The human OX-40 cell surface antigen is a CD4+ T cell activation marker that acts as a costimulatory receptor and is a member of the nerve growth factor receptor/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family. Using a soluble form of the receptor, the extracellular region fused with human immunoglobulin Fc, we expression cloned the human OX-40 ligand cDNA from a library derived from an activated B lymphoblastoid cell line MSAB. The encoded protein is identified as gp34, a type II transmembrane antigen previously known to be expressed only by human T cell lymphotropic virus 1-infected cells. We describe gp34 as a new member of the TNF family, and find that the recombinant ligand expressed in COS cells costimulates phorbol myristate acetate, phytohemagglutinin, and anti-CD3-induced CD4+ T cell proliferation.
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August 01 1994
Identification of a human OX-40 ligand, a costimulator of CD4+ T cells with homology to tumor necrosis factor.
W R Godfrey,
W R Godfrey
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
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F F Fagnoni,
F F Fagnoni
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
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M A Harara,
M A Harara
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
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D Buck,
D Buck
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
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E G Engleman
E G Engleman
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
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W R Godfrey
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
F F Fagnoni
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
M A Harara
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
D Buck
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
E G Engleman
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1994) 180 (2): 757–762.
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W R Godfrey, F F Fagnoni, M A Harara, D Buck, E G Engleman; Identification of a human OX-40 ligand, a costimulator of CD4+ T cells with homology to tumor necrosis factor.. J Exp Med 1 August 1994; 180 (2): 757–762. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.180.2.757
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