The role of Igh-linked loci in the generation and expression of T cell help for antibody responses to sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) was investigated. The production of IgM, IgG3, IgG1, IgG2b, and IgG2a antibody to SRBC was shown to be T cell dependent. The Igh-congenic mouse pair CBA/Tufts (Ighj) and CBA.Ighb gave equivalent responses to SRBC. CBA.nude mice (Ighj) supplemented with peripheral T cells of either Ighj or Ighb genotype produced equivalent, high responses. Therefore, T cell-B cell mismatching for the Igh haplotype is not in itself a bar to the generation or expression of help. In contrast, T cells primed in an environment that lacks Ighj-linked products are inefficient helpers for Ighj B cells. These results suggest that antigen-primed B cells or their products prime a set of T cells that can help B cells that bear matching, Igh-linked gene products.
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1 May 1981
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May 01 1981
Influence of Igh-linked gene products on the generation of T helper cells in the response to sheep erythrocytes.
N Nutt
J Haber
H H Wortis
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1981) 153 (5): 1225–1235.
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N Nutt, J Haber, H H Wortis; Influence of Igh-linked gene products on the generation of T helper cells in the response to sheep erythrocytes.. J Exp Med 1 May 1981; 153 (5): 1225–1235. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.153.5.1225
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