Measurement of T-helper cytokines secreted by cord blood mononuclear cells in response to allergens

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 13-22

  Devereux, Graham ^a,b   Hall, Andrew M ^a   Barker, Robert N ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Science   (United Kingdom)

^b Foresterhill AB25 2ZD ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergens; ELISA; Human cord blood mononuclear cells; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; T helper subsets

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MITES; POACEAE; POLLEN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0033967346     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00185-4     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Beach J.R., Young C.L., Stenton S.C., Dennis J.H., Avery A.J., Walters E.H., Hendrick D.J. Measurement of airway responsiveness to methacholine: relative importance of the precision of drug delivery and method of assessing response. Thorax. 48:1993;239.
2. Beech, J.T., 1997. The role of cytokines in pristane induced arthritis. PhD Thesis, University of Bristol.
3. Beech J.T., Bainbridge T., Thompson S.J. Incorporation of cells into an ELISA system enhances antigen-driven lymphokine detection. J. Immunol. Methods. 205:1997;163.
4. Bland M.J., Altman D.G. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet. i:1986;307.
5. Cantrell D. T cell antigen receptor signal transduction pathways. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 14:1996;259.
6. Dubey C., Croft M., Swain S.L. Naive and effector CD4 T cells differ in their requirements for T cell receptor verses costimulatory signals. J. Immunol. 14:1996;3280.
7. Godfrey K.M., Barker D.J.P., Osmond C. Disproportionate fetal growth and raised IgE concentration in adult life. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 24:1994;641.
8. Holt P.G., Clough J.B., Holt B.J., Baron-Hay M.J., Rose A.H., Robinson B.W.S., Thomas W.R. Genetic 'risk' for atopy is associated with delayed postnatal maturation of T-cell competence. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 22:1992;1093.
9. Imada M., Simons F.E.R., Jay F.T., Hayglass K.T. Antigen mediated and polyclonal stimulation of human cytokine production elicit qualitatively different patterns of cytokine gene expression. Int. Immunol. 7:1995;229.
10. Katamura K., Tabata Y., Oshima Y., Shintaku N., Yamauchi Y., Mayumi M. Selective induction of interleukin-4 and interferon-γ-producing T cells from cord blood naive T cells. Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol. 106:1995;101.
11. Lewis D.B., Yu C.C., Meyer J., English B.K., Kahn S.J., Wilson C.B. Cellular and molecular mechanisms for reduced interleukin 4 and interferon-γ production by neonatal T cells. J. Clin. Invest. 87:1991;194.
12. Liao S.Y., Liao T.N., Chiang B.L., Huang M.S., Chen C.C., Chou C.C., Hsieh K.H. Decreased production of IFNγ and increased production of IL-6 by cord blood mononuclear cells of newborns with a high risk of allergy. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 26:1996;397.
13. Mossmann T.R., Coffman R.L. Th1 and Th2 cells: different patterns of lymphokine secretion lead to different functional properties. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 7:1989;145.
14. Muller K.M., Jaunin F., Masouye I., Saurat J.H., Hauser C. Th2 cells mediate IL-4 dependent local tissue inflammation. J. Immunol. 150:1993;5576.
15. Nishizuka Y. The role of protein kinase C in cell surface signal transduction and tumor promotion. Nature. 308:1984;693.
16. Oleson A.B., Ellingsen A.R., Oleson H., Juul S., Thestrup-Pedersen K. Br. Med. J. 314:1997;1003.
17. Piccinni M.P., Beloni L., Giannarini L., Livi C., Scarselli G., Romagnani S., Maggi E. Abnormal production of T helper 2 cytokines interleukin-4 and interleukin-5 by T cells from newborns with atopic parents. Eur. J. Immunol. 26:1996;2293.
18. Plebanski M., Burtles S.S. In vitro primary responses of human T-cells to soluble protein antigen. J. Immunol. Methods. 170:1994;15.
19. Prescott S.L., Macaubas C., Smallacombe T., Holt B.J., Sly P.D., Holt P.G. Development of allergen-specific T-cell memory in atopic and normal children. Lancet. 353:1999;196.
20. Prete G.D., Maggi E., Parronchi P., Chretien I., Tiri A., Macchia D.et al. IL-4 is an essential factor for the IgE synthesis induced in vitro by human T cell clones and their supernatants. J. Immunol. 140:1988;4193.
21. Robinson D.S., Hamid Q., Ying S., Tsicopoulos A., Barkans J., Bentley M.et al. Predominant Th2-like bronchoalveolar T-lymphocyte population in atopic asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 326:1992;298.
22. Romagnani S. Human Th1 and Th2 subsets: doubt no more. Immunology Today. 12:1991;256.
23. Trividi H.N., Hayglass K.T., Gangur V., Allardice J.G., Embree J.E., Plummer F.A. Analysis of neonatal T cell and antigen presenting cell functions. Human Immunology. 57:1997;69.
24. Warner J.A., Miles E.A., Jones A.C., Quint D.J., Colwell B.M., Warner J.O. Is deficiency of interferon gamma production by allergen triggered cord blood cells a predictor of atopic eczema? Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 24:1994;423.