title: Severe and selective deficiency of interferon-gamma-producing invariant natural killer T cells in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
abstract: Here we show that patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have a severe deficiency of glycolipid reactive Valpha24+/Vbeta11+ natural killer T (NKT) cells, but not NK cells or CD4+ or CD8+ T cells. Neither the blood nor marrow of MDS patients had detectable interferon-gamma-producing NKT cells in response to the NKT ligand, alpha-galactosyl ceramide, although influenza-virus-specific effector T-cell function was preserved. This severe and selective deficiency of an important immune regulatory cell may contribute to the pathogenesis of MDS.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Shin-ichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Klimek
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Nimer
authors.forename: Madhav V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Dhodapkar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000276:immunology*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000032:analysis; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D007371:Interferon-gamma