (T subsets with a receptor for the Fc or IgG or IgM or with a receptor for a lectin from wheat germ agglutinin) was investigated.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D002469:Cell Separation; D005333:Fetus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000494:pharmacology; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D012751:Sezary Syndrome / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera