embryo fusion?
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Dr.Stein
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Actually it would be applied to human as well, to cure autoimmune disease.
Since peripheral lymphocytes from mice A recoqnizise self antigens as nonself ones, they should be eliminated not to destroy body cells any further. That's the irradiation purpose. Beside it will kill all effector cells and antibodies in peripheral circulation, it also will erase the immunological memory, thus in this time mice A is very susceptible. They need to educate naïve lymphocytes those still stay in thymus. By transferring new lymphocytes from another mice, say mice B, they will recoqnize body cells of mice A as self (because they grow in mice A's environment) then they will educate their naïve step sisters (mice A's original lymphocytes) so now they recoqnize their own cells as self and no autoimmune disease anymore.
It's somewhat complicated, hopefully my explanation will not make it to be more complicated
Since peripheral lymphocytes from mice A recoqnizise self antigens as nonself ones, they should be eliminated not to destroy body cells any further. That's the irradiation purpose. Beside it will kill all effector cells and antibodies in peripheral circulation, it also will erase the immunological memory, thus in this time mice A is very susceptible. They need to educate naïve lymphocytes those still stay in thymus. By transferring new lymphocytes from another mice, say mice B, they will recoqnize body cells of mice A as self (because they grow in mice A's environment) then they will educate their naïve step sisters (mice A's original lymphocytes) so now they recoqnize their own cells as self and no autoimmune disease anymore.
It's somewhat complicated, hopefully my explanation will not make it to be more complicated
How do lymphocytes from mice B educate native lymphocytes in mice A to not to recognize self body cells as nonself? I could understand that lymphocytes from mice B brings new imuno memory to the body of mice A, but native lymphocytes of mice A in the thymus should stay same.
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Well, it is not the idea...
The cells coming from mouse B are naïve, as naïve as the remain cells in thymus of mouse A. Because those cells are grown in mouse A, in the periphery they will recognize mouse A's cells as self.
About naïve lymphocytes in thymus, they will undergo antigen-independent and antigen-dependent maturation. In this period, the self and nonself recognition is very important. Who will tell them which one is self and nonself? Of course, the peripheral environment. That's it.
The cells coming from mouse B are naïve, as naïve as the remain cells in thymus of mouse A. Because those cells are grown in mouse A, in the periphery they will recognize mouse A's cells as self.
About naïve lymphocytes in thymus, they will undergo antigen-independent and antigen-dependent maturation. In this period, the self and nonself recognition is very important. Who will tell them which one is self and nonself? Of course, the peripheral environment. That's it.
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