Abstract The lymphocyte activation gene (LAG) -3 is a member of the immunoglobulin super-family that is selectively transcribed in human activated T and NK cells. In this work, the possibility that LAG-3 expression by human CD4+ T cells was preferentially related to one or another phenotype of cytokine secretion was investigated. Surface LAG-3 expression correlated with IFN-gamma, but not IL-4, production in antigen-stimulated T cells and it was up-regulated by IL-12. Most activated CD4+ T cell clones with established Th1 or Th0 profiles of cytokine secretion expressed LAG-3 on their surface, whereas the great majority of Th2 clones showed neither surface LAG-3 nor LAG-3 mRNA expression. After activation, the majority of CD4+ T cell clones also released soluble LAG-3-related peptides, and such a release correlated positively with the production of IFN-gamma and inversely with the production of IL-4. Thus, LAG-3 expression by activated CD4+ human T cells appear to be preferentially associated with the differentiation/activation pathway leading to the production of IFN-gamma.
Expression end release of LAG-3-encoted protein by human CD4+ T cells are associated with IFN-gamma production / F. ANNUNZIATO; R. MANETTI; L. TOMASEVIC; MG. GIUDIZI; R. BIAGIOTTI; V. GIANNO'; P. GERMANO; C. MAVILIA; E. MAGGI; S. ROMAGNANI. - In: THE FASEB JOURNAL. - ISSN 0892-6638. - STAMPA. - 10:(1996), pp. 769-776.
Expression end release of LAG-3-encoted protein by human CD4+ T cells are associated with IFN-gamma production.
ANNUNZIATO, FRANCESCO;GIUDIZI, MARIA GRAZIA;BIAGIOTTI, ROBERTA;MAVILIA, CARMELO;MAGGI, ENRICO;ROMAGNANI, SERGIO
1996
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Abstract The lymphocyte activation gene (LAG) -3 is a member of the immunoglobulin super-family that is selectively transcribed in human activated T and NK cells. In this work, the possibility that LAG-3 expression by human CD4+ T cells was preferentially related to one or another phenotype of cytokine secretion was investigated. Surface LAG-3 expression correlated with IFN-gamma, but not IL-4, production in antigen-stimulated T cells and it was up-regulated by IL-12. Most activated CD4+ T cell clones with established Th1 or Th0 profiles of cytokine secretion expressed LAG-3 on their surface, whereas the great majority of Th2 clones showed neither surface LAG-3 nor LAG-3 mRNA expression. After activation, the majority of CD4+ T cell clones also released soluble LAG-3-related peptides, and such a release correlated positively with the production of IFN-gamma and inversely with the production of IL-4. Thus, LAG-3 expression by activated CD4+ human T cells appear to be preferentially associated with the differentiation/activation pathway leading to the production of IFN-gamma.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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