Effect anti-TNF-alpha treatment on CD4+ T cell activation
The experiment was designed to test how autocrine TNF-alpha impacts human CD4+ T cell activation. Naïve CD4+ T cells from healthy human blood donors were either left unactivated or activated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 in presence of an isotype control antibody or anti-TNF-alpha antibody. RNA was extracter at 48 hours. Analysis revealed that anti-TNF-alpha treatment prevented upregulation of activation-induced T cell metabolic, signaling and effector molecules. Overall design: Naïve CD4+ T cells from healthy human blood donors were either left unactivated or activated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 in presence of an isotype control antibody or anti-TNF-alpha antibody. RNA was extracted at 48 hours.