title: Frequency of SV40-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte precursors in two SV40 T-antigen transgenic mouse lines.
abstract: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte precursors (CTL-P) from control C57BL/6 mice and from mice of two simian virus 40 (SV40) T-antigen transgenic lines, 427 and 419, specifically nonresponsive and responsive, respectively, to SV40 T antigen, were quantitated by limiting dilution (LD) after immunization with SV40. CTL-P frequencies for the SV40 T antigen-responsive 419 line transgenic mice were within the range established in C57BL/6 mice, whereas no CTL-P could be demonstrated for the SV40 T antigen-tolerant 427 line mice. These results suggest that deletion or anergy of SV40 T antigen-responsive clones underlies the specific profound tolerance of 427 line mice.
authors.affiliation: Preclinical Research, Sandoz AG, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juretic
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Knowles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011336:Probability; D012016:Reference Values; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming