| Literature DB >> 793750 |
G J Fournié, P H Lambert, A D Bankhurst, P A Miescher.
Abstract
The respective roles of thymus-derived and bone marrow-derived lymphocytes in the immune response to DNA was investigated in mice reconstituted with various cell populations using cell transfers. A helper effect of thymus-derived cells in the immune response to DNA was suggested by experiments performed in athymic nude BALB/c mice. Reconstitution experiments performed in low responder DBA/mice indicated that the immune response to DNA can be increased after transfer of bone marrow cells from high responder NZB mice, even in the presence of thymocytes from DBA/2 mice. In NZB X NZW mice, a major role of bone marrow cells, with a possible modulation by thymus-derived cells during aging, was observed in the spontaneous development of anti-DNA antibodies.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 793750 PMCID: PMC1540821
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330