SPECIFIC HIGH-AFFINITY RECEPTORS FOR 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3IN HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS: PRESENCE IN MONOCYTES AND INDUCTION IN T LYMPHOCYTES FOLLOWING ACTIVATION

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1308-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASHOK. K BHALLA ◽  
EDWARD P AMENTO ◽  
THOMAS L CLEMENS ◽  
MICHAEL F HOLICK ◽  
STEPHEN M KRANE
Blood ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 1473-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Yamamoto ◽  
VR Naraparaju ◽  
PJ Orchard

Generation of macrophage-activating factor requires a precursor protein, Gc protein (serum vitamin D3-binding protein), as well as participation of beta-galactosidase of inflammation-primed B lymphocytes and sialidase of T lymphocytes. The treatment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells with an inflammatory lysophospholipid induced beta-galactosidase and sialidase activity of lymphocytes, leading to the generation of macrophage-activating factor and activation of monocytes/macrophages. However, lysophospholipid treatment of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from three infantile patients with osteopetrosis resulted in no significant activation of monocytes/macrophages. The lysophospholipid-inducible beta- galactosidase activity of B lymphocytes as well as that of the sialidase of T lymphocytes was found to be defective in these patients.


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