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F BACH

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LYMPHOCYTE INTERACTION: A POTENTIAL HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST IN VITRO.

Lymphocytes from two unrelated individuals, cultured together in the same tube, undergo morphological transformation to large cells and divide. Both of these parameters may be estimated quantitatively. There is a correlation between the degree of this response and the degree of cross-reactivity of grafts from the two individuals placed on a third unrelated recipient.

Allergy and Immunology↗

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY AND IMMUNOLOGIC COMPETENCE IN RENAL HOMOTRANSPLANTATION.

Cultures of peripheral lymphocytes may be used to assay histocompatibility. The lymphocytes from potential kidney recipients are cultured with those from potential donors and the percentage of large cells and mitoses stimulated is determined. The immunologic competence of cultured lymphocytes from recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy is evaluated by determining their responsiveness to phytohemagglutinin. Suppression of response appears to be correlated with the absence of clinical signs of graft rejection.

Allergy and Immunology↗

IMMUNE RESPONSE AND MITOSIS OF HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES IN VITRO.

Phytohemagglutinin causes cultured lymphocytes to agglutinate, divide, and produce gamma-globulin. Most cells are transformed into large lymphocytes, some resembling plasmocytes. Actinomycin D stops gamma-globulin production after 2 hours. When specific antigens are added to lymphocytes from sensitized individuals, only some cells undergo morphological transformation, produce gamma-globulin, and divide. When cells or cell extracts from an unrelated individual are added to a culture, a similar reaction occurs.

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