PMID: 7542576Jul 1, 1995Paper

High numbers of autoantigen-reactive mononuclear cells expressing interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), IL-4 and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) are present in cord blood

Clinical and Experimental Immunology
M YuH Link

Abstract

Umbilical cord blood of neonates and peripheral blood of healthy adults were analysed by in situ hybridization for numbers of mononuclear cells (MNC) expressing the cytokines IFN-gamma, TGF-beta and IL-4 mRNA without culture and after culture in the presence of acetylcholine receptor (AChR), myelin basic protein (MBP) and peripheral myelin protein P2. These antigens were chosen since they represent autoantigens in putatively immune-mediated neurological diseases. The numbers of cells expressing cytokine mRNA after 72 h culture in the presence of AChR, MBP and P2 were higher in cord blood than in peripheral blood of healthy adults. IFN-gamma, TGF-beta and IL-4 were always elevated in parallel. In cord blood there was a pronounced reactivity to several of the tested antigens, while such broad reactivity was not found in peripheral blood of healthy adults. No differences in cytokine mRNA expression were found between cord blood and peripheral blood of adults when cells were analysed without culture. The results show a capacity of cord blood cells to react to several autoantigens by the up-regulation of cytokine mRNA expression.

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