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Abstract
The antibody response to triple-helical calf skin collagen is apparently regulated by T cells since nude mice (BALB/c strain) responded to this antigen only after transfer of T cells. Syngeneic transfer of B and T cells was required to prepare thymectomized and irradiated normal C57B1/10 recipients for an anti-collagen response. Reconstitution by B cells alone was unsuccessful. The results are compatible with previous evidence on the H-2 linked genetic control of the antibody response to and the non-repetitious nature of helical antigenic determinants in calf collagen.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 1082439 PMCID: PMC1444952
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunology ISSN: 0019-2805 Impact factor: 7.397