title: Requirement for gammadelta T cells in allergic airway inflammation.
abstract: The factors that contribute to allergic asthma are unclear but the resulting condition is considered a consequence of a type-2 T helper (TH2) cell response. In a model of pulmonary allergic inflammation, mice that lacked gammadelta T cells had decreases in specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) and IgG1 and pulmonary interleukin-5 (IL-5) release as well as in eosinophil and T cell infiltration compared with wild-type mice. These responses were restored by administration of IL-4 to gammadelta T cell-deficient mice during the primary immunization. Thus, gammadelta T cells are essential for inducing IL-4-dependent IgE and IgG1 responses and for TH2-mediated airway inflammation to peptidic antigens.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Pharmacologie Cellulaire, Unité Associée Institut Pasteur/INSERM U485, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zuany-Amorim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruffié
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hailé
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Vargaftig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pretolani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000276:immunology; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000276:immunology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D007114:Immunization; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000032:analysis*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015848:Interleukin-5; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D010047:Ovalbumin