Studies on the mechanism of stimulation of the humoral response of murine spleen cultures by culture fluids from human monocytes

J Immunol. 1975 Mar;114(3):1094-100.

Abstract

It has been demonstrated that media derived from cultures of human monocytes can stimulate the IgM and IgG anti-sheep erythrocyte response of normal or T cell-deficient murine splenocytes in vitro. This culture fluid also causes a slight stimulation in the rate of B cell division and in the number of antibody-secreting cells occurring in the absence of added antigen. The active factors, which are released from the monocytes during the first 2 days of culture, appear to affect the murine B cells throughout the culture period.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation*
  • Antigens
  • Cell Separation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Concanavalin A
  • Erythrocytes / immunology
  • Hemolytic Plaque Technique
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Monocytes / immunology*
  • Sheep / immunology
  • Spleen / cytology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Thymidine / metabolism
  • Tritium

Substances

  • Antigens
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Tritium
  • Concanavalin A
  • Thymidine