The Journal of Immunology, 2002, 169: 4094-4097.
Copyright © 2002 by The American Association of Immunologists
Cutting Edge: A Crucial Role for B7-CD28 in Transmitting T Help from APC to CTL1
Kiley R. Prilliman*,
Edward E. Lemmens*,
Georgia Palioungas*,
Thomas G. Wolfe*,
James P. Allison
,
Arlene H. Sharpe
and
Stephen P. Schoenberger2,*
* Division of Immune Regulation, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121;
Howard Hughes Research Institute, Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Abstract
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Although APC activation via CD40-CD40L signaling plays a
critical role in enabling CD4+ T cells to provide the
"help" necessary for cross-priming of naive CTL, it is unclear how
this makes the APC competent for priming. We have investigated the
roles of B7-1/B7-2 and their TCRs CD28/CTLA-4 in cross-priming of
CD4-dependent CTL in vivo. We find that both CD28 and B7-1/B7-2 are
required for CD40-activated APC to cross-prime CTL, and that priming by
CD40-activated APC was prevented by blockade of CD28. Conversely,
augmenting CD28 signals with an agonistic Ab bypassed the requirement
for CD4+ T help or CD40 activation. Interestingly, blockade
of the negative regulatory B7 receptor CTLA-4 failed to prime CTL in
the absence of T help. These results support a model in which
activation-induced up-regulation of B7 molecules on APC leads to
increased CD28 signaling and a commitment to cross-priming of
CD4-dependent CTL.
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Introduction
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The
conditional nature of activation requirements for the in vivo priming
of CD8+ CTL presents an intriguing paradox for
immunologists, with responses against some Ags requiring "help"
from CD4+ Th cells, while others, notably those
against certain viruses, can apparently be generated in their absence
(1, 2, 3). However, once primed in the absence of
Th, these viral CTL responses wane over time and
become ineffective in controlling viral persistence and replication
(reviewed in Ref. 4). A deeper understanding of how help
is transmitted would allow insight into the instructional program that
guides the development and maintenance of CTL and may facilitate its
manipulation in the clinical setting (5, 6). Two models
have been proposed to explain the role of CD4+ T
cells in providing help to CTL. The first, supported by early studies
on the in vitro generation of CTL, specifies a role for
CD4+ T cells in the paracrine secretion of
cytokines such as IL-2 that are believed to be required by CTL during
primary activation (7). This is envisioned to occur while
both Th and CTL are in sufficient proximity to
each other at the surface of the same APC to allow the effective use of
short-range factors like lymphokines. The alternative model suggests
that T help proceeds via the CD4-dependent activation of APC to a state
in which they are able to directly prime CTL in the absence of
CD4+ T cells (8). This model allows
the obligate interaction of three cell types to be accomplished through
serial two-cell interactions, thus avoiding the temporal and
statistical probability drawbacks implicit in the first model. This
scenario also provides a possible explanation for Th-independent CTL
responses induced by viruses such as lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
(LCMV)3 and vaccinia, which may
achieve the same functional activation of APC through direct infection
or replication within lymphoid tissues.
Indirect or "cross" priming clearly requires both bone
marrow-derived APC and CD4+
Th cells to generate cytotoxic effectors against
cell-based Ags and, as such, provides a useful experimental platform
for studying the cellular and molecular requirements of T help for CTL
(3). In support of the second model, cross-priming studies
have shown that the CD4 requirement in CTL priming can be overcome
using an agonistic mAb to CD40 on APC and that blockade of CD40 ligand
(CD154) on CD4+ T cells prevents them from
providing help to CTL (9, 10). These results indicate that
CD40-CD40L interactions play a central role in APC activation by
CD4+ T cells and suggest that this event
represents the initial step in transmitting T help to CTL. However,
once activated by CD4+ T cells, it is unclear how
the APC becomes competent to autonomously prime naive CTL. Activation
induces a number of functional and phenotypic changes within APC,
including their migration to lymphoid organs, secretion of
cytokines/chemokines, and expression of a range of costimulatory
molecules (reviewed in Ref. 11). Regulating the
transmission of early costimulatory signals would seem an effective way
for APC to control CTL priming, and there exist numerous potentially
relevant ligands whose expression on APC is increased upon activation,
including B7-1/B7-2 (CD80/CD86), ICAM-I (CD54), 4-1BBL, OX40L,
and CD70, among others (12). The B7-1/B7-2:CD28/CTLA-4
costimulatory pathway has received considerable attention as a
regulatory control point in T cell responses, as the low basal levels
of both B7-1 and B7-2 on immature APC are up-regulated following
activation and can interact with either positive (CD28) or negative
(CTLA-4) ligands on T cells (13, 14). Previous studies
using blocking Abs have demonstrated that either B7-1 or B7-2 are
sufficient for cross-priming of Th-dependent CTL but did not address
which CTL receptors were involved or whether APC activation altered the
B7 requirement (15). We have now investigated the role of
the costimulatory molecules B7-1 and B7-2 and their T cell ligands,
CD28 and CTLA-4, in the transmission of help to CTL by CD40-activated
APC. Our results show that both B7-1/B7-2 and CD28 are absolutely
required for CTL cross-priming by CD40-activated APC and indicate that
CD28 can function as a kind of molecular rheostat through which
up-regulation of B7 molecules on APC is perceived as "help" by CTL,
leading to their primary activation and functional development.
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Materials and Methods
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Mice
C57BL/6 (H-2b) and
CD28-/- (H-2b) mice were
purchased from The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME).
B7-1-/-, B7-2-/-, and
B7-1/2-/- (H-2b) strains
have been previously described (16). All mice were
maintained by in-house breeding at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy
and Immunology (San Diego, CA), and were maintained under specific
pathogen-free conditions in accordance with guidelines by the
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
International.
Cell lines and culture
Mouse embryonic cell (MEC) lines expressing the human
adenovirus type 5 early region 1 (Ad5E1) were produced by transfection
of both C57BL/6 and TAP-/- MEC lines and have
been previously described (17). The EL-4 thymoma was
purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA). MEC
were cultured in DMEM, and EL-4 cells and splenocytes were cultured in
IMDM. All media were supplemented with 10% FCS, 50 µM 2-ME, 2 mM
L-glutamine, 20 U/ml penicillin, and 20 µg/ml
streptomycin.
Immunizations and evaluation of CTL activity
Groups of mice were immunized s.c. in the right flank with
1 x 107 irradiated (3000 rad)
Ad5E1-TAP-/- MEC in 200 µl PBS. Mice were
sacrificed 14 days following immunization, and splenocytes were
restimulated for 6 days in vitro in 24-well plates with irradiated
syngeneic Ad5E1-B6 MEC (5 x 106
splenocytes:5 x 105 MEC). Effectors were
then purified from culture debris over Lympholyte-M (Cedarlane
Laboratories, Hornby, Ontario, Canada) and evaluated for cytotoxicity
by the JAM assay (18). Percentage of specific
killing of [3H]thymidine-labeled EL-4 cells
loaded with either a control peptide
(OVA257264; SIINFEKL) or with the
E1B192200peptide (VNIRNCCYI) and
serially diluted at various E:T ratios was calculated as
((S - E)/E) x 100, where
S represents spontaneous and E represents
experimental [3H] retention values. All data
shown are representative of at least two experiments.
In vivo Ab treatment
Hybridomas were cultured in Life Technologies Protein-Free
Hybridoma Medium-II (Invitrogen, San Diego, CA), and mAbs were isolated
by dialysis of supernatants. To deplete CD4+
cells, 150 µg of GK1.5 Ab was given i.p. on the first 3 days before
immunization and every third day thereafter. For CD40 activation, 300
µg of FGK45 Ab (19) or control Ab (rat IgG2a) was given
i.v. on day 0. For CD28 activation, 100 µg of PV1 Ab (Southern
Biotechnology Associates, Birmingham, AL) or control Ab (hamster IgG)
was given i.v. on day 0. For in vivo blockade of CD28, 150 µg of
37.51 Ab was given i.p. the day before immunization and on days 0, 1,
4, and 7. For in vivo blockade of CTLA-4, 100 µg of UC10 Ab
(20) was given i.p. 1 day before immunization and on days
0, 3, 7, and 11. All mAbs were administered in 200 µl PBS.
LCMV infection and evaluation of CTL activity
Groups of mice were infected i.p. with 1 x
105 PFU LCMV (Armstrong strain). Mice were
sacrificed 7 days after infection, and splenocytes were tested for
effector function by the JAM assay as described above against
[3H]thymidine-labeled EL-4 cells loaded with
either OVA257264 as a control peptide or with
the LCMV GP3341 peptide (KAVYNFATM) and
serially diluted at various E:T ratios.
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Results
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We used a robust and well-characterized system of cross-priming to
investigate the costimulatory requirements for activation of naive
Th-dependent CTL by CD40-activated APC in vivo. Immunization of C57BL/6
mice with TAP-/- Ad5E1-MEC results in
cross-priming of E1B192200-specific effector
CTL by host APC that is dependent on either CD4+
Th cells or administration of an agonistic CD40 mAb (Fig. 1
a) (10, 17).
Immunization of "knockout" mice lacking either B7-1/B7-2 or CD28
reveals that the requirement for these molecules in CTL cross-priming
cannot be overcome by ligation of CD40 (Fig. 1
, b and
c). Similar results were observed in knockout mice depleted
of CD4+ cells and in mice lacking a functional
MHC class II gene (I-Ab-/- mice; data not
shown). Cross-priming in this system required either B7-1 or B7-2, as
immunization of single knockout mice resulted in responses that were
comparable to wild-type mice (data not shown). The requirement for
B7-1/B7-2 and CD28 was specific for CTL cross-primed against
cell-associated Ag, as primary CTL responses against an
H-2Db-restricted epitope of LCMV
GP3341 were clearly detectable in LCMV-infected
wild-type, B7-1/B7-2, or CD28 knockout mice, consistent with previous
studies (Fig. 1
, df; Ref. 21). These data
indicate that B7-1/B7-2 and CD28 are genetically required for
cross-priming of helper-dependent CTL, whether help is provided by
CD4+ Th cells or APC activation via CD40.

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FIGURE 1. CTL cross-priming requires B7-1/B7-2 and CD28. Splenocytes from
CD4-depleted C57BL/6 (a), B7-1/B7-2-/-
(b), and CD28-/- (c) mice
immunized with Ad5E1-TAP-/- MEC and treated with either
an isotype-control Ab (dashed lines) or the CD40-activating FGK45 mAb
(solid lines) were restimulated with Ad5E1 TAP+ MEC in
vitro 14 days later and examined after 6 days for specific killing of
[3H]thymidine-labeled EL-4 targets pulsed with either
OVA257264 as a control peptide (data not shown) or with
E1B192200 peptide. Splenocytes from C57BL/6
(d), B7-1/B7-2-/- (e), and
CD28-/- (f) mice infected with LCMV were
directly examined on day 7 for specific killing of
[3H]thymidine-labeled EL-4 targets pulsed with either
OVA257264 (dashed lines) or with LCMV
GP3341 (solid lines). For both sets of experimental
conditions, each line represents the average percentage of specific
killing as a function of [3H] retention
(y-axis) at various E:T ratios for n
= 23 mice per group.
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The failure of anti-CD40 Abs to restore cross-priming of
Th-dependent CTL in CD28-deficient mice suggests that CD28 transmits a
key signal through which help is provided to CTL by activated APC. We
investigated this directly by blocking CD28 with a mAb under conditions
of CD40-mediated APC activation. Treatment of CD4-depleted mice with
CD28-blocking, but not control, Abs prevented CTL cross-priming by CD40
activated APC (Fig. 2
). This indicates
that CD28 represents a critical conduit through which help is
transmitted to CTL by CD40-activated APC.

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FIGURE 2. Blockade of CD28 prevents CTL cross-priming by CD40-activated APC.
CD4-depleted wild-type mice were immunized with
Ad5E1-TAP-/- MEC and treated with the CD40-activating Ab
FGK45 and either an isotype-control Ab (a) or the
CD28-blocking 37.51 mAb (b). Splenocytes were
restimulated in vitro on day 14 and examined 6 days later for specific
killing of [3H]thymidine-labeled EL-4 targets pulsed with
either OVA257264 (dashed lines) as a control or with
E1B192200 (solid lines). Each line represents the average
percentage of specific killing as a function of [3H]
retention (y-axis) at various E:T ratios for
n = 23 mice per group.
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In the absence of APC activation, selective engagement of the negative
B7-receptor CTLA-4 by limiting surface levels of B7-1/B7-2 has been
proposed as a mechanism through which T cell tolerance can be achieved
(22). In this model, activated APC expressing higher
B7-1/B7-2 levels would allow coengagement of CD28 and lead to T cell
activation. We therefore investigated whether blockade of CTLA-4 would
leave the available B7-1/B7-2 molecules on APC free to interact with
CD28 and thereby result in CTL priming in the absence of Th. Ab
blockade of CTLA-4 in CD4-depleted mice was unable to overcome the
requirement for CD40 ligation in cross-priming of
E1B192200-specific CTL (Fig. 3
). These data demonstrate that the
levels of B7 available on nonactivated APC are insufficient to induce
CTL cross-priming, even when CTLA-4 is blocked, and further suggest
that if B7 levels play a direct role in the commitment to CTL
cross-priming, it is likely to be mediated through the strength of
signals received via CD28, rather than through differential
interactions with CTLA-4 vs CD28.

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FIGURE 3. CTLA-4 blockade does not replace T help or APC activation. CD4-depleted
wild-type mice were immunized with Ad5E1-TAP-/- MEC and
treated with either an isotype-control Ab (a), the
CD40-activating Ab FGK45 (b), or the CTLA-4-blocking
UC10 mAb (c). Splenocytes were restimulated and
evaluated for cytotoxicity, as described in the legend of Fig. 2 , against [3H]thymidine-labeled EL-4 targets pulsed with
either OVA257264 (dashed lines) or
E1B192200 (solid lines). Each line depicts the average
for n = 23 mice per group.
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A key prediction from our results is that if, in the absence of T help
or CD40 ligation, the comparatively weaker CD28 signals generated by
the low levels of B7-1/B7-2 molecules expressed on nonactivated APC
could be augmented, CTL priming would result. In this way, the signals
transmitted through CD28 by a fully activated APC could be mimicked in
the absence of help. This possibility was examined directly using
stimulatory Abs against CD28 or, as a positive control, Abs against
CD40 to restore CTL cross-priming in CD4-depleted mice. Using a
stimulatory mAb to potentiate signals transmitted through CD28 resulted
in priming of Th-dependent effector CTL in the absence of
CD4+ T cells (Fig. 4
). Although clearly cytotoxic in our
experiments, the lytic activity of secondary cultures primed in
response to the agonistic CD28 Ab was not as great as that induced by
CD40-ligation. This may be due to differences in the strength and/or
duration of CD28 signals transmitted by the monoclonal anti-CD28 Ab
vs those mediated by up-regulation of both B7-1/B7-2 molecules on
activated APC. Conversely, additional costimulatory signals generated
by CD40-activated APC may influence the strength of lytic activity
detected in our in vitro assays. Despite these variations, our results
clearly demonstrate that differences in the strength of signals
transmitted through CD28 can be integrated into the cellular response
of Th-dependent CTL and thereby lead to their priming in the absence of
CD4+ T cells.

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FIGURE 4. CD28 signaling can replace T help or APC activation via CD40.
CD4-depleted wild-type mice were immunized with
Ad5E1-TAP-/- MEC and treated with either an
isotype-control Ab (a), the CD40-activating Ab FGK45
(b), or the CD28-activating PV1 mAb (c).
Splenocytes were restimulated and evaluated for cytotoxicity, as
described in the legend of Fig. 2 , against
[3H]thymidine-labeled EL-4 targets pulsed with either
OVA257264 (dashed lines) or E1B192200
(solid lines). Each line depicts the average for n
= 23 mice per group.
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Discussion
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Cross-presentation by bone marrow-derived APC is an important
mechanism through which naive T cells are exposed to both self and
foreign peripheral Ags in vivo (23, 24). The ability of
such APC to exist in functionally distinct states of activation has
profound implications for the regulation of immune responses, as
cross-presentation can result in either priming or tolerance (3, 25). Accordingly, there has been substantial interest in
understanding the pathways that mediate these disparate outcomes. With
respect to cross-priming of cytotoxic CD8+ T
lymphocytes, APC activation via CD40-CD40L interactions is believed to
underlie the requirement for CD4+ T help, but it
has been unclear how activation leads to CTL priming. Our present data
clearly identify B7-1/B7-2 and CD28 as critical downstream components
of this pathway. This is supported by the findings that CD40-activated
APC nonetheless require B7-1/B7-2 to prime CTL and that regulation of
CTL priming can be controlled at the level of CD28 signaling either by
blockade or stimulation. The same is not true of the negative B7
receptor CTLA-4, as Ab blockade of this molecule did not lead to CTL
priming in the absence of T help or APC activation. It is unlikely that
low levels of CD28, the assumed transducer of B7-mediated activating
signals in this scenario, is the limiting factor as the stimulatory
CD28 mAb leads to CTL priming under the same circumstances. This
suggests that, in the absence of activation, the B7-1/B7-2 levels on
APC are insufficient to transmit a priming costimulus through
CD28.
Our results favor a model in which it is the strength of signal through
CD28, rather than competition with CTLA-4 for available B7 molecules,
that is functionally integrated by the CD8+ T
cell into its commitment to prime. This interpretation assumes that
CD28 functions not as an "on-off" switch but rather as a kind of
"rheostat" which, depending on the strength and/or duration of its
engagement by B7 molecules, can display a degree of plasticity in the
intracellular signals it generates. This view is supported by the
presence of distinct functional domains within CD28 as well as its
capacity to assume differential roles in T cell activation (26, 27). Although our data define a critical role for B7-1/B7-2 and
CD28 in transmitting help from APC to CTL, they do not rule out a role
for other interactions involving B7-1/B7-2 or for the subsequent
involvement of other cytokine or costimulatory pathways in CTL priming
(28, 29).
The requirement for B7 and CD28 in CTL cross-priming by CD40-activated
APC contrasts with that observed for viruses such as LCMV that can
apparently generate primary CTL in the absence of
CD4+ cells, CD28, B7-1/B7-2, or even bone
marrow-derived APC (21, 30). It is unclear whether this
discrepancy is due to the increased duration and intensity of antigenic
stimulation that characterizes LCMV infection in rodents or whether the
host response to the infection influences the activation threshold of
CTL against this and other viruses. As we move forward in our
understanding of how T help contributes to CTL priming, it will be
important to learn not only the mechanism through which it is provided,
but also to understand the circumstances under which it can be
bypassed.
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Acknowledgments
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We thank K. Banks and the animal facility staff of the La Jolla
Institute for Allergy and Immunology for their animal screening and
maintenance services.
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Footnotes
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1 This work was supported by grants from the American Cancer Society, National Institutes of Health, and CapCURE (to S.P.S.) and a fellowship from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (to K.R.P.). 
2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Stephen P. Schoenberger, Division of Immune Regulation, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121. E-mail address: sps{at}liai.org 
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; MEC, mouse embryonic cell; Ad5E1, human adenovirus type 5 early region 1. 
Received for publication July 23, 2002.
Accepted for publication August 22, 2002.
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R. L. VanOosten and T. S. Griffith
Activation of Tumor-Specific CD8+ T Cells after Intratumoral Ad5-TRAIL/CpG Oligodeoxynucleotide Combination Therapy
Cancer Res.,
December 15, 2007;
67(24):
11980 - 11990.
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A. B. Borowski, A. C. Boesteanu, Y. M. Mueller, C. Carafides, D. J. Topham, J. D. Altman, S. R. Jennings, and P. D. Katsikis
Memory CD8+ T Cells Require CD28 Costimulation
J. Immunol.,
November 15, 2007;
179(10):
6494 - 6503.
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P. Otahal, B. B. Knowles, S. S. Tevethia, and T. D. Schell
Anti-CD40 Conditioning Enhances the TCD8 Response to a Highly Tolerogenic Epitope and Subsequent Immunotherapy of Simian Virus 40 T Antigen-Induced Pancreatic Tumors
J. Immunol.,
November 15, 2007;
179(10):
6686 - 6695.
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K. E. Matthews, J. S. Qin, J. Yang, I. F. Hermans, M. J. Palmowski, V. Cerundolo, and F. Ronchese
Increasing the Survival of Dendritic Cells In Vivo Does Not Replace the Requirement for CD4+ T Cell Help during Primary CD8+ T Cell Responses
J. Immunol.,
November 1, 2007;
179(9):
5738 - 5747.
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V. Y. Taraban, T. F. Rowley, D. F. Tough, and A. Al-Shamkhani
Requirement for CD70 in CD4+ Th Cell-Dependent and Innate Receptor-Mediated CD8+ T Cell Priming.
J. Immunol.,
September 1, 2006;
177(5):
2969 - 2975.
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M. Wuthrich, T. Warner, and B. S. Klein
CD28 Is Required for Optimal Induction, but Not Maintenance, of Vaccine-Induced Immunity to Blastomyces dermatitidis
Infect. Immun.,
November 1, 2005;
73(11):
7436 - 7441.
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W. Lim, K. Gee, S. Mishra, and A. Kumar
Regulation of B7.1 Costimulatory Molecule Is Mediated by the IFN Regulatory Factor-7 through the Activation of JNK in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Human Monocytic Cells
J. Immunol.,
November 1, 2005;
175(9):
5690 - 5700.
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T. P.F. Gade, W. Hassen, E. Santos, G. Gunset, A. Saudemont, M. C. Gong, R. Brentjens, X.-S. Zhong, M. Stephan, J. Stefanski, et al.
Targeted Elimination of Prostate Cancer by Genetically Directed Human T Lymphocytes
Cancer Res.,
October 1, 2005;
65(19):
9080 - 9088.
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T. N. J. Bullock and H. Yagita
Induction of CD70 on Dendritic Cells through CD40 or TLR Stimulation Contributes to the Development of CD8+ T Cell Responses in the Absence of CD4+ T Cells
J. Immunol.,
January 15, 2005;
174(2):
710 - 717.
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J. Lustgarten, A. L. Dominguez, and M. Thoman
Aged Mice Develop Protective Antitumor Immune Responses with Appropriate Costimulation
J. Immunol.,
October 1, 2004;
173(7):
4510 - 4515.
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Y. Chen, P. S. Heeger, and A. Valujskikh
In Vivo Helper Functions of Alloreactive Memory CD4+ T Cells Remain Intact Despite Donor-Specific Transfusion and Anti-CD40 Ligand Therapy
J. Immunol.,
May 1, 2004;
172(9):
5456 - 5466.
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