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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Offspring of mother mice treated immediately after delivery with deaggregated human gamma-globulins (dHGG) are unable to produce HGG-specific antibodies when challenged with immunogenic forms of HGG (HGG/CFA) in adulthood. Despite a defective antibody response, animals rendered tolerant to HGG as neonates retain tolerogen-specific T cells able to proliferate and secrete lymphokines. The pattern of IL-2 and IL-4 secretion by T cells isolated from tolerant animals could not be distinguished from the corresponding cells in control mice, suggesting that neonatal exposure to dHGG did not affect T cell reactivity or Th1/Th2 in vivo balance. Moreover, immunization of tolerant animals with haptenated HGG confirmed the presence of tolerogen-specific helper T cells in vivo. Functional T cell depletion by anti-CD3 mAbs during lactation failed to modify induction of B cell tolerance, suggesting that T cells are neither affected nor required to induce the selective tolerance status observed in this model. Based on the finding that antigen-presenting cell functions in secondary organs (spleen, peritoneal cavity) are a late acquisition during ontogeny and reach adult-like levels at weaning, we propose that most soluble proteins elude T cell recognition during lactation due to defective antigen presentation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0008-8749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of T cell tolerance in mice exposed to a protein antigen through lactation.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Physiologie Animale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't