Altered CD40 ligand induction in tolerant T lymphocytes.
CD40 ligand (CD40L) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily and is expressed on the surface of activated T lymphocytes. The interaction of CD40L with CD40 on B cells results in B cell activation, immunoglobulin (Ig) secretion and Ig class switching. To study anergy as a mechanism of murine CD4 T cell tolerance, we determined both in vivo and in vitro that CD3-activated anergic cells are deficient in the ability to stimulate B cell proliferation, and that anergic cells are defective for the T cell receptor/CD3-mediated induction of CD40L expression. These results have implications for the recruitment of B cell responses by anergic T cells in vivo.
Bowen
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Haluskey
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Quill
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D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D023201:CD40 Ligand; D017635:Clonal Anergy; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008211:Lymphocyte Cooperation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D017260:Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
D019013:CD40 Antigens; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D017260:Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D023201:CD40 Ligand