Transfer of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis with guinea pig peritoneal exudate cells.
Incubation with specific antigen, myelin basic protein, greatly enhances the ability of guinea pig peritoneal exudate cells to transfer experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Reproducibly successful transfers are obtained with 10(7) cells. With this relatively small number of cells, in vitro studies to determine the immunologic mechanisms involved in the disease process are now possible.
D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002455:Cell Division; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission*; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000276:immunology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D008297:Male; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000276:immunology
D000941:Antigens; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein