Science, Vol 203, Issue 4380, 547-548
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Transfer of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis with guinea pig peritoneal exudate cells
BF Driscoll,
MW Kies,
and
EC Alvord Jr
Incubation with specific antigen, myelin basic protein, greatly enhances the ability of guinea pig peritoneal exudate cells to transfer experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Reproducibly successful transfers are obtained with 10(7) cells. With this relatively small number of cells, in vitro studies to determine the immunologic mechanisms involved in the disease process are now possible.