| First Author | Hämmerling GJ | Year | 1979 |
| Journal | J Exp Med | Volume | 150 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | 108-16 |
| PubMed ID | 312902 | Mgi Jnum | J:6148 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:54625 | Doi | 10.1084/jem.150.1.108 |
| Citation | Hammerling GJ, et al. (1979) Qat-4 and Qat-5, new murine T-cell antigens governed by the Tla region and identified by monoclonal antibodies. J Exp Med 150(1):108-16 |
| abstractText | Two new lymphocyte antigens, provisionally designated Qat-4 and Qat-5 have been identified with two different hybridoma-derived, monoclonal AKR antiC57BL/6 antibodies. These antigens are governed by genes located to the right (distal) end of the H-2 complex, within the Qa-2,3 region. Qat-4 and Qat-5 antigens which do not seem to be identical with Qa-2,3 or TL antigens are absent from Ig/ lymphocytes and thymocytes. They are only present on a fraction of peripheral T cells. Thus, Qat-4 is expressed on 70%, and Qat-5 on 30% of splenic and lymph node T cells, Qat-4 is also found on the majority of Ig- cells from athymic nude mice. These findings illustrate the complexity of the chromosome segment between the H-2D and Tla loci and they emphasize the role of major histocompatibility complex-associated genes for the differentiation of T cells into different subpopulations with possibly distinct immunologic functions. |
