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. 1976 Oct;31(4):643–648.

T and B lymphocytes. Exclusive role as responders and stimulators in human one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction.

T Han, B Dadey
PMCID: PMC1445375  PMID: 135726

Abstract

Four different combinations of one-way mixed lymphocyte reactions between human peripheral blood T and B lymphocytes (at a ratio of 1:1), purified by the E-rosetting technique, were carried our. A significant mixed lymphocyte reaction was observed only in a combination in which T lymphocytes, as responding cells, and B lymphocytes, as stimulating cells, were utilized. No significant mixed lymphocyte reaction was noted in the other three combinations of cells, using T or B lymphocytes as responders and T lymphocytes as stimulators, and also B lymphocytes as both responders and stimulators. Mixed lymphocyte reactions between T lymphocytes as responders (at constant concentration) and T and B lymphocytes as stimulators (varying proportions) showed that the response decreased proportionately with decreasing numbers of B cells and increasing numbers of T cells used as stimulators. Addition of increasing numbers of stimulating T cells to a constant number of stimulating B cells did not suppress or enhance the T-cell response to B cells. These observations indicate that the human peripheral blood T and B lymphocytes play an exclusive role as responding cells and stimulating cells, respectively.

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