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[Immunologic specificity of local inhibitory intercellular interactions]
The authors previously reported local intercellular interactions suppressing the increase of the antibody-forming cell (AFC) count in the suspension of the spleen cells of nonimmunized mice and sharply elevating with increase in density of the cultivated suspensions. This work showed that preliminary immunization of mice with an antigen eliminated or sharply reduced the accretion inhibition of the AFC cells against the given antigen, but failed to influence the accretion inhibition of cells producing antibodies against another antigen, and the proliferation inhibition of the dividing bulk cells in the culture.
The authors previously reported local intercellular interactions suppressing the increase of the antibody-forming cell (AFC) count in the suspension of the spleen cells of nonimmunized mice and sharply elevating with increase in density of the cultivated suspensions. This work showed that preliminary immunization of mice with an antigen eliminated or sharply reduced the accretion inhibition of the AFC cells against the given antigen, but failed to influence the accretion inhibition of cells producing antibodies against another antigen, and the proliferation inhibition of the dividing bulk cells in the culture.
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