PLAQUE-ASSAY WITH PROTEIN-A-COATED ERYTHROCYTES FOR THE EVALUATION OF HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN-SECRETING CELLS INDUCED BY POKEWEED MITOGEN

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作者
LANZAVECCHIA, A [1 ]
SACCHI, G [1 ]
MACCARIO, R [1 ]
VITIELLO, A [1 ]
NESPOLI, L [1 ]
UGAZIO, AG [1 ]
机构
[1] IST SIEROTERAPICO MILANESE S BELFANTI,I-20143 MILAN,ITALY
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10.1111/j.1365-3083.1979.tb01354.x
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Cells secreting IgM, IgG and IgA were evaluated in cultures of human peripheral blood lymphocytes stimulated in vitro with pokeweed mitogen by a haemolytic plaque assay using protein A‐coated erythrocytes in the presence of class‐specifie antisera. Kinetic study revealed that immunoglobulin‐secreting cells appeared after 3 days of culture and peaked between days 5 and 7. IgM‐secreting cells predominated throughout the culture period. This plaque assay is a useful and sensitive in vitro test for the evaluation of polyclonal B‐cell activation in humans and may provide a good approach to the study of disturbances in the synthesis of the various classes of immunoglobulins. Copyright © 1979, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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