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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Main Authors: Mackaness, G. B., Lagrange, P. H., Ishibashi, T.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1974
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2139687/