TY - CHAP
T1 - Human T Cell Clones in Long-Term Culture as Models for the Impact of Chronic Antigenic Stress in Aging
AU - Pawelec, Graham
AU - Tolson, Jon
AU - Mariani, Erminia
AU - Neri, Simona
AU - Solana, Rafael
AU - Dela Rosa, Olga
AU - Forsey, Rosalyn
AU - Larbi, Anis
AU - Barnett, Yvonne
AU - Fülöp, Tamas
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This chapter discusses techniques for the production and maintenance of human T cell clones, their growth characteristics and longevity in vitro, culture age-associated changes of parameters such as telomere lengths, DNA damage, and so on. Cloning peripheral T cells from young healthy donors can be performed with a high cloning efficiency (CE), suggesting that these particular cloning conditions are favorable for outgrowth of a majority of T cells. The CE was equally high when the cells were derived from a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a donor putatively subjected to a high level of antigenic stress. CE was also similar in the extra-thymic T cell differentiation cultures employed. According to the protocol for cloning, for ease of handling and as a precaution against contamination, stack plates and aluminum foil should be used. Incubate for about a week and then examine the plates using an inverted microscope. T cell functions are mediated by intracellular signaling via surface receptors such as the antigen receptor and the costimulator CD28 from the membrane through the cytoplasm to the nucleus.
AB - This chapter discusses techniques for the production and maintenance of human T cell clones, their growth characteristics and longevity in vitro, culture age-associated changes of parameters such as telomere lengths, DNA damage, and so on. Cloning peripheral T cells from young healthy donors can be performed with a high cloning efficiency (CE), suggesting that these particular cloning conditions are favorable for outgrowth of a majority of T cells. The CE was equally high when the cells were derived from a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a donor putatively subjected to a high level of antigenic stress. CE was also similar in the extra-thymic T cell differentiation cultures employed. According to the protocol for cloning, for ease of handling and as a precaution against contamination, stack plates and aluminum foil should be used. Incubate for about a week and then examine the plates using an inverted microscope. T cell functions are mediated by intracellular signaling via surface receptors such as the antigen receptor and the costimulator CD28 from the membrane through the cytoplasm to the nucleus.
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-012369391-4/50067-9
DO - 10.1016/B978-012369391-4/50067-9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:33947416281
SN - 9780123693914
SP - 781
EP - 792
BT - Handbook of Models for Human Aging
PB - Elsevier Inc.
ER -