Abstract
Suppressor cells were demonstrated in the spleen of guinea-pigs made specifically unresponsive to dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) with dinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (DNBSO3). Transfusion of these cells at the same time as sensitization with DNFB, produced a significant reduction in the immunoblasts proliferating in the draining lymph node 4 days later. Transfusion on the day of skin testing produced no greater suppression of skin reactivity than cells taken from animals made hypo-reactive to DNFB by contact with dinitrothiocyanate benzene (DNTB). It is concluded that there are at least two sites that suppressor cells can act. In the case of total unresponsiveness induced by DNBSO3, action is both central and in the periphery. In the case of hyporeactivity induced by DNTB, in which there is no defect in proliferation of T cells in response to antigen, the action of these cells is confined to the periphery. results of spleen weight studies suggest that suppressor cells homing in the spleen respond by proliferation to epicutaneously applied DNFB.
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