Functional analyses of thymic CD5+ B cells. Responsiveness to major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted T blasts but not to lipopolysaccharide or anti-IgM plus interleukin 4.
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- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 171 (1), 321-326
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.171.1.321
Abstract
The function of thymic B cells in several standard in vitro assays was investigated. Thymic B cells, 75% of which were CD5+, showed a poor responsiveness to the mitogens LPS or anti-mu plus IL-4. Both proliferation and antibody formation were much lower in thymic than splenic B cell cultures. However, CD5- B cells purified using a cell sorter responded well to B cell stimulants, whereas purified CD5+ thymic B cells did not, indicating that CD5+ thymic B cells were unresponsive to B cell growth factor or LPS. Thymic B cells could be activated polyclonally by direct interaction with alloreactive T blasts, as manifested by DNA synthesis and antibody formation. These findings indicate that CD5+ thymic B cells may not be stimulated via sIg and IL-4, but require instead direct interaction with T blasts.Keywords
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