Publication Date:
1983-06-10
Description:
Interleukin 2, a lymphokine that acts as a second signal of cellular immune response by way of its action as a T-cell growth factor, was morphologically identified by immunoperoxidase staining. With the use of a monoclonal antibody to interleukin 2 and several complex-forming antisera, the lymphokine was readily distinguished in cytocentrifuge preparations of peripheral blood leukocytes stimulated with a T-cell mitogen. When preparations of cloned interleukin 2 producer and responder cells were stained by the same procedures, discrete patterns of both responder and producer cell phenotypes were revealed. Interleukin 2 producer T cells exhibited a characteristic intense, ringlike cytoplasmic staining, whereas the responder cells (as exemplified by interleukin 2-dependent cell lines) exhibited a less intensive, spotlike membrane staining. In addition, intense membrane localization of interleukin 2, reminiscent of potential capping phenomena, could be observed in stained preparations of cloned responder cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Steinmann, G -- Conlon, P -- Hefeneider, S -- Gillis, S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Jun 10;220(4602):1188-90.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6344215" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
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Cell Line
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Humans
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Immunoenzyme Techniques
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Interleukin-2/*physiology
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Leukocytes/physiology
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Mice
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T-Lymphocytes/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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