[Selective concurrent suppression of the process of rosette-forming cell accumulation during the immune response]

Repeated injections to mice of normal rabbit immunoglobulins preceding immunization with sheep erythrocytes inhibited the accumulation of rosette-forming cells (RFC) in the spleen, without influencing the proliferation of the antibody-forming cells and hemaggutinin production. Reduction of the RFC under these conditions occurred on account of B-cells whose antigen-binding receptors could be blocked by antibodies against the aggregated mouse immunoglobulins and a complex of polyadenylic-polyuridylic acids. Repeated injections of the competitive antigen enhanced the formation of the immunological memory to the second antigen. The problem of the origin of the immune rosette-forming B-cells and their influence on the formation on the immunological memory is discussed.