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ArticleImmunology2000

Phenotypic analysis of peripheral CD4+ CD8+ T cells in the rat.

E Kenny, D Mason, A Pombo, F Ramírez

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Article in Immunology, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Redox status and immune function in type I diabetes families.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2004
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

E KennySir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
D Mason
A Pombo
F Ramírez

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among peripheral T cells, the expression of CD4 and CD8 is almost mutually exclusive. However, here we show, using flow cytometric analysis, that ex vivo approximately 6% of rat T cells stained for both CD4 and CD8. These double positive cells were also detected by confocal microscopy. Only around 50% of double positive cells expressed the CD8beta chain, the remaining cells expressed the CD8alpha chain alone. Double positive cells were blast-like with a phenotype, distinct from that of either CD4 or CD8 single positive cells, suggestive of an activated state. Previous reports of double positive T cells have also suggested that coexpression of CD4 and CD8 is linked to the activation state of the cell. There was an indication that priming animals with a hapten-carrier complex increased the ratio of CD8alphaalpha : alphabeta expressing double positive T cells, although we did not detect an increase in the frequency of double positive T cells following priming. We also show that the frequency of double positive cells was reduced following thymectomy and with age. In conclusion, these studies show that peripheral T cells expressing both CD4 and CD8 can be detected in the rat and that they are phenotypically distinct from CD4 and CD8 single positive T cells.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunophenotypingLymphocyte ActivationMicroscopy, ConfocalRatsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaThymus GlandT-Lymphocyte SubsetsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta

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PMID11012770
PMCPMC2327078

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