title: Tolerogenicity of thymic epithelium.
abstract: To attempt to resolve the controversy on the role of thymic epithelial cells (TEC) in tolerance induction, athymic mice were grafted with allogeneic day-14 fetal thymuses treated with deoxyguanosine in vitro. The data indicate that the tolerogenicity of TEC varies considerably according to the antigen and the subpopulation of T cells studied. For cytotoxic CD8+ cells responding to H-2 class I antigens, TEC induce minimal tolerance. For proliferative responses of CD4+ cells, by contrast, TEC induce significant tolerance to H-2 class II antigens but no detectable tolerance to Mlsa antigens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprent
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000276:immunology; D005333:Fetus; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D016747:Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology* / Q000637:transplantation
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D016747:Minor Lymphocyte Stimulatory Antigens; D003849:Deoxyguanosine