The defective antigen-presenting activity of murine fetal macrophage cell lines.

Abstract:

:We have previously reported that placental macrophages of fetal origin have a decreased ability to present antigen. To clarify the underlying mechanism for this deficiency, we have generated primary fetal macrophage cell lines. Our data show that despite their defective antigen-presenting ability, fetal macrophages do express all known accessory molecules, intracellular adhesion molecule-1, B7 and major histocompatibility complex class II molecules. However, fetal macrophages do not express detectable invariant chain mRNA which is known to have a major role in the class II-associated antigen-processing pathway. Since fetal macrophages can neither present antigenic peptides nor superantigen, the diminished invariant chain expression alone cannot account for the impaired antigen-presenting function of fetal macrophages.

journal_name

Immunology

journal_title

Immunology

authors

Khalili H,Deshpande R,Chang MY

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00369.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-12-01 00:00:00

pages

487-93

issue

4

eissn

0019-2805

issn

1365-2567

journal_volume

92

pub_type

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