Figure 1.
Rejection of A20HA B-cell lymphoma in the absence of cross-presentation mediated by BM-derived APCs. H-2dxb F1 mice were lethally irradiated (10 Gy [1000 rad]), and each received a graft consisting of 4 × 106 bone marrow cells from either BALB/c SCID (H-2d) or C57BL/6 SCID (H-2b) donors. Three months after bone marrow reconstitution, either group of chimeras intravenously received 1 × 106 in vitro activated CD4+ TCR-transgenic T cells (H2dxb) specific for HA/IEd. Four weeks later, all the mice were challenged intravenously with 1 × 106 A20HA cells, and they were inspected twice weekly for the development of tumors. Six mice were included in each group (P < .01). Data are representative of 3 experiments with similar results.