Publication Date:
1994-07-08
Description:
A major histocompatibility complex class Ib protein, CD1d, is expressed by human intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and is a ligand for CD8+ T cells. CD1d was found to be expressed on the surface of human IECs as a 37-kilodalton protein that was beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M) independent with no N-linked carbohydrate. Transfection into a beta 2M- cell line confirmed that CD1d could be expressed at the cell surface in the absence of beta 2M. These data indicate that IECs use a specialized pathway for CD1d synthesis and that a beta 2M-independent class Ib protein may be the normal ligand for some intestinal T cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Balk, S P -- Burke, S -- Polischuk, J E -- Frantz, M E -- Yang, L -- Porcelli, S -- Colgan, S P -- Blumberg, R S -- R01 AI33911/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK44319/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 8;265(5169):259-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Hematology-Oncology Division, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7517575" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Antigens, CD/analysis/*biosynthesis/chemistry
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Antigens, CD1
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Antigens, CD8
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Cell Line
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Cell Membrane/immunology
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Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
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Epithelial Cells
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Epithelium/immunology
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Glycosylation
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Humans
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Immunoblotting
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Intestinal Mucosa/cytology/*immunology
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Molecular Weight
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Precipitin Tests
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T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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Transfection
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beta 2-Microglobulin/*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
