PMID: 6967711May 1, 1980Paper

Differences in helper T-cell sensitivity to anti-thy-1.2 alloantiserum or monoclonal antibody

Annales d'immunologie
I MottaR Perret

Abstract

A Thy-1 alloantigen recognized by a monoclonal antibody which is not present in all strains of mice carrying the Thy-1b allele is reported. Indeed, helper and memory T cells of DBA/2 strain are not eliminated by the monoclonal antibody used in this study.

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