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  • 1
    ISSN: 1365-3083
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: We have examined the frequencies of Tγδ cells in blood, synovial fluids, and synovial membranes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in blood from age-matched controls Immunocyto-chemical and immunohistochemical techniques were used with monoclonal antibodies BB3 and A13 to define a major and minor blood subset of Tγδ cells respectively. Together, these antibodies identify the majority (if not all) of the peripheral blood Tγδ cells.Significantly lower levels of Tγδ cells were found in the blood of RA patients compared with controls, whilst higher but not significant numbers were found in the synovial fluids or paired samples Scattered Tγδ cells were found only in some synovial membranes with A distribution similar to the Tγδ cells Analysis of the two different Tγδ -cell subsets indicated a ratio of BB3 to A13 of about 5:1 in control and RA blood. However, this ratio was less than 1:1 in the RA synovial fluids and membranes. The migratory nature of the A13+ cells could account for their predominance in these sites the possible pathological significance of these cells in the rheumatoid synovial fluid and synovial membranes is discussed.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1365-3083
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Human peripheral blood large granular lymphocytes (LGL)—that is, cells with intracytoplasmic azurophilic (electron-dense) granules, with a positiviiy for the cytochemical localization of certain acid hydrolascs, and with avid surface receptors for the Fc portion of IgG—have been purified on Percoll density gradients. Approximately 30% of these cells expressed receptors for the third complement component (C3R). They were separated into C3R-positive and C3R-negative cells. C3R− cells had a significantly greater natural killer (NK) activity against K562 target cells than C3R+ cells. This difference was unrelated to the presence in the C3R+ cells of a contaminant cell type incapable of NK activity, since cytochcmical and ultrastructural analysis revealed that C3R+ and CR− fractions contained comparable LGL numbers. Agarose cytotoxicity assays at the single-cell level demonstrated that C3R + LGL contained a large number of cells that bound to but did not lyse the target. The remaining fully cytotoxic C3R+ LGL had, however, the same killing and recycling properties as the cells from the OR fraction. Electron microscopy and cytochcmical studies showed that C3R+cells had fewer electron-dense granules than C3R cells and stained more faintly for the localization of α-naphtyl acetate eslerase. In contrast to C3R cells. C3R+ LGL displayed morphological features suggesting that an active process of granule formation was taking place. Taken together, the data indicate that C3R+ cells represent a discrete subset or a maturationsl stage of LGL.
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  • 3
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    Scandinavian journal of immunology 32 (1990), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3083
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: A minor population of T cells expresses a heterodimeric antigen receptor composed of y and A chains (TcR-1). In blood from adults, two subsets of Tγδ cells can be identified by the monoclonalantibodies (MoAb) BB3 and A13. Little is known about the distribution and markers of these subsets early in life. We have therefore examined both the frequencies of these cells in cord blood and their expression of the cytotoxicity-associated marker serine esterase (SK). using immunocytochemical techniques.Our data show lower percentages of TcR-1+ cells in the blood of newborns compared with that in adults. However, the ratio of the Al3+/BB3 cells was significantly higher in cord than in adult blood. Whereas virtually all the adult TcR-1+ cells in blood were SE-positive. only a small proportion of the cord blood cells earned ibis enzymes. This was; restricted lo the BB3+ Tγδ -cell subset in the cord.Our data suggest different characteristics of the TcR-1+ cells in blood from newborns compared with adult blood, and study of the functions of the different subsets, e.g. cytotoxicity. will be important in understanding their particular role in immunity.
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  • 4
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    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 319 (1986), S. 507-511 
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] Mouse chimaeras can be very useful for addressing problems of clonal development because they consist of a mixture of cells of two different genotypes, brought together by embryo aggregation or blastocyst injection at early stages of embryo development4. If a given structure in a chimaera is ...
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  • 5
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    Histochemistry and cell biology 4 (1964), S. 222-237 
    ISSN: 1432-119X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Leber von Gallus dom, wurde mit enzymhistochemischen Methoden zum Nachweis von Carboxylsäureesterasen und saurer Phosphatase während der ganzen Entwicklung und in der ersten Zeit nach dem Schlüpfen untersucht. Im Leberparenchym treten die Phosphatase und die mit alpha-Naphthylacetat, Naphthol-AS-Acetat oder 5-Brom-Indoxylacetat nachweisbaren Esterasen sehr früh in Erscheinung, während mit der Methode nach Koelle und Gerebtzoff keine Reaktion auf Cholinesterasen zu erhalten ist. Im Mesenchym und im Epithel der Gallenwege sind die Phosphatase bzw. die unspezifischen Esterasen in keinem der untersuchten Stadien aktiv, und da die Volumenzunahme und die Differenzierung des Lebergewebes keinen Änderungen in der Lokalisation der Enzymaktivitäten entspricht, ist anzunehmen, daß diese nicht überwiegend an die Entwicklung der Anlage gebunden sind. Auffällig ist die ungleichförmige Verteilung der unspezifischen Esterasen in der Leberanlage. Im blutgefäßnahen Teil des Cytoplasmas der Hepatocyten und besonders in den Leberzellen um die zentrolobulären Venen sind die Esterasen am aktivsten, was wohl dafür spricht, daß diese Enzyme an den Leberstoffwechsel gebunden sind. Die saure Phosphatase ist gleichförmig im Parenchym verteilt, und man muß demnach annehmen, daß die beiden Enzymgruppen — saure Phosphatase bzw. unspezifische Esterasen — nicht in der gleichen Weise in die histogenetischen Prozesse eingreifen. Bei der Züchtung eines Stückes der Leberanlage in vitro erhält man ganz charakteristische histotopochemische Bilder. Im Zentrum des Explantats entspricht die Reaktion auf Phosphatase oder Esterase derjenigen, die man in vivo im gleichen Entwicklungsstadium erhält, was wohl auch damit zusammenhängt, daß dieser Teil des Explantats keinen stärkeren Strukturumwandlungen unterliegt. In den Fällen, in denen es auch nur zu leichten Degenerationserscheinungen kommt, nimmt die Aktivität der unspezifischen Esterasen allerdings eindeutig ab. An der Peripherie des Explantats, wo man einige Schichten unterschiedlicher Struktur beobachten kann, ändert sich das normale Bild der Enzymreaktionen. Die das Explantat umhüllende Mesenchymmembran ist enzymlos, während die unter dieser in vitro gebildeten Hülle beerenartig angeordneten Hepatocyten eine Reaktion auf Phosphatase und Esterase geben, die der in vivo auftretenden Anfärbung entspricht. Die zwischen der äußersten Parenchymschicht und dem zentralen Kern des Explantats liegende Zellschicht besitzt keine deutliche Struktur und ist von verschiedenartigen Zellen, auch solchen in Degeneration, durchsetzt. In dieser Schicht erhält man die stärkste Reaktion auf Phosphatase und unspezifische Esterasen, was ein Anzeichen dafür ist, daß es sich hier um eine sehr vitale Zone handelt.
    Notes: Riassunto E' stato seguito lo sviluppo ovulare del fegato nel Gallus dom., mediante tecniche istochimiche atte a rivelare attività fosfatasica acida, esterasiche non specifiche e colinesterasiche. L'indagine si è poi estesa ad abbozzi o frammenti di fegato coltivati in vitro.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1573-2592
    Keywords: large granular lymphocytes ; natural killer cells ; interleukin-2 ; gamma interferon
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Cell lines were established from purified large granular lymphocites (LGL) isolated from the peripheral blood of seven patients with phenotypically homogeneous LGL expansions. LGL were stimulated with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) or recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) and further expandedin vitro in IL-2-containing media. The surface phenotype of LGL, as assessed by monoclonal antibody staining, was T3+ T8+ in five patients, T3− T8− in one, and T3+ T8− in another patient. The cells also expressed Leu 7, Leu 11, and/or OKM 1 markers in various proportions and were identifiable as LGL by their morphological and cytochemical features. The original surface phenotype of the unstimulated LGL was retained in the IL-2-dependent cell lines from each individual patient, i.e., T3+ T8+ cells originated T3+ T8+ cell lines and T3− T8− cells originated T3− T8− cell lines. Other markers, such as Leu 11 and OKM 1, were generally lost in culture. LGL proliferated in response to rIL-2 but did not express detectable IL-2 receptors, even after prolonged periods of culture. All cell lines from each individual patient had the same surface phenotype, and within the single lines, all of the cells expressed the same markers. Cell lines from two patients consistently displayed chromosomal abnormalities. Although different in the two patients, the abnormalities were identical in all of the lines from the same patient and detectable in most of the cells examined, suggesting a clonal origin for the abnormally expanded LGL populations. Freshly isolated LGL did not exert NK activity. However, the IL-2-dependent LGL lines acquired the ability to kill K562 target cells and to produce gamma interferon (γ-IFN). No direct correlation was observed between these two properties.
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  • 7
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 12 (1976), S. 67-71 
    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Chromatin fractions (DNA, histones and nonhistone chromosomal proteins NHCP) have been isolated from human peripheral B and T lymphocytes using different methods and analyzed in order to identify their lipid content. While DNA and histone fractions do not reveal the presence of lipids, a 2% of phospholipids is present in the NHCP fraction. The phospholipids associated with NHCP present a constant relative ratio among sphingomyelin, phosphatidyl-choline and phosphatidyl-ethanolamine both in B and T lymphocytes, whichever are the extraction procedures employed. These findings are related to the possible derepressive role of phospholipids on DNA-dependent RNA synthesis.
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  • 8
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    Cytotechnology 5 (1991), S. 113-116 
    ISSN: 1573-0778
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract T lymphocytes arise in the thymus and seed to peripheral lymphoid organs as fully functional cells at the time of exit. In humans, the thymus begins to function very early in ontogeny and releases large numbers of T cells before the time of birth. However, the vast majority of developing thymocytes (〉95%) die within the thymus as a result of stringent selection processes. Positive selection imposes self-MHC-restriction on thymocytes and dictates the MHC-restricted repertoire of post-thymic T cells. Negative selection results in deletion of autoreactive cells. Both types of selection depend on cell to cell contracts and on the presence of appropriate growth factors which are still largely undetermined. Cell to cell contacts occur between developing thymocytes and cells of the thymic microenvironment (accessory cells), and are mediated by several receptor/ligand interactions which subserve the function of establishing and stabilizing these contacts. Besides MHC-TCR interactions, adhesion molecules are important for thymocyte maturation, selection and activation, and for the export and peripheral homing of mature T cells produced in the thymus. Here we describe a novel integrin involved in thymocyte-thymic epithelial cell interactions.
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  • 9
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    Cell & tissue research 63 (1964), S. 974-1003 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Zusammenfassung 1. In der embryonalen Lunge von Gallus dom. finden sich unspezifische Esterasen zunächst nur im Epithel der Bronchialverzweigungen, später auch im sich differenzierenden oder schon ausgebildeten Muskelgewebe der Bronchialwände der Anlage. 2. Die mit verschiedenen Substraten nachgewiesene Aktivität unspezifischer Esterasen nimmt während der Ontogenese zu, vor allem im Muskelmaterial der Bronchien. Man erhält die Reaktion auch in der Auskleidung der Atrien, aus denen die Luftkapillaren hervorgehen. Letztere reagieren dagegen nicht, ebensowenig wie das undifferenzierte Mesenchym, aus dem sich das Stroma der Parabronchialläppchen bildet. 3. Bei der Züchtung von Lungenanlagen in toto oder ihrer Fragmente in vitro auf verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien konnte bestätigt werden, daß der morphogenetische Prozeß keinen wesentlichen Änderungen unterliegt. Auch die normale Aktivität unspezifischer Esterasen kann man in unveränderter Stärke dort beobachten, wo sie in vivo auftritt. 4. In der Lichtung des Bronchialbaumes findet man eine kolloidähnliche Substanz, die sich bei der Trichromfärbung nach Mallory blau färbt, die Parabronchiallichtung und die Lichtung der Atrien ausdehnt und sich bei der Reaktion auf unspezifische Esterasen nicht anfärbt.
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