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ALTHOUGH the role of cellular cooperation in the induction of the immune response has become firmly established only recently1, morphological evidence suggesting that such cooperation takes place is quite old. Reports2 of the aggregation of lymphoid cells around macrophages3 have been confirmed: “islets”, “rosettes” or “clusters” in cultures of cells (derived from humans4, guinea-pigs5, rabbits6 or mice7) stimulated with antigen or PHA8 were reported. We have investigated cluster formation to ascertain its relationship, if any, to the antigen-induced stimulation of sensitized cells9. We used peripheral blood leucocytes from rabbits immunized to bovine serum albumin (BSA) or to human red blood cells (HRBC). The BSA was given in complete Freund's adjuvant (three intramuscular injections of 7.5 mg BSA each, into the hind legs at weekly intervals). HRBC (1 ml.) was given once into the ear vein, as a 20% suspension in saline. Cell cultures and 3H-thymidine incorporation were measured as before10. To prepare cell smears, cells were washed three times and suspended in one drop of normal rabbit serum and 1 µl. of the suspension was spread on a microscope slide. This ensured a reasonably constant number of cells per slide and made possible comparisons between different experiments. Smears were fixed with methanol and stained with Giemsa.
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SULITZEANU, D., KLEINMAN, R., BENEZRA, D. et al. Cellular Interactions and the Secondary Response in vitro. Nature New Biology 229, 254–255 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229254a0
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