Immunological competence of T and B lymphocytes in clophosphamide-induced tolerance

Autor: I. A. Kondrat'eva, L. A. Pevnitskii, L. N. Fontalin, T. K. Novikova
Rok vydání: 1976
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Zdroj: Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 81:548-551
ISSN: 1573-8221
0007-4888
DOI: 10.1007/bf00797566
Popis: Immunological competence of T and B lymphocytes of mice was studied 7 days after induction of tolerance by injection of a massive dose of sheep's red cells and cyclophosphamide. The ability of lymphocytes of the tolerant mice to influence cooperation between normal T and B lymphocytes also was investigated. This particular form of tolerance was shown to be due not to suppressor T cells, but to a true deficiency of “helper” T cells (in both the thymus and spleen) and, to some extent also, of B cells (in the spleen). The very small deficiency of B cells in the bone marrow was connected with the nonspecific action of cyclophosphamide. It is postulated that cyclophosphamide selectively eliminates cells proliferating under the influence of the antigen.
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