PRE-B CELL SUPPRESSION BY THYMOMA PATIENT LYMPHOCYTES

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 48  (2) , 437-442
Abstract
T lymphocytes from the blood of 2 thymoma patients with hypogammaglobulinemia suppressed the in vitro proliferation of allogeneic pre-B cells. Both patients lacked pre-B and B cells in blood and bone marrow. It is possible that pre-B cells, as well as B cells, may be targets for suppression by T cells in thymoma patients with hypogammaglobulinemia.