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  • Title: Mucosal priming of T-lymphocyte responses to fed protein antigens using cholera toxin as an adjuvant.
    Author: Clarke CJ, Wilson AD, Williams NA, Stokes CR.
    Journal: Immunology; 1991 Mar; 72(3):323-8. PubMed ID: 1709138.
    Abstract:
    Cholera toxin is widely recognized as a potent stimulator of mucosal IgA responses after oral feeding. However, comparatively little is known of its ability to stimulate cellular responses. This is due in part to the direct inhibitory effects of cholera toxin on T lymphocytes, which can confound attempts to study primed T-cell responses in vitro. We have avoided this problem by using cholera toxin as an adjuvant to enhance the response to an unrelated protein fed simultaneously. Thus the simultaneous feeding of 10 micrograms of cholera toxin and 5 mg of keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) results in the priming of T cells in the spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes, Peyer's patch and lamina propria that proliferate when restimulated with KLH in vitro. The feeding of KLH alone does not result in such responses. Both CD4- and CD8-positive antigen-specific T cells were involved in the response and the cells produced both interleukins 2 and 4 on antigen restimulation in vitro.
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