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The blastogenic response of rabbit lymphocytes stimulated with autologous cells
Rabbit WBC and spleen cells respond with marked blastogenesis and mitosis when cultured with mitomycin-C treated autologous sacculus rotundus, appendix and Peyer's patches cells in the one-way rabbit mixed leucocyte reaction (MLR). A lesser response is observed using stimulating cells of the other lymphoid organs. The blastogenic response in the one-way 'autologous MLR' cannot be attributed to mitogenic factors released from the mitomycin-C treated stimulator cells since it is also observed in the 'two-way autologous MLR', using untreated stimulator cells. Several explanations are proposed to account for the 'autologous MLR'.
Rabbit WBC and spleen cells respond with marked blastogenesis and mitosis when cultured with mitomycin-C treated autologous sacculus rotundus, appendix and Peyer's patches cells in the one-way rabbit mixed leucocyte reaction (MLR). A lesser response is observed using stimulating cells of the other lymphoid organs. The blastogenic response in the one-way 'autologous MLR' cannot be attributed to mitogenic factors released from the mitomycin-C treated stimulator cells since it is also observed in the 'two-way autologous MLR', using untreated stimulator cells. Several explanations are proposed to account for the 'autologous MLR'.