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PATHOGEN ANTIGEN-REACTIVE AND SUPERANTIGEN-REACTIVE SYNOVIAL-FLUID T-CELLS IN REACTIVE ARTHRITIS




TekijätLAHESMAA R, SODERBERG C, BLISKA J, ALLSUP A, LUUKKAINEN R, STEINMAN L, UCHIYAMA T, PELTZ G

KustantajaOXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

Julkaisuvuosi1995

JournalJournal of Infectious Diseases

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiJOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Lehden akronyymiJ INFECT DIS

Vuosikerta172

Numero5

Aloitussivu1290

Lopetussivu1297

Sivujen määrä8

ISSN0022-1899

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/172.5.1290


Tiivistelmä
Analysis of pathogen-reactive T cell clones (CD3(+)4(+)8(-)TCR alpha beta(+)), isolated from the synovial fluid of 2 HLA-B27-positive patients with Yersinia enterocolitica-triggered reactive arthritis, has provided important information about the cellular immune response to this disease-inciting pathogen. This study demonstrates that the proteins secreted by Y. enterocolitica, including a protein with tyrosine phosphatase activity (YopH), are potent immunogens stimulating CD4(+) cells within the inflamed joint. The pathogen-reactive T cell clones preferentially utilized a limited set of T cell receptor variable region gene segments. A purified Yersinia superantigen triggered a proliferative response in most of the antigen-reactive T cell clones tested. These results suggest that the activity of this pathogen's superantigen influences the cellular immune response to its antigens.



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