Article
Monocyte-mediated suppression of IL-2-induced NK-cell activation. Regulation by 5-HT1A-type serotonin receptors.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Aug 1990
Hellstrand K, Hermodsson S
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, the effects of serotonin on human natural killer (NK)-cell responsiveness to interleukin 2 (IL-2) was investigated. Concomitant treatment of human lymphocytes, enriched for NK effector cells by Percoll density-gradient centrifugation, with serotonin and IL-2 yielded a synergistic activation of NK-cell cytotoxicity (NKCC) in the presence but not in the absence of monocytes. The...
Topics
- Cell Separation
- Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Drug Synergism
- Humans
- Indomethacin
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Monocytes
- Phenotype
