there are limited clinical investigations identifying the percentage of t helper 1 (th1) and t regulatory (treg) cells in stable as well as rejected kidney allografts, a concept which needs to be more studied. the aim of our study was to compare the percentage of cd4+ ifn-γ+ cells, the number of ifn-γ secreting cells and the amount of foxp3 expression in patients with or without stable graft fu...

BACKGROUND CD4 T-cells expressing Foxp3 are expanded systemically during active tuberculosis (TB) regardless of HIV-1 co-infection. Foxp3+ CD4 T cells are targets of HIV-1 infection. However, expansion of HIV-1 infected Foxp3+ CD4 T cells at sites of HIV/TB co-infection, and whether they contribute to promotion of HIV-1 viral activity is not known. METHODS Pleural fluid mononuclear cells (PFM...

Recently, a novel CD4(+) T-cell developmental pathway was reported that generates thymocyte-thymocyte (T-T) CD4(+) T cells. We established a mouse system (CIITA(tg)CIITApIV(-/-)) where thymic positive selection occurred only by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II(+) thymocytes. T-T CD4(+) T cells selected via MHC class II-dependent T-T interaction are comprised of PLZF-negative and ...

It has recently been shown that CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells are immunoregulatory T cells that prevent CD4(+) T-cell-mediated organ-specific autoimmune diseases. In this study, the regulatory mechanism of CD4(+)CD25(+) T-cell development were investigated using T-cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice. It was found that CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells preferentially expressed the endogenous TCRalpha chain in DO10(...

Classical CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells recognize Ag presented by MHC class II (MHCII) and MHC class I (MHCI), respectively. However, our results show that CD4(-/-) mice mount a strong, readily detectable CD8(+) T cell response to MHCII-restricted epitopes after a primary bacterial or viral infection. These MHCII-restricted CD8(+)CD4(-) T cells are more similar to classical CD8(+) T cells than to C...

background: microrna-155 (mir-155) is upregulated during t cell activation, but the exact mechanisms by which it influences cd4+ t cell activation remain unclear. objective: to examine whether the b and t lymphocyte attenuator (btla) is a target of mir-155 during naïve cd4+ t cell activation. methods: firefly luciferase reporter plasmids pezx-mt01-wild-type-btla and pezx-mt01-mutant-btla were c...

Human memory CD4(+) T cells respond better to inflammatory CCLs/CC chemokines, CCL3 and CCL5, than naive CD4(+) T cells. We analyzed the regulatory mechanism underlying this difference. Memory and naive CD4(+) T cells expressed similarly high levels of CCR1; however, CCR5 was only expressed in memory CD4(+) T cells at low levels. Experiments using mAbs to block chemokine receptors revealed that...

AbstractBackgroundcontributes substantially to patient morbidity and mortality.In this study we investigatedthe range and distribution of T-lymphocyte. Subsets CD3helper/inducer cell,.th ), CD8: Severe immunosuppression occurs after large thermal burn and probably+ (T cells) CD4+ (T+ (T suppressor /Cytotoxic cells ,TS/C), CD3+CD4thermal injury.+/CD3+CD8+ ratio, CD19+ (B cells) and CD16+ (NK cel...

Abstract In the absence of Th1 master regulator, T-box transcription factor, T-bet, CD4 T cells primed by Influenza A Virus (IAV) infection, gain Th17 attributes while still retaining robust functionality. We recently found factor Eomesodermin (Eomes), to regulate this residual identity T-bet −/−CD4 cells. However, it is unclear how Eomes regulated in cells, especially during antiviral response...