Thy-1+ epidermal cells in nude mice are distinct from their counterparts in thymus-bearing mice. A study of morphology, function, and T cell receptor expression.
Nixon-Fulton J, Kuziel W, Santerse B, Bergstresser P, Tucker P, Tigelaar R. Thy-1+ epidermal cells in nude mice are distinct from their counterparts in thymus-bearing mice. A study of morphology, function, and T cell receptor expression. The Journal Of Immunology 1988, 141: 1897-903. PMID: 2902136, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.141.6.1897.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, SurfaceBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernCell DivisionConcanavalin ADendritic CellsEpidermal CellsEpidermisEthersFemaleInterleukin-2IonomycinMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred CBAMice, NudeReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSpecies SpecificityTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateThy-1 AntigensThymus GlandConceptsIL-2Thy-1Nude miceNormal miceLow-dose IL-2BALB/c miceT cell receptor expressionModest proliferative responseThymus-bearing miceCell receptor expressionT cell differentiationTCR-gamma transcriptsC miceReceptor expressionAthymic miceProliferative responseNormal animalsTCR mRNACalcium ionophoreEpidermal cellsMiceNormal CBACon AFollicular epitheliumPopulation of cellsPhenotypic Heterogeneity and Cytotoxic Activity of Con A and IL-2-Stimulated Cultures of Mouse Thy-1+ Epidermal Cells
Nixon-Fulton J, Hackett J, Bergstresser P, Kumar V, Tigelaar R. Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Cytotoxic Activity of Con A and IL-2-Stimulated Cultures of Mouse Thy-1+ Epidermal Cells. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 1988, 91: 62-68. PMID: 2898506, DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12463290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicityYAC-1 targetsLyt-2Thy-1Asialo GM1IL-2Con AMouse Thy-1IL-2-stimulated culturesCytotoxic activityDendritic Thy-1NK-sensitive targetsNK-resistant targetsCell-mediated cytotoxicityT-cell markersShort-term cultured cellsPhenotypic heterogeneityMaximum cytotoxic activityYAC-1Interleukin-2Flow cytometryL3T4Population of cellsMouse epidermisLong-term culture