IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES OF AGING .2. LOSS OF IGG AND HIGH AVIDITY PLAQUE-FORMING CELLS AND INCREASED SUPPRESSOR CELL ACTIVITY IN AGING MICE
IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES OF AGING .2. LOSS OF IGG AND HIGH AVIDITY PLAQUE-FORMING CELLS AND INCREASED SUPPRESSOR CELL ACTIVITY IN AGING MICE
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.144.4.1037
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
WEKSLER, ME
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作者:
GOIDL, EA;INNES, JB;WEKSLER, ME
The magnitude and heterogeneity of the immune response to dinitrophenylated [DNP] bovine .gamma. globulin [BGG] was measured in aged and young mice at a cellular level using an inhibition of plaque-forming cell [PFC] assay. The primary and secondary responses of 24 mo. old mice were markedly depressed in magnitude and restricted in avidity for the DNP determinant when compared to 2 mo. old animals. Bacterial [Escherichia coli] lipopolysaccharide given at the time of immunization increased the restriction in heterogeneity seen in 12 and 24 mo. old mice. Indirect PFC were more severely depressed than direct PFC in 24 mo. old mice. Syngeneic, lethally irradiated, 2 mo. old mice reconstituted with aged spleen cells exhibit the depressed and restricted response to DNP-BGG seen in old mice. When 108 young thymus cells were given together with old spleen cells, the heterogeneity of the response was increased. When 2 and 24 mo. old spleen cells were transferred together into young recipients the magnitude of the response to the young spleen cells markedly reduced. Thus, there appears to be a loss of thymic-helper cells and an increase in suppressor activity in aged animals.