Heterogeneity of Cell Populations from Human Peripheral Blood Mediating Lymphokine-Stimulated Cytotoxicity

2015 ◽  
pp. 114-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Ortaldo ◽  
Anna Mason ◽  
Roy Overton
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Heterogeneity Of Cell Populations

scholarly journals Direct demonstration of the clonogenic potential of every human peripheral blood T cell. Clonal analysis of HLA-DR expression and cytolytic activity.

1983 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. 743-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Moretta ◽  
G Pantaleo ◽  
L Moretta ◽  
J C Cerottini ◽  
M C Mingari
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Target Cells ◽  
Flow Cytofluorometry ◽  
Hla Dr ◽  
Clonogenic Potential ◽  
Precursor Frequency

In an attempt to determine the clonogenic properties of human peripheral blood T cells, we have developed a limiting dilution microculture system using phytohemagglutinin (PHA) as T cell activator and supernatant from PHA-stimulated spleen cultures as a source of T cell growth factors. The frequencies of cells capable of extensive proliferation under these culture conditions were 0.52-0.73, 0.98-1.11, and less than 0.02 in peripheral blood mononuclear, E-rosette-positive, and E-rosette-negative cell populations, respectively. The clonogenic potential of virtually all T cells was confirmed in experiments using single cells isolated by micromanipulation. Clone size ranged between 5 and 30 X 10(4) cells on day 14 of culture. The same microculture system was used to determine the precursor frequency of all cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL-P). As assessed by a lectin-dependent 51Cr release assay, the CTL-P frequency in purified T cell populations ranged between 0.30 and 0.34. In comparison, the precursor frequency of T cells capable of lysing K562 target cells was ranging between 0.14 and 0.16. Parallel analysis of individual clonal cultures for both lytic activities showed that 50% of the clones exhibiting lectin-dependent lysis were also active against K562 target cells. All of the proliferating clones expressed HLA-DR antigens, although to a varying degree as assessed by flow cytofluorometry. Given the high cloning efficiency of this culture system, it appears now possible to determine the precursor frequencies of the various classes of functional cells in T cell populations.

Influence of thyrotropin on human peripheral blood immune cell populations

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Stasiolek ◽  
Zbigniew Adamczewski ◽  
Bartosz Pula ◽  
Piotr Dziegiel ◽  
Andrzej Lewinski
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Immune Cell ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Cell Populations

scholarly journals A Skin Homing Molecule Defines the Langerhans Cell Progenitor in Human Peripheral Blood

1997 ◽  
Vol 185 (6) ◽  
pp. 1131-1136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Strunk ◽  
Claudia Egger ◽  
Gerda Leitner ◽  
Daniel Hanau ◽  
Georg Stingl
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Normal Peripheral Blood ◽  
Homing Receptor ◽  
Gm Csf ◽  
Cd34 Cells ◽  
Skin Homing

We have recently described a system for the generation of dendritic cells (DC) and Langerhans cells (LC) from defined CD34+ precursors purified from peripheral blood of healthy adult volunteers (1). This study has now been extended by the characterization of two distinct subpopulations of CD34+ cells in normal human peripheral blood as defined by the expression of the skin homing receptor cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen (CLA). CD34+/CLA+ cells from normal peripheral blood were found to be CD71LOW/CD11a+/CD11b+/CD49d+/ CD45RA+ whereas CD34+/CLA− cells displayed the CD71+/CD11aLOW/CD11bLOW/CD49d(+)/ CD45RALOW phenotype. To determine the differentiation pathways of these two cell populations, CD34+ cells were sorted into CLA+ and CLA− fractions, stimulated with GM-CSF and TNF-α in vitro, and then were cultured for 10 to 18 d. Similar to unfractionated CD34+ cells, the progeny of both cell populations contained sizable numbers (12–22%) of dendritically shaped, CD1a+/HLA-DR+++ cells. In addition to differences in their motility, the two dendritic cell populations generated differed from each other by the expression of LC-specific structures. Only the precursors expressing the skin homing receptor were found to differentiate into LC as evidenced by the presence of Birbeck granules. In contrast, CLA− precursor cells generated a CD1a+ DC population devoid of Birbeck granule–containing LC. Provided that comparable mechanisms as found in this study are also operative in vivo, we postulate that the topographic organization of the DC system is already determined, at least in part, at the progenitor level.

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