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Gamma delta T-cell receptor-positive cells in human skin. I. Incidence and V-region gene expression in granulomatous skin lesions. 1993

M Fujita, and Y Miyachi, and K Nakata, and S Imamura
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.

BACKGROUND There have been many reports that gamma delta T-cell receptor (TCR)+ cells respond to mycobacterial antigens in vitro, but there is little available information on human gamma delta TCR+ cells in clinical conditions. OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to investigate the distribution and involvement of human gamma delta TCR+ cells in granulomatous skin lesions. METHODS The incidence and V-region gene expression of human gamma delta TCR+ cells was examined in granulomatous skin diseases, including cutaneous tuberculosis and leprosy, by immunohistochemical procedures. RESULTS gamma delta TCR+ cells in the dermis were increased in most patients with borderline lepromatous leprosy, and they were less frequently found in lepromatous leprosy and erythema nodosum leprosum. Other granulomatous skin lesions, including sarcoidosis, contained only a few gamma delta TCR+ cells. The gamma delta TCR+ cells that were found to be increased in this study were mostly delta TCS1-, BB3+, Ti gamma A+ (V delta 1-, V delta 2+, V gamma 9+). CONCLUSIONS The gamma delta TCR+ cells in human granulomatous skin lesions may respond to some mycobacterial antigens, but they do not appear to be directly involved in granuloma formation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007124 Immunoenzyme Techniques Immunologic techniques based on the use of: (1) enzyme-antibody conjugates; (2) enzyme-antigen conjugates; (3) antienzyme antibody followed by its homologous enzyme; or (4) enzyme-antienzyme complexes. These are used histologically for visualizing or labeling tissue specimens. Antibody Enzyme Technique, Unlabeled,Enzyme Immunoassay,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technique,Immunoassay, Enzyme,Immunoperoxidase Techniques,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technique,Antibody Enzyme Technic, Unlabeled,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technic,Immunoenzyme Technics,Immunoperoxidase Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technic,Antibody Technic, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled,Enzyme Immunoassays,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technic,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technique,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technics,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Immunoassays, Enzyme,Immunoenzyme Technic,Immunoenzyme Technique,Immunoperoxidase Technic,Immunoperoxidase Technique,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technic,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technique,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Techniques,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technics,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Technic, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technic, Immunoenzyme,Technic, Immunoperoxidase,Technic, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Immunoenzyme,Technics, Immunoperoxidase,Technics, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Immunoenzyme,Technique, Immunoperoxidase,Technique, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Immunoenzyme,Techniques, Immunoperoxidase,Techniques, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody
D007918 Leprosy A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid. Hansen's Disease,Hansen Disease
D006099 Granuloma A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents. Granulomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012867 Skin The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D012871 Skin Diseases Diseases involving the DERMIS or EPIDERMIS. Dermatoses,Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders,Dermatosis,Skin Disease
D014382 Tuberculosis, Cutaneous Tuberculosis of the skin. It includes scrofuloderma and tuberculid, but not LUPUS VULGARIS. Scrofuloderma,Skin Tuberculosis,Tuberculid
D015870 Gene Expression The phenotypic manifestation of a gene or genes by the processes of GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION and GENETIC TRANSLATION. Expression, Gene,Expressions, Gene,Gene Expressions
D015994 Incidence The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time. Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates
D016692 Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta T-cell receptors composed of CD3-associated gamma and delta polypeptide chains and expressed primarily in CD4-/CD8- T-cells. The receptors appear to be preferentially located in epithelial sites and probably play a role in the recognition of bacterial antigens. The T-cell receptor gamma/delta chains are separate and not related to the gamma and delta chains which are subunits of CD3 (see ANTIGENS, CD3). Antigen Receptors, T-Cell, gamma-delta,T-Cell Receptors delta-Chain,T-Cell Receptors gamma-Chain,T-Cell Receptors, gamma-delta,TcR gamma-delta,Antigen T Cell Receptor, delta Chain,Antigen T Cell Receptor, gamma Chain,Receptors, Antigen, T Cell, gamma delta,T Cell Receptors, gamma delta,T-Cell Receptor delta-Chain,T-Cell Receptor gamma-Chain,T-Cell Receptor, gamma-delta,T Cell Receptor delta Chain,T Cell Receptor gamma Chain,T Cell Receptor, gamma delta,T Cell Receptors delta Chain,T Cell Receptors gamma Chain,TcR gamma delta,delta-Chain, T-Cell Receptor,delta-Chain, T-Cell Receptors,gamma-Chain, T-Cell Receptor,gamma-Chain, T-Cell Receptors,gamma-delta T-Cell Receptor,gamma-delta T-Cell Receptors,gamma-delta, TcR

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