Isolation of a human T cell line specific for a streptococcal cell surface antigen.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04212.x

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Isolation of a human T cell line specific for a streptococcal cell surface antigen.

FEMS microbiology immunology - 1 Jun 1991

Brookes R H, Rayfield L S, Bergmeier L A, Shepherd P S

Abstract excerpt

A streptococcal cell surface antigen of Mr 185,000 (SAI/II) expressed by Streptococcus mutans has previously been well characterised. A T cell line specific for native SAI/II has been isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of a naturally sensitised normal individual. This line ha...

Topics

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antigens, Bacterial
Antigens, Surface
Cell Line
Epitopes
Glycoproteins
HLA-DP Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
Humans
Lymphocyte Activation
Phenotype
Recombinant Proteins
Streptococcus mutans
T-Lymphocytes

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