title: The V beta 8 gene family is preferentially used by 'naturally' activated T cells.
abstract: Receptors encoded by the V beta 8 gene family detected by the monoclonal antibody F23.1 are expressed among 'naturally' activated T cells in normal spleen at frequencies significantly higher than in the total CD4+ and CD8+ cell populations. The positive selection of these clones into 'natural' T-cell activity could be the reason for the high frequencies of cells expressing V beta 8 genes. This phenotype is strain-dependent.
authors.affiliation: Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Forni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D005810:Multigene Family; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell