QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF SENSITIZED LYMPHOCYTES IN VITRO
Open Access
- 1 July 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 122 (1), 167-172
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.122.1.167
Abstract
The cytocidal effect of specifically sensitized lymphoid cells on homologous target cells in culture can be inhibited by small quantities of an imidazole derivative of 6-mercaptopurine (Imuran). This inhibition takes place only in the continuous presence of this drug, and at concentrations which apparently do not affect the viability of the attacking lymphoid cells. These results seem to support the contention that RNA-dependent protein synthesis on the part of the lymphoid cells is necessary for a destructive interaction between sensitized node cells and homologous target cells in vitro.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF SENSITIZED LYMPHOCYTES IN VITROThe Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1965
- Enzymatic inactivation of immunologically competent lyph node cells in the "transfer reaction".1962
- The Inhibitory Effect of Hydrocortisone on Lysis of Homologous Cells by Lymphocytes in VitroThe Journal of Immunology, 1962
- Release of lysosomal protease by ultraviolet irradiation and inhibition by hydrocortisoneExperimental Cell Research, 1961
- Drug-induced Immunological ToleranceNature, 1959
- Effect of 6-Mercaptopurine on Antibody Production.Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1958