Differentiation of T cell precursors in nude mice. Rejection of heart grafts of thymus donor strain

1 July 1974

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in European Journal of Immunology

Vol. 4 (7) , 524-526
https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.1830040716

Abstract

Thymus grafted nude mice showed no tolerance to neonatal heart grafts of thymus donor origin. This finding is in contradiction with the Jerne hypothesis on the somatic generation of immune recognition and in agreement with Bretscher's hypothesis on generalized autoimmunity.

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