A monoclonal antibody to viral glycoprotein blocks virus-immune effector T cells operating at H-2Dd but not at H-2Kd1
Frankel, M.E.; Effros, R.B.; Doherty, P.C.; Gerhard, W.U.
Journal of Immunology 123(5): 2438-2440
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1767 PMID: 314963 Document Number: 146919
A particular monoclonal antibody that binds to the influenza virus HA molecule inhibits HA-specific thymus-derived lymphocytes mediating cytotoxicity in the context of H-2Dd but not of H-2Kd. Another monoclonal antibody blocks both sets of HA-specific effector T cells. This observation, together with related findings from other laboratories, is considered to support the idea that T cell recognition is directed against some association of viral and H-2 glycoproteins, as proposed in the original formulation of the "altered self" concept.