Expression and functional significance of the J11d marker on mouse thymocytes - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1987 Apr 1;138(7):2013-8.

Expression and functional significance of the J11d marker on mouse thymocytes

I N Crispe et al. J Immunol. 1987.

Abstract

Subpopulations of thymocytes have been characterized phenotypically and functionally in relation to their expression of the marker defined by the monoclonal antibody J11d. Cortical-type L3T4+, Lyt-2+ thymocytes are all J11d+. Thymocytes that share the phenotype L3T4-, Lyt-2+ with peripheral Lyt-2+ T cells contain a J11d+ and a J11d- subset. These J11d- cells behave like peripheral Lyt-2+ T cells in two functional assays: they form clonal growth bursts in response to immobilized antibody against the T cell antigen receptor, and they act as precursors of alloreactive cytotoxic T cells. The J11d+ cells are inert in both of these assays. In contrast, L3T4+, Lyt-2- thymocytes do not contain a J11d+ subset.

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