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Abstract
The present study examined the specificity of guinea pig erythrocyte (E) and erythrocyte-antibody-complement (EAC) rosette formation assays with suspensions of canine peripheral blood lymphocytes. Neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes bound EAC but not erythrocyte-antibody (EA) controls. Similarly, all three cell types formed rosettes with guinea pig E. Adherence of guinea pig E to these cells was apparently mediated by natural cytophilic antibodies present in the serum used in the suspension medium. The nonspecificity of the guinea pig E-rosette formation assay with canine lymphocytes renders the technique unreliable for the identification of thymus-derived lymphocytes in dogs.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 301861 PMCID: PMC421083 DOI: 10.1128/iai.17.1.73-77.1977
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441