title: Cross reactivity between H-2K and H-2D products. III. Effect of H-2K-H-2D cross sensitization on skin graft survival.
abstract: Cross sensitization between the products of the H-2K and H-2D loci has been demonstrated by an experimental design in which recipients were sensitized with tissue bearing determinants controlled by one locus (e.g., H-2K), and then challenged with skin grafts expressing determinants controlled by the other locus (e.g., H-2D). In one combination, experimental grafts were rejected faster than first-set control grafts. Cellular rather than humoral mechanisms appeared to mediate this effect. In a second combination, prolonged survival of experimental grafts were observed. This enhanced survival may have been influenced by serum antibody, either to H-2 or Ia determinants.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D007114:Immunization; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D014181:Transplantation Immunology
chemical_list: D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D000939:Epitopes; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens