FUNCTIONAL-ANALYSIS OF MEL-14(+) AND MEL-14(-) EARLY PRECURSOR CELLS IN THE ADULT-MOUSE THYMUS
- Details
- Publication Year 1994-05,Volume 40,Issue #2,Page 89-92
- Journal Title
- IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- The earliest T-cell precursor population in the adult mouse thymus (low CD4 precursors) may be divided into 85% of cells expressing surface Mel-14 (LECAM-1, the lymphocyte homing receptor) and 15% of cells which are Mel-14(-). To date, this is the only surface marker for which we have found this population to be heterogeneous. The precursor activity of the Mel-14(+) and Mel-14(-) subpopulation was assessed by both intrathymic and intravenous transfer of sorted cells into Ly5 congenic irradiated recipient mice. On both a cell-for-cell and a total activity basis, almost all precursor activity was associated with the Mel-14(+) cells. No segregation was seen between T-cell, B-cell and dendritic cell precursor activity of the low CD4 population, all activities being concentrated in the Mel-14(+) fraction. This strengthens the hypothesis that one precursor cell has the potential to form all three lineages.
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- NODE HOMING RECEPTOR; LECTIN DOMAIN; POPULATION; MOLECULE; ANTIGEN
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Creation Date: 1994-05-01 12:00:00