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  • Title: Demonstration that IgG memory is carried by IgG-bearing cells.
    Author: Okumura K, Julius MH, Tsu T, Herzenberg LA, Herzenberg LA.
    Journal: Eur J Immunol; 1976 Jul; 6(7):467-72. PubMed ID: 1086788.
    Abstract:
    Memory B cells which give rise to IgG antibody-producing cells were generally assumed to be IgG-bearing cells. However, recent studies indicating that very few IgG-bearing cells exist in lymphoid tissue brought this assumption into question. In this study, we examined directly the question whether IgG-bearing cells contain functional precursors of IgG antibody-producing cells. Using the adoptive secondary immune response, we demonstrated that Ig-1 b-bearing cells, isolated with the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS), are the functional precursors of Ig- 1 b-producing cells. Further, we have enriched IgG2 and IgG1 memory B cells using the FACS. The results show that IgG2-bearing cells are the functional precursors of the IgG2 antibody-producing cells. Likewise, the IgG1-bearing cells are the functional precursors of IgG1 antibody-producing cells. Thus, IgG memory cells have surface IgG which indicates the class and allotype commitment of the memory cell and its progeny antibody-forming cells.
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