title: [Induction of immune tolerance to thymus-dependent antigen (sheep erythrocytes) in the absence of T-cells].
abstract: The role of T cells in B cell tolerance induction to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) was studied in intact adult mice, in lethally irradiated mice injected with singeneic embryonic liver cells and thymocytes (TB-mice) and in animals functionally deprived of T cells--thymectomized, letally irradiated mice reconstituted with embryonic liver cells only (B-mice). Tolerance was obtained by treatment of mice with SRBC and cyclophosphamide (Cy). Cy-induced tolerance to SRBC was shown to be the result of the absence of specific T cells and partially of immunocompetent B cells. Suppression of immunoreactivity was observed not only in TB-mice but also in B-mice subjected to tolerogenic treatment. Splenocytes of tolerant TB-mice did not suppress the immune response of intact spleen cells to SRBC. The results obtained suggest the conclusion that B cells tolerance could be formed in absence of T cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D012756:Sheep / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum
vernacular_title: Induktsiia immunologicheskoĭ tolerantnosti k timuszavisimomu antigenu (éritrotsity barana) v otsutstvie T-kletok.