Murine spleen cells were depleted of specific B-cell subpopulations bearing different immunoglobulin isotypes by means of complement-mediated cytolysis after treatment with antisera specific for micron- and gamma-chains. The functional effect of this depletion was measured by assaying both the primary and secondary plaque-forming cell responses of the residual cells after transfer to carrier-primed lethally irradiated hosts. The results suggest that cells bearing IgM are the progenitors of plaque-forming cells in the primary response and cells bearing IgG are the major progenitors of IgG plaque-forming cells in the secondary response. The quantity of IgM on progenitors of secondary IgM plaque-forming cells decreases markedly as the interval between primary immunization and antigenic challenge increases. Long-term memory cells for the secondary IgM response bear small amounts of both IgM and IgG.
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June 01 1977
Cell surface immunoglobulin. XX. Antibody responsiveness of subpopulations of B lymphocytes bearing different isotypes.
D Yuan
E S Vitetta
J R Kettman
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1977) 145 (6): 1421–1435.
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D Yuan, E S Vitetta, J R Kettman; Cell surface immunoglobulin. XX. Antibody responsiveness of subpopulations of B lymphocytes bearing different isotypes.. J Exp Med 1 June 1977; 145 (6): 1421–1435. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.145.6.1421
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