Growth of mouse yolk sac cells cultured in vivo.
The proliferation and differentiation of yolk sac cells from 10 1/2-day-old mouse embryos were studied in diffusion chambers implanted into syngeneic and allogeneic hosts. The most striking observation was the appearance, proliferation and predominance of immature and mature plasma cells. The data suggested that the differentiation into plasma cells and the rate of growth of yolk sac cells cultured in vivo may be dependent on the genetics of the strain of mouse and host. This demonstration of differentiation of plasma cells from yolk sac cells cultured in vivo adds further information to the origin and ontogeny of potentially immunocompetent cells.
D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008264:Macrophages; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010950:Plasma Cells; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014185:Transplantation, Isogeneic; D014817:Vitelline Membrane / Q000166:cytology* / Q000637:transplantation