Publications by authors named "Hilary Warren"

In this technical note we provide data useful for the clinical application of the target-induced Natural Killer (NK) loss (TINKL) assay. The TINKL assay is a sensitive flow cytometry-based assay for measuring NK cell function. Loss of NK cells from the lymphocyte gate occurs following culture with K562 (the prototypic target cell for natural killing) and antibody-coated target cells (for antibody-dependent killing).

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Natural killer (NK) cells are an important effector cell of innate immunity. Their interaction with susceptible target cells triggers NK cell cytotoxicity and the release of cytokines. Immunofluorescence flow cytometry-based assays are now the preferred methods for measuring NK cell responses.

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Natural killer (NK) cells are an important effector cell of innate immunity. Their interaction with susceptible target cells triggers NK cell cytotoxicity and the release of cytokines. Immunofluorescence flow cytometry-based assays are now the preferred methods for measuring NK cell responses.

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The interaction of natural killer cells with susceptible target cells triggers NK cell activation, eliciting not only NK cell cytotoxicity and cytokine secretion, but also NK cell death. This study shows that following target cell interaction there is a substantial loss of NK cells, the extent of which correlates with measures of NK cell cytotoxicity assessed by the target cell release of (51)Cr and by the externalisation of the lysosomal marker LAMP-1 (CD107a) which is assessed on the remaining NK cells. This is the case for the killing of K562 (natural killing) and the CD20 mAb (Rituximab)-mediated killing of RAJI cells and autologous B cells (antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity).

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The stable incorporation of the intracellular fluorescent dye 5-(and -6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE) into cells provides a powerful tool to monitor cell migration, and to quantify cell division, because of the sequential decrease in fluorescent labeling in daughter cells. CFSE-labeled lymphocytes have been used to analyze the relationship between cell division and differentiation of cell function, and cell proliferation versus apoptosis, both in vivo and in vitro, and have allowed analysis of the site of response to antigens in vivo.

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The stable incorporation of the intracellular dye CSFE into lymphocytes is a powerful tool to monitor lymphocyte migration in vivo and to quantitatively analyze cell division both in vivo and in vitro. This unit describes methods for labeling high or low numbers of lymphocytes with CSFE. Protocols are provided to use CSFE-labeled cells in cell transfer studies or as cells to be cultured in vitro.

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This protocol outlines the carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE) method for following the proliferation of human lymphocytes in vitro and mouse lymphocytes both in vitro and in vivo. The method relies on the ability of CFSE to covalently label long-lived intracellular molecules with the highly fluorescent dye, carboxyfluorescein. Following each cell division, the equal distribution of these fluorescent molecules to progeny cells results in a halving of the fluorescence of daughter cells.

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We report that natural killer receptors (NKR) for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules (MHC-NKR), the inhibitory killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR), and the CD94/NKG2A receptor are present on a small proportion of CD8 T cells in cord blood. On average, 1.67% of CD8 T cells in cord blood express KIR, and 0.

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Increasingly, roles are emerging for C-type lectin receptors in immune regulation. One receptor whose function has remained largely enigmatic is human NKR-P1A (CD161), present on NK cells and subsets of T cells. In this study, we demonstrate that the lectin-like transcript-1 (LLT1) is a physiologic ligand for NKR-P1A.

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Monoclonal antibodies submitted to the natural killer (NK) cell section of the Eighth International Workshop on Human Leucocyte Differentiation Antigens (HLDA8) comprised those to known clusters of differentiation (CD), those to well-characterised molecules without a CD nomenclature, and those to unknown molecules. From the HLDA8 workshop, the seven well-characterised molecules in the NK cell panel were assigned a CD classification. These were NKG2D (CD314), LAIR-1 (CD305), NKp46 (CD335), NKp44 (CD336), NKp30 (CD337), CRACC (CD319), and NKG2C (CD159c).

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Dynabeads TALON are uniform superparamagnetic polystyrene beads of 1 microm diameter that bind 6-His-tagged recombinant proteins through Co++-affinity binding, and are normally used for protein purification. We have used these beads to bind 6-His-rNKp30 and 6-His-rNKp46 to use as a matrix for evaluating NKp30 and NKp46 mAb submitted to the 8th International Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigen Workshop. We show that recombinant protein coated beads are an effective tool to evaluate the specificity and epitope reactivity of mAb.

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The immune system works through leukocytes interacting with each other, with other cells, with tissue matrices, with infectious agents, and with other antigens. These interactions are mediated by cell-surface glycoproteins and glycolipids. Antibodies against these leukocyte molecules have provided powerful tools for analysis of their structure, function, and distribution.

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NKp30 (NCR3, CD337) is a natural cytotoxicity receptor, expressed on subsets of human peripheral blood NK cells, involved in NK cell killing of tumor cells and immature dendritic cells. The cellular ligand for NKp30 has remained elusive, although evidence that membrane-associated heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans are involved in the recognition of cellular targets by NKp30 was recently reported. The data presented in this report show conclusively that HS glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are not ligands for NKp30.

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This study reports an economical adaptation of the RosetteSep procedure for enrichment of NK cells designed for whole blood and its use with liquid nitrogen stored peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Combining 45x10(6) PBMC with 45x10(8) Alsevers' stored red blood cells (RBC) in 1 ml requires 50 microl of RosetteSep bifunctional antibody cocktail and provides NK cells of 99% purity with average yields of 43%.

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The expression and function of the NK cell receptor KIR2DL4 are controversial. Two common alleles of the transmembrane domain of KIR2DL4 exist. The 10A allele with 10 adenines at the end of the transmembrane exon encodes a full length receptor, whereas the 9A allele has only 9 adenines resulting in a frame shift which in turn generates a stop codon early in the first cytoplasmic exon.

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Chronic natural killer (NK) lymphocytosis is a rare disorder characterized by an indolent clinical course. Despite high NK cell numbers, many patients present with only mild clinical symptoms, and are often asymptomatic. NK cells are equipped with a range of receptors that bind human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-class I molecules.

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Article Synopsis
  • Granzyme B (grB) is a protein released by cytotoxic lymphocytes to induce cell death, but the body has protective mechanisms, including the protein PI-9, to prevent unintended cell damage from grB.
  • PI-9 is found in various immune cells, such as CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, NK cells, and at lower levels in B cells and myeloid cells, and its levels increase in response to grB activity.
  • The study suggests that PI-9 plays a crucial role in safeguarding cells from grB-related apoptosis, particularly in dendritic cells, highlighting its importance during immune responses.
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A survey of KIR2DL4 polymorphism revealed seven common sequences in the Australian population. The seven sequences encode three different amino acid sequences of the immunoglobulin domains. Two of the sequences encoding different amino acid sequences in the immunoglobulin domains also occur on some chromosomes with a single nucleotide deletion at the end of exon 6, which encodes the transmembrane domain (DeltaTM mutation), resulting in exon 6 skipping during mRNA production.

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