title: Thymic-dependence and immune memory in mice vaccinated with meningococcal polysaccharide group B complexed to outer membrane protein.
abstract: Athymic mice were capable of producing IgM antibodies to B polysaccharide of N. meningitidis when immunized with the polysaccharide complexed to outer membrane proteins, whereas no immunogenicity could be demonstrated with the purified polysaccharide. Transfer of T cells to athymic cells demonstrated that the primary anti-B response was truly thymus-independent but the bulk of the secondary response was thymus-dependent. Transfer of T and B cells purified from spleens of immune mice into irradiated recipients showed the presence of memory T cells, but no memory B cells could be found.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Esdaile
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lifely
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D016667:Bacterial Capsules; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C039455:capsular polysaccharide, meningococcal group B