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SUBMITTER: Freishtat RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2174509 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freishtat Robert J RJ Mojgani Bahar B Nazemzadeh Maryam M Nagaraju Kanneboyina K Hoffman Eric P EP
BMC pulmonary medicine 20071010
<h4>Background</h4>We previously reported that NKG2A, a key inhibitory ligand for HLA-E, is expressed on activated TH2 but not TH1 cells. Here we measured cytokine expression in human ex vivo TH2 cells upon activation with anti-CD3/28 and challenge with an NKG2A-specific agonist.<h4>Methods</h4>TH2 cells were purified from healthy volunteers and activated with anti-CD3/28 in the presence and absence of NKG2A-specific agonist. IL-4 was used as a marker of TH2 effector function and measured by flo ...[more]