Table 1

Depending on T-cell stimulus, various products are induced in monocytes upon cell–cell contact

Stimulus
Type of T cell
Type of monocyte
Products
References

PHA/PMA
PB TL, HUT-78 cells, Jurkat cells, synovial and PB T cell clones: CD4+; CD8+; Th1; and Th2
PB monocytes, THP-1 cells
TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-1α, IL-1Ra, TNFsRs, MMP-1 MMP-9, TIMP-1
[2-6,8,62]
PdBu/ionomycine
PB TL
PB monocytes
TNF-α, IL-10
[19]
anti-CD3
PB TL, synovial T cells
PB monocytes, THP-1 cells
TNF-α, IL-10, IL-1β; MMP-1
[4,12,19,22,62]
anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 or specific Ag
Th1 cell clones
THP-1 cells
IL-1β, low IL-1Ra
[7]
anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 or specific Ag
Th2 cell clones
THP-1 cells
IL-1Ra, low IL-1β
[7]
Cytokines*
PB TL, synovial T cells, Th1 and Th2 cell clones
PB monocytes
TNF-α, IL-1β
[9-12,20,63]
Anti-CD3
PB TL
PMA/IFN-γ-treated U937 cell
TNF-α, IL-10, IL-12 and IL-4
[64]

*IL-2 or IL-15 alone or in combination with IL-6 and TNF-α. Ag, antigen; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; PB, peripheral blood; PHA, phytohemagglutinin; PMA, phorbol myristate acetate; Th, T helper cell; TIMP, tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases; TL, T lymphocyte; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; TNFsRs, TNF soluble receptors. Modified and published with permission from European Cytokine Network[13].

Burger and Dayer Arthritis Res 2002 4(Suppl 3):S169   doi:10.1186/ar558