1985
Human dermal fibroblasts present tetanus toxoid antigen to antigen-specific T cell clones.
Umetsu DT, Pober JS, Jabara HH, Fiers W, Yunis EJ, Burakoff SJ, Reiss CS, Geha RS. Human dermal fibroblasts present tetanus toxoid antigen to antigen-specific T cell clones. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1985, 76: 254-260. PMID: 3160726, PMCID: PMC423759, DOI: 10.1172/jci111955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen-presenting cellsTetanus toxoidProliferative responseClassical antigen-presenting cellsAntigen-specific proliferative responsesAntigen-specific T cell clonesHLA-DR antigensHelper T cellsTetanus toxoid antigenT cell proliferationT cell clonesHuman dermal fibroblastsPresent tetanus toxoidMonoclonal antibody OKM1Cultured human dermal fibroblastsDermal fibroblastsLeu-M1DR expressionHLA-DRUbiquitous cell typeAntigen presentationT cellsToxoid antigenSephadex G10 columnImmune interferon
1984
Immune interferon activates multiple class II major histocompatibility complex genes and the associated invariant chain gene in human endothelial cells and dermal fibroblasts.
Collins T, Korman AJ, Wake CT, Boss JM, Kappes DJ, Fiers W, Ault KA, Gimbrone MA, Strominger JL, Pober JS. Immune interferon activates multiple class II major histocompatibility complex genes and the associated invariant chain gene in human endothelial cells and dermal fibroblasts. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1984, 81: 4917-4921. PMID: 6431411, PMCID: PMC391603, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.81.15.4917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen expressionIFN-gammaSurface expressionClass II major histocompatibility complex antigensClass II antigen expressionImmune interferonClass II MHC antigensEndothelial cellsMajor histocompatibility complex antigensImmune accessory functionHLA-DR antigensClass II antigensHistocompatibility complex antigensVascular endothelial cellsHLA-DCDermal fibroblastsHuman endothelial cellsHLA-DRMHC antigensII antigensComplex antigensB antigensDe novo appearanceClass IIStromal cells