Autoreactive cytotoxic cells in rabbits after prolonged immunostimulation

FEMS Microbiol Immunol. 1992 Jul;4(5):243-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05001.x.

Abstract

Rabbits immunized for 6 months with different amounts of sterile human serum showed weight loss and a decrease in leukocytes. The lymphocyte population reacting to ConA contained autoreactive cells capable of causing 51Cr release from labeled cells from a culture consisting of splenic and peripheral lymphocytic cells from the same animal.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Immunization*
  • Injections, Intramuscular
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Lymphocyte Activation*
  • Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
  • Rabbits / immunology*
  • Species Specificity
  • Spleen / immunology
  • Spleen / pathology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology*