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Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required

We have shown that cytotoxic T cells can be polyclonally activated by a short exposure to complexes of polyadenylic:polyuridylic acid (poly A:U). Activation is optimal at a dose of 100 microgram/ml poly A:U and occurs during a 2 h incubation period in the absence of antigen. Killing of allogeneic, b...

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Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1977
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2180786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/197193
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description We have shown that cytotoxic T cells can be polyclonally activated by a short exposure to complexes of polyadenylic:polyuridylic acid (poly A:U). Activation is optimal at a dose of 100 microgram/ml poly A:U and occurs during a 2 h incubation period in the absence of antigen. Killing of allogeneic, but not syngeneic, target cells can be observed after 12 h in culture and peaks after 21-24 h in the absence of any nonspecific binding ligand. The observed cytotoxicity is mediated by T lymphocytes and dose not require accessory macrophages or DNA synthesis for the activation or expression of effector functions. These results suggest that few requirements exist for the activation of cytotoxic T cells.
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spelling pubmed-21807862008-04-17 Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required J Exp Med Articles We have shown that cytotoxic T cells can be polyclonally activated by a short exposure to complexes of polyadenylic:polyuridylic acid (poly A:U). Activation is optimal at a dose of 100 microgram/ml poly A:U and occurs during a 2 h incubation period in the absence of antigen. Killing of allogeneic, but not syngeneic, target cells can be observed after 12 h in culture and peaks after 21-24 h in the absence of any nonspecific binding ligand. The observed cytotoxicity is mediated by T lymphocytes and dose not require accessory macrophages or DNA synthesis for the activation or expression of effector functions. These results suggest that few requirements exist for the activation of cytotoxic T cells. The Rockefeller University Press 1977-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2180786/ /pubmed/197193 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required
title Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required
title_full Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required
title_fullStr Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required
title_full_unstemmed Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required
title_short Cytotoxic T-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: DNA synthesis is not required
title_sort cytotoxic t-cell activation by polyribonucleotides: dna synthesis is not required
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2180786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/197193