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Abstract
The induction of delayed-type hypersensitivity to Mycobacterium bovis BCG was specifically inhibited by suppressor T cells in C3H/He, a strain of mice which is a low responder to BCG. The existence of these suppressor cells was confirmed by an adoptive transfer of spleen cells of BCG-injected mice into cyclophosphamide-treated recipients. The suppressor cells appeared in the spleens of the mice 2 to 7 days after intravenous BCG injection. They were sensitive to anti-theta serum and complement and did not adhere to Sephadex G-10. A pretreatment of the mice with cyclophosphamide eliminated the suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity. These suppressor cells effectively inhibited the induction of delayed-type hypersensitivity to BCG, but showed only weak effect on the expression of it.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6447109 PMCID: PMC550938 DOI: 10.1128/iai.28.2.331-335.1980
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441