Phenotypic analysis of a CD2- CD3+ T cell receptor gamma delta lymphocyte subset |
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| Authors: | P de Paoli D Gennari G Basaglia P Martelli G Santini |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology-Immunology, General Hospital, Pordenone, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | We have identified, in a patient with atopic dermatitis, a consistent population of peripheral blood lymphocytes expressing a CD3+ gamma/delta TCR complex, while being unreactive with CD2. Further immunofluorescence studies showed that these cells almost completely co-express CD29 and CD45RA and have high membrane levels of CD11a compared to the alpha/beta TCR T cells. Neither a genetic influence nor an acute or reactivated herpesvirus infection were found to be related to the expanded gamma/delta T-cell subpopulation. Our data confirm the previous observations regarding the presence in the peripheral blood of an expanded gamma/delta TCR, CD2- subset and show that these cells have a peculiar phenotypic profile. The reasons for this expansion are, however, still unknown. |
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