Distinct types of T-cell help for the induction of a humoral immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Studies have indicated that purified soluble polysaccharide antigens can elicit T cell-independent Ig responses in vivo, although these responses can be modulated by T cells in a noncognate manner. Relatively little is known, however, concerning the parameters that regulate polysaccharide-specific, as well as protein-specific, Ig isotype responses to an intact extracellular bacterium. Using the murine in vivo humoral response to intact Streptococcus pneumoniae as a model it can be shown that CD4+ T-cell receptor alphabeta+ T cells deliver help for both polysaccharide- and protein-specific Ig responses. However, these responses differ fundamentally in their mechanism of action.
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Services, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. csnapper@usuhs.mil
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D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes / Q000276:immunology; D018448:Models, Immunological; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000276:immunology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta