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  • Title: CD23/Fc epsilon RII expression on phytohemagglutinin-A- or phorbol-12myristate-13acetate-Ca(2+)-activated human tonsil T cells.
    Author: Carini C, Pini C, DiFelice G, Fattorossi A, Fratazzi C.
    Journal: Int Arch Allergy Immunol; 1993; 101(1):31-8. PubMed ID: 8499771.
    Abstract:
    The low-affinity Fc receptor for IgE, CD23/Fc epsilon RII, has been expressed in T cell lines and pathologic T cells, but its presence on normal human T cells is still debated. We studied the expression of CD23/Fc epsilon RII on purified T cells from normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or tonsil T cells stimulated with 10 micrograms/ml phytohemagglutinin A (PHA) or phorbol-12myristate- 13acetate (PMA) Ca2+. Using two-dimensional flow cytometry, the tonsil T-cell-enriched population showed > 10% of CD23/Fc epsilon RII expression when coexpressed with the CD3 antigen. CD4+ T cells appear to be principally involved in the expression of CD23/Fc epsilon RII, although we were unable to detect a clear expression of CD23/Fc epsilon RII in PBMC that were activated with either PHA or PMA Ca2+. PHA stimulation resulted in the release of IgE binding factor (IgEBF). The induction of CD23/Fc epsilon RII expression in PHA- and PMA-Ca(2+)-activated T cells was enhanced by IL-4, but not by IgE or IL-6. IL-4 also augmented the PHA- and PMA-Ca(2+)-induced release of IgEBF. The addition of supernatant from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected cell line to PHA- or PMA-Ca(2+)-stimulated tonsil T cells did not increase CD23/Fc epsilon RII expression. The expression of CD23/Fc epsilon RII mRNA was detected in RNA prepared from a tonsil T-cell-enriched population by Northern blot analysis.
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