THE MODIFYING EFFECT OF BCG ON THE IMMUNOLOGICAL INDUCTION OF T CELLS
The inhibition of activated T cells by products of the humoral immune response is almost abolished by systemic infection with BCG. As a result, BCG-infected mice develop very high levels of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) in response to doses of sheep red blood cells (SRBC) that cause complete...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1974
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2139687/ |