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About: Antibody is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 113941 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4130181 citations. The topic is also known as: Ab & antibodies.


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TL;DR: The cell membrane determinant recognized by OKT3 could be described as a "T cell stimulation receptor" as this interaction can trigger mitogenesis, the mitogenecity of the lymphocytes is not solely dependent on cross-linking of these receptors.
Abstract: OKT3, a monoclonal anti-human T cell antibody (IgG2), was found to induce DNA synthesis in human peripheral lymphocyte cultures. OKT3 induced maximal mitogenesis at a concentration of 10 to 20 ng/ml and was about 20-fold more potent than PHA as a mitogen. No high-dose inhibition of thymidine incorporation was noticed at concentrations up to 2.5 microgram OKT3/ml. The monovalent Fab fragment of OKT3 was also mitogenic but about 100 times less potent than the parent IgG. OKT3 appeared to be a T lymphocyte mitogen as only sheep red blood cell rosetting lymphocytes were responsive. Quantitative studies on the binding of 125I-labeled Fab fragment of OKT3 to human lymphocytes showed an average of 5.1 x 10(4) receptor sites/cell with an association of about 10(8) M-1 at 37 degrees C, with no heterogeneity of the cell binding sites. These data suggest a strong interaction of the monoclonal OKT3 with a limited number of identical T cell membrane receptors. As this interaction can trigger mitogenesis, the cell membrane determinant recognized by OKT3 could be described as a "T cell stimulation receptor." The mitogenecity of the lymphocytes is not solely dependent on cross-linking of these receptors.

685 citations

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TL;DR: The present results suggest that one can divide the human T4 population into two major subsets that are phenotypically and functionally distinct, the human helper inducer subset (T4+4B4+/H.I.) and its reciprocal population defined by anti-2H4, the suppressor inducer subset (T 4+2H 4+/S.I.).
Abstract: Monoclonal antibody anti-4B4 was produced by fusing NS1 myeloma with spleen cells of a mouse immunized with Saguinus oedipus lymphocyte. This anti-4B4 antibody defines a 135-KD cell surface protein that is widely distributed throughout the hematopoietic system. More importantly, anti-4B4 is reactive with functionally unique human T cell subsets. Anti-4B4 antibody was reactive with approximately 41% of unfractionated T cells, 41% of T4+ inducer cells, and approximately 43% of T8+ cytotoxic/suppressor population. This antibody subdivided peripheral blood T4+ cells into two functionally distinct populations. The T4+4B4+ subset proliferates relatively poorly upon stimulation with Con A and autologous cell antigens (AMLR) but well on exposure to soluble antigens, and it provides a good helper signal for PWM-induced Ig synthesis. The T4+4B4- subset, in contrast, proliferates well to Con A stimulation and autologous cell antigen (AMLR) but relatively poorly to soluble antigen stimulation, and provides little help to B cells for PWM-induced Ig synthesis. The T4+4B4- subset is largely 2H4+ and functions as the inducer of the T8+ suppressor cells. Thus, the present results suggest that one can divide the human T4 population into two major subsets that are phenotypically and functionally distinct, the human helper inducer subset (T4+4B4+/H.I.) and its reciprocal population defined by anti-2H4, the suppressor inducer subset (T4+2H4+/S.I.).

684 citations

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04 May 2017-Cell
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used mass cytometry with extensive antibody panels to perform in-depth immune profiling of samples from 73 clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) patients and five healthy controls.

683 citations

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24 Mar 1989-Cell
TL;DR: Comparison with the recently identified sequence of theMel-14 antigen shows that CDw44 and Mel-14 are unrelated.

683 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20243
20238,687
202213,454
20213,167
20203,126
20192,578