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. 1979 Sep;38(1):51–55.

Peritoneal exudate T lymphocytes with specificity to sheep red blood cells. II. Inflammatory helper T cells and effector T cells in mice with delayed-type hypersensitivity and in suppressed mice.

H Hahn, S H Kaufmann, F Falkenberg, M Chahinin, W Horn
PMCID: PMC1457893  PMID: 389779

Abstract

Peritoneal exudate cells were induced in mice 4 days after immunization with SRBC. A low dose of SRBC (10(6) i.v.) caused T lymphocytes to appear in inflammatory exudates. These cells, not only transferred DTH reactions, but also functioned as helper T cells in antibody production after transfer to syngeneic nu/nu recipient mice. After a high dose of SRBC (10(9) i.v.), very few helper T cells and no DTH transferring T cells were found in inflammatory exudates, although they were present in the spleen. It is postulated that T cells mediating DTH reactions and helper T cells behave similarly as far as those dose dependency of appearance in inflammatory exudates is concerned. A high dose of sensitizing antigen causes retention of helper and effector T cells in the spleen, in this way favouring antibody formation; low doses of antigen allow them to leave the spleen, thus favouring mediation of DTH reactions in the periphery.

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