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IMMUNITY
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 387-396Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.09.005
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Despite numerous reports on MHC class II expression by T cells from a wide spectrum of mammalian species including humans, the biological relevance of this phenomenon has never been tested with appropriately designed animal models. To address this issue, we developed mouse models in which immature thymocytes are the only positively selecting antigen-presenting cells in the thymus. In these mice, CD4(+) T cells were generated with the appropriate maturation phenotype and showed a diverse repertoire of TCR V beta s. The CD4(+) T cells were functionally competent, mediating effective allogeneic responses that involved polyclonal TCR V beta s. These results suggest that the thymocyte-thymocyte (T-T) interaction operates as an independent pathway for CD4(+) T cell selection in the thymi of species with MHC II-positive thymocytes. This T-T interaction appears to be the basis for the generation of donor MHC-restricted CD4(+) T cells in xenogeneic hosts.
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