ALLOANTIBODY RESPONSE TO A STRONG TRANSPLANTATION ANTIGEN (AG-B) - QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS AND THYMUS DEPENDENCE OF RESPONSE
ALLOANTIBODY RESPONSE TO A STRONG TRANSPLANTATION ANTIGEN (AG-B) - QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS AND THYMUS DEPENDENCE OF RESPONSE
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DOI:
10.1097/00007890-197404000-00013
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
FORD, WL
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作者:
ROLSTAD, B;WILLIAMS, AF;FORD, WL
It is not known whether the exceptionally high frequency of T lymphocytes which respond to “strong” ulloantigens (Ag-B-determined antigens in the rat) is paralleled by an equally high proportion of responsive B lymphocytes. The alloantibody response of HO rats against DA antigens was measured by haemagglutination, lymphocyte cytotoxicity, and by use of a labeled rabbit anti-rat Fab to measure the total antibody bound to allogeneic erythrocytes. It was found that:(1) In response to graded doses of F 1 hybrid lymph node cells iv, the highest antibody titres were elicited by 3 X 10 6 cells.(2) The alloantibody response was markedly thymus-dependent.(3) An (HO X DA) F 1n skin graft primed an HO recipient to give a mucli higher antibody response to a second graft than to the first graft.(4) The highest serum concentration of alloantibody obtainable was less than the concentration of specific antibody produced in response to a suboptimal dose of sheep erythrocytes. On the basis of this and other evidence, a case is made that the frequency of B lymphocytes responsive to Ag-B antigens is probably not exceptional; T lymphocytes are uniquely “alloagressive.”