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Cutting edge: CD4+ T cell-derived IL-2 is essential for help-dependent primary CD8+ T cell responses.
J Immunol
December 2008
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences and University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
CD4(+) T cell help is essential for primary CD8(+) T cell responses to noninflammatory Ags. IL-2 is one of the principal cytokines made by naive CD4(+) T cells, and we show in this study that it is an essential component of help. Adoptively transferred naive CD4(+) TCR-transgenic OT-II cells supported endogenous primary CD8(+) T cell responses, but IL-2-deficient OT-II cells were unable to provide help, although they responded to Ag in vivo and up-regulated CD40 ligand in vitro.
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