Clonal analysis of T cell responses to herpes simplex virus: a HSV-specific, non cytolytic T cell clone displays specific helper activity for T cell response in vitro.

K.N Leung, Anthony Nash

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Abstract

A HSV-specific, Lyt 1+2- T cell clone (D7.1) was established by repetitive in vitro restimulation of in vivo HSV-1 primed draining lymph node cells with UV-inactivated homologous virus. Earlier work had shown that this clone could provide specific helper activity for HSV-1 primed B cells for antibody production in vivo. In this paper, further functional analysis has demonstrated that this clone and its subclones could also help unprimed T cells in the generation of effector DTH T cells in vitro. The helper activity was found to be antigen-specific and cell dose-dependent. In addition, this helper T cell clone showed little, if any, natural killer-like activity and was non-cytolytic towards both HSV-infected and uninfected syngeneic targets. However, they could exert potent cytotoxic activity towards P815 and EL-4 tumour targets in the presence of lectins.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)55-61
Number of pages7
JournalImmunology Letters
Volume13
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 1986

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