Increase in the number of plaque-forming cells in the spleen of newborns from adoptively immunized mothers.
This report is an analysis of the rate of appearance of cells forming 19S haemolytic antibody in the spleen of newborns after adoptive immunization of their mothers during pregnancy. The findings are discussed as the result of several possible mechanisms including the putative transplacental exchange of immunocompetent cells.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000276:immunology; D006462:Hemolytic Plaque Technique; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D051381:Rats; D012756:Sheep; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*