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Search for suppression of T cells specific for the second nonhost H-2 haplotype in F/sub 1/. -->. P irradiation bone marrow chimeras

Journal Article · · J. Immunol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5236167

Irradiation bone marrow chimeras were made by lethally irradiating parental (P) mice and reconstituting them with T cell-depleted bone marrow cells from F/sub 1/ hybrid offsprings. These F/sub 1/ ..-->.. P chimeric lymphocytes were then analyzed for suppressor mechanisms that could cause the differentiation of effector T cells whose responsiveness was restricted in specificity to the host parent's H-2 haplotype. No evidence was detected for acute or chronic suppression of the second parent's restriction specificity in tests of cytotoxic T cell activity against virus-infected targets. Therefore, F/sub 1/ ..-->.. P irradiation bone marrow chimeras as tested here do not contain mechanisms that suppress the restriction specificity of the second parent, which is not a host to the maturing F/sub 1/T cells, at least at the effector stage or during differentiation.

Research Organization:
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA
OSTI ID:
5236167
Journal Information:
J. Immunol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Immunol.; (United States) Vol. 122:5; ISSN JOIMA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English