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. 1970 Jan 31;131(2):409–427. doi: 10.1084/jem.131.2.409

AN ANALYSIS OF THE GENETIC REQUIREMENTS FOR DELAYED CUTANEOUS HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS TO TRANSPLANTATION ANTIGENS IN MICE

J Wayne Streilein 1, R E Billingham 1
PMCID: PMC2138791  PMID: 4392949

Abstract

The experiments reported herein provide ample evidence that mice, like most other mammalian species, are capable of displaying readily observable and reproducible delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions indicative of transplantation immunity. By employing a variety of genetically defined strains, it has been shown that a genetic requirement for the development of a positive normal lymphocyte transfer reaction in mice is a difference between host and cell donor at the H-2 locus. By contrast, the immune lymphocyte transfer reaction consistently reflected the full range of histoincompatibility, both inclusive and exclusive of the H-2. It was incidentally discovered that erythema regularly accompanied delayed cutaneous reactions in the skins of female mice, whereas no local redness accompanied their counterparts in male skins. The influence of cutaneous erythema on the scoring of delayed skin reactions is discussed.

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