| Literature DB >> 2957129 |
S Ohkawa, L N Martin, Y Fukunishi, B J Gormus.
Abstract
We investigated nine rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) inoculated with Mycobacterium leprae and three normal human contacts. Peripheral blood monocytes were separated into Fc receptor positive (FcR+) and Fc receptor negative (FcR-) fractions, and their regulatory role in the lymphoproliferative response in vitro to M. leprae was studied. FcR- monocytes had strong antigen presentation activity and produced no suppressor effect while FcR+ monocytes had weak antigen presentation activity and produced a non-specific suppressor factor spontaneously. With this assay system we determined that M. leprae-inoculated rhesus monkeys could be divided into three groups: good responders, very weak responders, and non-responders.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2957129 PMCID: PMC1542573
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330