期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1979
卷号:76
期号:4
页码:1994-1997
DOI:10.1073/pnas.76.4.1994
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:The primary and secondary cytotoxic T cell responses of C57Bl/6 (H-2b) mouse spleen cells to P-815 membrane fragments (H-2d) were examined. The primary response required the addition of a supernatant from mitogen-stimulated spleen cells, or costimulator, to the culture medium. Costimulator had little effect on the secondary response unless the spleen cells were first passed through a nylon wool column. Our data suggested that secondary cultures produced their own costimulator and that adherent cells were required for its production. The possibility that adherent cells are needed to activate helper cells is discussed.