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  • Title: Response of synovial fluid T cell clones to Yersinia enterocolitica antigens in patients with reactive Yersinia arthritis.
    Author: Hermann E, Fleischer B, Mayet WJ, Poralla T, Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH.
    Journal: Clin Exp Immunol; 1989 Mar; 75(3):365-70. PubMed ID: 2467775.
    Abstract:
    From synovial fluids of two patients with reactive arthritis following Yersinia enterocolitica infection, T lymphocyte clones were obtained that showed proliferative responses to Y. enterocolitica. The responses required autologous T-cell-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells as antigen presenting cells. Three clones were studied in detail; two of them showed a marked and specific response to Yersinia antigens alone, the other one recognized both Yersinia and Salmonella typhimurium antigens. The antigen-specific proliferation of the clones could be completely blocked by monoclonal antibodies to HLA-DR. These experiments show that synovial T lymphocytes presumably involved in the in situ immune response to microbial antigens triggering reactive arthritis can be cloned directly from the site of inflammation.
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