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Original Article

Specificity of Antigen Induced Helper Factor for Antibody Synthesis In Vitro and its Relation to Lymphocytes Interaction

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Pages 351-360 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Human peripheral blood B-cells can be stimulated with PWM and antigen to produce specific antibody in vitro This stimulation depends on the presence of T-cells and antigen. T cells, however, can be replaced by a soluble factor derived from a 48-hr culture of T-cells with either PWM and/or antigen. The helper factor, in the absence of antigen, acts as a polyclonal activator causing minimal proliferation of B-cells. When antigen is present, production of specific antibody is not dependent on the source of helper factor. Removal of monocytes abolished synthesis of both Ig and specific antibody although antigen and/or helper factor were present. While production of total IgG required autologous monocytes, the origin of the helper factor was not crucial. Production of specific antibody required that both mnocytes and helper factor be derived from the same donor; therefore it seems that cooperation of B-, T-cells and monocytes for production of specific antibody is probably Ia restricted. In contrast, for production of polyclonal Ig (in the absence of antigen), cooperation of B-cells and monocytes with T-cells is not.

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