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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
A delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction can be elicited by an injection of 10(8) sheep red blood cells (SRBC) into a rear footpad of conventional (CV) mice previously immunized with small doses of SRBC. In contrast, immunization of germ-free (GF) mice with the same doses of SRBC produced no DTH when immunization was by the intravenous (i.v.) route, and only weak reactions when immunization was by the subcutaneous (footpad) route. Varying the immunizing dose of SRBC, or the time at which DTH was elicited, did not produce a state of DTH responsiveness in i.v. immunized GF mice. However, the transfer of lymphocytes from CV mice, immunized 4 to 5 days previously with SRBC, into GF mice, conferred on GF mice the capacity to express DTH. Although DTH was not readily demonstrable in GF mice immunized with SRBC, they nevertheless produced normal levels of hemagglutinating antibody to SRBC. Finally, it was shown that GF mice could generate a normal DTH response to SRBC if they were first monoassociated with a Gram-negative bacterial flora.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2624-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Requirement for a bacterial flora before mice generate cells capable of mediating the delayed hypersensitivity reaction to sheep red blood cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.