Antibody-mediated suppression of the immune response in vitro. 3. Low zone tolerance in vitro.
- 1 September 1971
- journal article
- Vol. 21 (3), 387-404
Abstract
Immunological tolerance was induced by the exposure of mouse spleen cells to mixtures of polymerized flagellin and antibody in vitro for 6 hours, at 37°, prior to thorough washing and in vitro challenge with optimally immunogenic doses of polymerized flagellin. The induction of antibody-mediated tolerance depended critically on the ratio of antigen and antibody to which the cells were initially exposed. Low zone tolerance could be induced with subimmunogenic concentrations of monomeric flagellin, in amounts as low as 2 pg/ml (about 10-14 molar) and the appropriate concentration of antibody (a titre of 10-3). In contrast tolerance could not be induced with subimmunogenic concentrations of polymeric flagellin in the presence of a wide range of antibody doses.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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