Publication Date:
2006-02-18
Description:
Interleukin-2 (IL-2), which is a growth factor for T lymphocytes, can also sometimes be inhibitory. Thus, the proliferation of CD8+ T cells in vivo is increased after the injection of a monoclonal antibody that is specific for IL-2 (IL-2 mAb), perhaps reflecting the removal of IL-2-dependent CD4+ T regulatory cells (T regs). Instead, we show here that IL-2 mAb augments the proliferation of CD8+ cells in mice simply by increasing the biological activity of preexisting IL-2 through the formation of immune complexes. When coupled with recombinant IL-2, some IL-2/IL-2 mAb complexes cause massive (〉100-fold) expansion of CD8+ cells in vivo, whereas others selectively stimulate CD4+ T regs. Thus, different cytokine-antibody complexes can be used to selectively boost or inhibit the immune response.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Boyman, Onur -- Kovar, Marek -- Rubinstein, Mark P -- Surh, Charles D -- Sprent, Jonathan -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Mar 31;311(5769):1924-7. Epub 2006 Feb 16.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Immunology, IMM4, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16484453" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adoptive Transfer
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Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal/*immunology/pharmacology
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Antigen-Antibody Complex/*immunology
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CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology/*immunology
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Cell Proliferation
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Immunologic Memory
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Interleukin-2/*immunology/pharmacology
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Interleukin-4/immunology
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*Lymphocyte Activation
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Lymphocyte Count
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Receptors, Interleukin-2/analysis/immunology/metabolism
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Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
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T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology/*immunology
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T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
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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