Fig. 6.
Functional expression of the IE transgene on B cells from B6 CD19-IE mice induces antigen-specific proliferation in I-E restricted CD4 T cells.
B220-positive splenocytes from B6 and B6 CD19-IE animals were sorted, irradiated, and used as APC for preactivated T-cell blasts from AD10 TCR transgenic mice. The coculture was performed in the presence of graded amounts of antigenic peptide (MCC88-103), and proliferation was measured by [3H] thymidine incorporation.