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. 1970 Jan 1;131(1):119–131. doi: 10.1084/jem.131.1.119

CELLS INVOLVED IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE

XVI. THE RESPONSE OF IMMUNE RABBIT CELLS TO PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ, ANTIGEN, AND GOAT ANTI-RABBIT IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTISERUM

Fritz Daguillard 1, Maxwell Richter 1
PMCID: PMC2138768  PMID: 5308064

Abstract

There exists in the rabbit a population of lymphocytes carrying immunoglobulin-like receptors on their surface. These receptors interact with antigen and with anti-immunoglobulin antibodies and appear to mediate the recognition process leading to the humoral immune response. There exists in the rabbit a second population of lymphocytes capable of reacting with phytohemagglutinin. This population of lymphocytes is different from the one capable of reacting with soluble protein antigens or anti-immunoglobulin antiserum and is probably involved in the mediation of cellular immunity.

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