POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT OF MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID-TISSUES IN CHICKENS
POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT OF MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID-TISSUES IN CHICKENS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00223151
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发表时间:
1989-10-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
DEBOER, GF
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作者:
JEURISSEN, SHM;JANSE, EM;DEBOER, GF
The postnatal development of chicken mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues of the eyes, lungs, and intestines were investigated with monoclonal antibodies specific for either all leucocytes, B lymphocytes, mononuclear phagocytes, IgM, IgG, or IgA. Attention has been paid to the relation of lymphoid infilrates with their surrounding mucosae, the segregation into B-cell and T-cell areas, development of germinal centers, and secretory immunoglobulins. Abundant secretory IgM and IgA was detected in the epithelium of the Harderian glands in the orbits, even though they lacked large leucocyte inflitrates with germinal centers. Lymphoid tissues in the mucosae of lungs and intestines developed separate B-cell and T-cell areas. The proventriculus, Meckel''s diverticulum, and Peyers patches generally contained germinal centers from 12 weeks of age on. Because chickens as young as 2 weeks old had germinal centers in bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue and cecal tonsils, these areas were probably highly stimulated by antigens. Isotype-specific monoclonal antibodies were used to detect IgM, IgG-, and IgA-bearing follicular cells in the same germinal center.