Article
The antigen-processing mutant T2 suggests a role for MHC-linked genes in class II antigen presentation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Apr 1992
Riberdy J M, Cresswell P
Abstract excerpt
.174xCEM.T2 (T2) is a human cell hybrid that has a large homozygous deletion within the MHC, including all of the functional class II genes. We have generated stable HLA-DR3 and H-2 I-Ak transfectants of T2 that express parental levels of class II molecules at the cell surface. T2.Ak transfectants fail to stimulate a hen egg lysozyme (HEL)-specific, I-Ak-restricted T cell when incubated with intact HEL. However,...
Topics
- Epitopes
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Hybrid Cells
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Mutation
- Transfection
