Suppressor cells in spleens from "nude" mice: their effect on the mitogenic response of B lymphocytes.
A cell population recovered after velocity sedimentation fractionation of "nude" but not haired mouse spleen cells suppressed the response of spleen cells from both "nude" and haired mice to the B cell mitogen, LPS. The suppressor activity of these cells was abrogated by treatment with anti-theta antiserum and complement but not by treatment with the same antiserum preabsorbed with mouse brain. It is possible that these suppressor cells come from the pool of T cell precursors known to be present in "nude" bone marrow and spleen, and that they do not require thymic influence in order to perform the suppressor function.
D000818:Animals; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000494:pharmacology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002469:Cell Separation; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum