PMID: 6161175Feb 1, 1981Paper

Antigen-specific human T cell factors. I. T cell helper factor: biololgic properties

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
C J HeijnenR E Ballieux

Abstract

The in vitro induction and assay of an ovalbumin-specific human T cell helper factor are described. Peripheral blood T cells, cultured with ovalbumin in a Marbrook-Diener system, produce an antigen-specific factor(ThF120-OA), which can be purified by affinity chromatography. The in vitro studies with ThF120-OA pointed out that in the production of the factor as well as in the factor-B cell interaction the adherent cell determines the genetic restriction. The results of kinetic studies on T helper activities demonstrated that Thf120-OA provides an auxiliary activity at various moments during the differentiation of the human peripheral B cell into an antibody-secreting cell. The observed differences in the mode of action of Th cells and Th factor are discussed.

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