Thymic major histocompatibility complex antigens and the αβ T-cell receptor determine the CD4/CD8 phenotype of T cells

Hung Sia Teh*, Pawel Kisielow, Bernadette Scott, Hiroyuki Kishi, Yasushi Uematsu, Horst Blüthmann, Harald Von Boehmer

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Abstract

T-cell receptors and T-cell subsets were analysed in T-cell receptor transgenic mice expressing α and β T-cell receptor genes isolated from a male-specific, H-2Db-restricted CD4-8+ T-cell clone. The results indicate that the specific interaction of the T-cell receptor on immature thymocytes with thymic major histocompatibility complex antigens determines the differentiation of CD4+8+ thymocytes into either CD4+8- or CD4-8+ mature T cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)229-233
Number of pages5
JournalNature
Volume335
Issue number6187
DOIs
StatePublished - 1988

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