Figure 5.
Effect of CD86 trans-costimulation on alloantigen-induced CD4+ T cell activation. (A) CD4+ T cells (5 × 105) were cocultured with IFN-γ–treated endothelial cells in the presence of increasing numbers of either CD86-transfected or mock-transfected CHO cells. CHO cells were fixed in 0.4% paraformaldehyde before coculture to inhibit spontaneous proliferation. (B) Anti-CD86 (10 μg/ml, IT2.2) or CTLA4 Ig (10 μg/ml) were added to cocultures as indicated. Proliferation was assessed by [3H]thymidine incorporation for the final 18 h of a 6-d culture. Shown is one experiment representative of four in triplicate cultures ± 1 SD. CD4+ T cells cocultured with CHO cells alone did not proliferate.

