Role of the mononuclear phagocyte as an antigen-presenting cell for human gamma delta T cells activated by live Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis in developing countries: burden, intervention and cost.

1990 • 600 citations

Lymphocytes bearing antigen-specific γδ T-cell receptors accumulate in human infectious disease lesions

1989 • 592 citations

Isolation of CD4-CD8-mycobacteria-reactive T lymphocyte clones from rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid

1989 • 543 citations

Stimulation of a major subset of lymphocytes expressing T cell receptor γδ by an antigen derived from mycobacterium tuberculosis

1989 • 491 citations

Activation of γδ T Cells in the Primary Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1989 • 463 citations

The Role of Cell-Mediated Immunity in Bacterial Infections

1981 • 452 citations

Human γδ+ T cells respond to mycobacterial heat-shock protein

1989 • 417 citations

Recognition by Human V _γ 9/V _δ 2 T Cells of a GroEL Homolog on Daudi Burkitt's Lymphoma Cells

1990 • 357 citations

A large fraction of human peripheral blood gamma/delta + T cells is activated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis but not by its 65-kD heat shock protein.

1990 • 331 citations

Recognition of a Peptide Antigen by Heat Shock--reactive γδ T Lymphocytes

1990 • 291 citations

Immunochemical Proof That a Novel Rearranging Gene Encodes the T Cell Receptor δ Subunit

1987 • 278 citations

Resident pulmonary lymphocytes expressing the γ/δ T-cell receptor

1989 • 253 citations

Primary responses of human T cells to mycobacteria: a frequent set of γ/δ T cells are stimulated by protease‐resistant ligands

1990 • 243 citations

Selection by two powerful antigens may account for the presence of the major population of human peripheral gamma/delta T cells.

1991 • 201 citations

Structure and mapping of antigenic domains of protein antigen b, a 38,000-molecular-weight protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1989 • 187 citations

The primary response of human gamma/delta + T cells to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is restricted to V gamma 9-bearing cells.

1991 • 173 citations

Target cell lysis and IL-2 secretion by gamma/delta T lymphocytes after activation with bacteria.

1990 • 167 citations

Selective expansion of human gamma delta T cells by monocytes infected with live Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

1991 • 138 citations

Human Mycobacterium tuberculosis-reactive CD4+ T-cell clones: heterogeneity in antigen recognition, cytokine production, and cytotoxicity for mononuclear phagocytes

1991 • 134 citations

A unique V-J-C-rearranged gene encodes a gamma protein expressed on the majority of CD3+ T cell receptor-alpha/beta- circulating lymphocytes.

1988 • 133 citations

Early appearing gamma/delta-bearing T cells during infection with Calmétte Guérin bacillus.

1991 • 133 citations

Signal transduction of gamma/delta T cell antigen receptor with a novel mitogenic anti-delta antibody.

1988 • 93 citations

Evidence for involvement of the gamma, delta T cell antigen receptor in cytotoxicity mediated by human alloantigen-specific T cell clones.

1989 • 91 citations

Kinetics of accumulation of gamma delta receptor-bearing T lymphocytes in mice infected with live mycobacteria

1991 • 78 citations

Analysis of the functional capabilities of CD3+CD4-CD8- and CD3+CD4+CD8+ human T cell clones.

1989 • 72 citations

Antigenic proteins of Mycobacterium leprae. Complete sequence of the gene for the 18-kDa protein.

1988 • 71 citations

Genes for the major protein antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the etiologic agents of tuberculosis and leprosy share an immunodominant antigen.

1987 • 59 citations

Purification and Characterization of Two Proteins from Culture Filtrates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H ₃₇ Ra Strain

1970 • 47 citations

Increase of T-cell receptor gamma/delta-bearing T cells in cord blood of newborn babies obtained by in vitro stimulation with mycobacterial cord factor

1991 • 36 citations

Isolation and restriction site maps of the genes encoding five Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins

1987 • 23 citations

Preliminary characterization of accessory cells in the nonadherent fraction of human blood mononuclear cells

1986 • 10 citations