[The immunogenicity of tooth allografts in mice]

Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 1997 May;32(3):158-60.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The mice used in this study were of the in-bred strains C57BL/6 and Balb/c which differ at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). The immunogenicity of tooth allografts was studied in vitro by means of detecting the response of Antibody-Complement Mediated Cytotoxity (ACMC) and Cell Mediated Cytotoxity (CMC) of the host. We found that there was significant difference for both ACMC and CMC activity between the allogenic and isogenic tooth transplantation (P < 0.01). The results indicate that tooth allografts are immunogens and do evoke the immune response of recipients.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Tooth / immunology*
  • Tooth / transplantation*
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Transplantation, Isogeneic