Abstract:
Objective: We examined the characteristics of human peripheral blood T cells activation by superantigen B(SEB), and try to know if the proliferous T cells are as same as entrothymic T cells.
Methods: We analyzed CD4, CD8, CD16 and CD28 molecular expression and autoimmunity of proliferous T cells by flow cytometry and cell culture.
Results: Most of CD4
+ T cells expressed CD28 molecular The CD4
+CD8
+T cells are different from extrothymic T cells. The dependence for T cells to APC exhibited decrease and showed autoimmunity against to isogenous antigen.
Conclusion: The function of CD4
+T cells activation in peripheral blood are different from the function of extrothymic T cells.