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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 4 1185-1190, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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IL-4 regulates differentiation and proliferation of human precursor B cells

FM Hofman, M Brock, CR Taylor and B Lyons
Department of Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.

The mechanism by which precursor and pre-B cells undergo differentiation is unclear; however, it is known that growth factors play an important role in this maturation process. The lymphokine, IL-4 has been shown to increase expression of class II Ag on B cells and induce B cell proliferation. In the murine system, IL-4 induced differentiation of precursor B cells into pre-B cells. In order to analyze growth factors on B cell development we have established an in vitro culture system for human bone marrow cells. We found that in the presence of IL-4, normal human precursor and pre-B cells can be induced to differentiate in the absence of cell proliferation with four days of culture. Furthermore, IL-4 depressed proliferation induced by supernatant from a T cell line. The differentiation was measured by an increase in both the number of cytoplasmic mu and surface IgM-positive cells. The effect of IL-4 on precursor and pre-B cell differentiation was detected as soon as 14 h of exposure to the lymphokine in the absence of an adherent feeder layer. These data suggest that IL-4 directly affects the differentiation process of normal human precursor and pre-B cells, and may antagonistically affect cell proliferation.


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