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Characterization of CD31 expression on murine and human neonatal T lymphocytes during development and activation
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Characterization of CD31 expression on murine and human neonatal T lymphocytes during development and activation

Adam J. Fike, Linda T. Nguyen, Ogan K. Kumova and Alison J. Carey
Pediatric research, v 82(1), pp 133-140
01 Jul 2017
PMID: 28355204
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https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2017.81View
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Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Pediatrics
BACKGROUND: CD31, expressed by the majority of the neonatal T-cell pool, is involved in modulation of T-cell receptor signaling by increasing the threshold for T-cell activation. Therefore, CD31 could modulate neonatal tolerance and adaptive immune responses. METHODS: Lymphocytes were harvested from murine neonates at different ages, human late preterm and term cord blood, and adult peripheral blood. Human samples were activated over a 5-day period to simulate acute inflammation. Mice were infected with influenza; lungs and spleens were harvested at days 6 and 9 post infection and analyzed by flow cytometry. RESULTS: CD31-expressing neonatal murine CD4(+) and CD8a(+) T cells increase over the first week of life. Upon in vitro stimulation, human infants' CD4(+) and CD8a(+) T cells shed CD31 faster in comparison with adults. In the context of acute infection, mice infected at 3 days of age have an increased number of naive and activated CD31(+) T lymphocytes at the site of infection at days 6 and 9 post infection, as compared with those infected at 7 days of age; however, the opposite is true in the periphery. CONCLUSION: Differences in trafficking of CD31(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) during acute influenza infection could modulate tolerance and contribute to a dampened adaptive immune response in neonates.

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