title: Comparison of the accessory activity of murine peritoneal cavity macrophage derived dendritic cells and peritoneal cavity macrophages in a mixed lymphocyte reaction.
abstract: A detailed comparison of the accessory cell activities was carried out among murine peritoneal cavity macrophages (PEC-Mphi), peritonea] cavity macrophages stimulated with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) plus interleukin 4 (IL-4), the most popular cytokine combination widely used to generate dendritic cells (DC) and peritoneal cavity macrophage-derived DC (PEC-DC) using a two-way mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). All the cell types used efficiently induced statistically significant naïve T cell proliferation at all culture time points and responder:stimulator ratios used. However, marked differences were noted in the magnitude of the proliferative responses. These variations may be attributed to the intensity of expression of MHC class II glycoproteins, as well as the actual numbers of MHC class II+ cells.
authors.affiliation: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Makala
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagasaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II / Q000276:immunology; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal