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. 1973 Dec 1;138(6):1602-7.
doi: 10.1084/jem.138.6.1602.

Stimulus-response in the mixed lymphocyte reaction

M R Harrison, W E Paul

Stimulus-response in the mixed lymphocyte reaction

M R Harrison et al. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

Mixed lymphocyte reactions occur when mouse spleen cell populations depleted of thymus-derived (T) lymphocytes are cultured with allogeneic target cells inactivated by mitomycin C or X irradiation, and when F(1) hybrid responder cells are cultured with inactivated parental target cells. These responses might be interpreted as indicating that T lymphocytes are not required for responsiveness and that F(1) lymphocytes recognize parental alloantigens. Data reported here indicate that the more likely explanation for these surprising results is that inactivated target cells recognize the "responding" cells and this recognition leads to the response observed.

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