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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 137, Issue 9 2808-2813, Copyright © 1986 by American Association of Immunologists

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Functional analysis of cloned germinal center CD4+ cells with natural killer cell-related features. Divergence from typical T helper cells

A Velardi, MC Mingari, L Moretta and CE Grossi

Granular lymphocytes co-expressing the Leu-7 (NK-related) and CD4 (T helper cell) markers are selectively localized in the germinal centers of lymphoid tissues. Leu-7+ cells (greater than 98% of which co- expressed CD4) were isolated from inflammatory tonsils and were cloned by the limiting dilution technique. Clones were analyzed for their phenotypic and functional characteristics. CD4+-Leu-7+ cell-derived clones retained their CD3 and CD4 surface antigens, lost the Leu-7 marker, and acquired HLA-DR determinants. In comparison with clones derived from peripheral blood or tonsil CD4+ cells, CD4+-Leu-7+ tonsil cell-derived clones showed similar low frequencies of cytotoxic precursors. In contrast, the frequency of interleukin 2 (IL 2) and B cell growth factor producing clones was much lower for tonsil CD4+-Leu- 7+ cells than for CD4+ blood or tonsil progenitors. We conclude that germinal center CD4+-Leu-7+ cells are a subset of T cells unable to produce IL 2 in response to phytohemagglutinin or anti-CD3 stimulation, which is effective on the majority of T helper cells.


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