The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 139, 1628-1634,
Copyright © 1974 by The Rockefeller University Press
IMMUNE RESPONSES IN VITRO
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IX. ABSENCE OF THE MIXED LEUKOCYTE STIMULATORY, M-LOCUS PRODUCT FROM THYMUS CELLS
Robert E. Click 1
1 From the WARF Institute, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin 53701
The mixed leukocyte reaction stimulatory M-locus product of DBA/2 spleen cells was absent from thymus cells. The absence of stimulation was not a result of suppressor T cells. These findings are discussed in relation to the divergent specificity found for the inductive and effector phases of cell-mediated responses.
Submitted on March 14, 1974