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Abstract
Spleen cells of mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes were adoptively transferred to normal mice. Such lymphocytes conferred resistance to a lethal challenge with Listeria. Hyperimmunization of the donor reduces the number of cells necessary to transfer effective immunity. Such spleen cells if treated with anti-theta serum do not transfer resistance to Listeria. Hence, thymus (T) lymphocytes are involved in the resistance to infection with the facultative intracellular bacteria L. monocytogenes.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 4623315 PMCID: PMC2138983 DOI: 10.1084/jem.135.5.1104
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307