title: The availability for recognition of normal H-2 antigens by cytotoxic T lymphocytes on a Rauscher-virus-transformed cell, RBL-5A.
abstract: The availability for recognition of cell surface H-2Db antigenic determinants on RBL-5A cells in comparison to normal C57BL/L cells was investigated by an in vitro immunological assay. No differences in the immunological recognition of the H-2Db antigens on RBL-5A cells compared to normal C57BL/L cells were detected. This assay system, however, readily detected changes in the H-2Kb determinant profile on target cells from the C57BL/L H-2Kb region mutant strains H(zl) and H(zl70) when compared to normal C57BL/6 mice. The result obtained with RBL-5A target cells therefore suggests that Rauscher murine leukaemia virus transformation does not induce, either genotypically or phenotypically, an immunologically recognizable alteration of the H-2Db antigen profile on this cell.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D000939:Epitopes; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D007114:Immunization; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011925:Rauscher Virus; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins