Table 1.

Anti-CD40 mAb does not prime the immune response to oral OVA^*

	Proliferation (counts/minute)
Antibody	PBS	OVA
Rat IgG	5871 ± 1081	5122 ± 1078
Anti-CD40	3919 ± 916	3787 ± 667

^*Mice were fed 20 mg OVA or PBS and received the indicated antibody simultaneously. Two weeks later, splenocytes were prepared and cultured in the presence of 50 μg/ml of OVA for 96 hr, including 18-hr [³H]thymidine incorporation.