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The phenotype of type 1 and type 2 CD8+ T cells activated in vitro is affected by culture conditions and correlates with effector activity.
Immunology - 1 Jul 2005
Kemp Roslyn A, Bäckström B Thomas, Ronchese Franca
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We used various culture conditions to generate type 1 (Tc1) or type 2 (Tc2) cytotoxic T cells in vitro. T-cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T cells were cultured with antigen and spleen cells, or antigen and dendritic cells (DC), or anti-CD3 and anti-CD28. Tc1 cultures contained interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-6, and Tc2 cultures contained IL-2, IL-6 and IL-4. Tc2 cells generated in each culture condition acquired a...
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