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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 175, 期 3, 页码 1558-1565出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.3.1558
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- NIAID NIH HHS [1R01AI44880-03, 2PO1AI39671-07] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [1F31GM20927-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [2R37NS30843-11, 1PO1NS38037-04, 1R01NS045937-01, 2R01NS35685-06] Funding Source: Medline
Surface molecules that are differentially expressed on Th1 and Th2 cells may be useful in regulating specific immune responses in vivo. Using a panel of mAbs, we have identified murine CD226 as specifically expressed on the surface of differentiated Th1 cells but not Th2 or Th0 cells. Although CD226 is constitutively expressed on CD8 cells, it is up-regulated on CD4 cells upon activation. Th1 differentiation results in enhanced CD226 expression, whereas expression is down-regulated upon Th2 polarization. We demonstrate that CD226 is involved in the regulation of T cell activation; in vivo treatment with anti-CD226 results insignificant reduction of Th1 cell expansion and in the induction of APCs that inhibit T cell activation. Furthermore, anti-CD226 treatment delays the onset and reduces the severity of a Th1-mediated autoinmume disease, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Our data suggest that CD226 is a costimulatory molecule that plays an important role in activation and effector functions of Th1 cells.
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