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Macrophages pulsed with Streptococcus pneumoniae elicit a T cell-dependent antibody response upon transfer into naive mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 2008
Vasilevsky Sam, Colino Jesus, Puliaev Roman, Canaday David H, Snapper Clifford M
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages are less effective than DC at priming naive CD4(+) T cells, suggesting that DC are unique in initiating T cell-dependent Ab responses. We compared the ability of DC and macrophages, pulsed in vitro with Streptococcus pneumoniae, to elicit protein- and polysaccharide-specific Ig isotype production upon adoptive transfer into naive mice. S. pneumoniae-activated DC secreted more proinflammatory and...
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